Baker

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responds and attends to customer requests in the bakery department.
• Responsible for various duties including preparing baked goods and other items for sale, arranging and wrapping bakery products, and placing bakery items in display cases.
• Knowledgeable of proper food-handling procedures.
• Follows established recipes and maintains quality of the highest standard.
• Follows Health Department regulations and department sanitation and safety procedures.
• Completes task logs and opening and closing procedures.
• Completes temperature logs, labeling, and dating all stored products. 
• Discards product after expiration date is reached and completes shrink log.
• Removes trash, compost and recyclable promptly.
• Replenishes product quickly, ensuring key products are never out of stock.
• Attends to spills and keeps appropriate prep/storage areas in a clean, orderly condition.
• Uses equipment safely and follows safe knife-handling procedures.
• Provides attentive, timely, and friendly service to all internal and external customers at all times.
• Builds and maintains customer satisfaction with the products and services offered by the co-op.
• Other duties as assigned.

PREREQUISITES

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience preferred.
• A minimum of one (1) year's experience in a retail environment strongly preferred.
• A minimum of one (1) year's experience and familiarity with natural foods strongly preferred.
• Supports the Co-ops core values and aligns with the Co-op Code of Conduct.
• Solid numbers skills to accurately measure ingredients and determine baking times.
• Practical baking skills.
• Desire to work cooperatively with others in a team. 
• Capacity to deal with unexpected challenges and changes in one's environment.
• Creativity for developing new products or decorating confectionery.
• Adapts readily based on evolving co-op needs or in response to feedback.
• Maintains composure in highly stressful or adverse situations.
• Flexibility to work any shift, including mornings, middays, evenings, and weekends.

ENVIRONMENTAL & PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Must wear closed-toe, skid-resistant shoes; a head covering (hat, bandanna, etc.); and long pants.
• Ability to work in varying temperatures (approximately 20F - 95F)
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to bend, stoop, reach, kneel, twist, and climb.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds unassisted.
• Reliable access to transportation.