Part-Time Bakery/Grocery Clerk

Description

Description

Welcome to Weavers Way!

Weavers Way is a not-for-profit organization that’s doing things differently to support our local community. As a member-owned co-op, we don’t exist just to make money. Weavers Way operates on a triple bottom line philosophy known as People-Planet-Profit - which means every action we take, we strive to benefit people (our community, employees, and local vendors), planet (we strive to be one of the most sustainable places around!), and profit (so we can support our team members and operate as a business). By joining us, you’re helping us fulfill our mission of keeping dollars in our local community, supporting over 300 local food vendors, and being a part of strengthening and enriching the people and planet.

Join Weavers Way as a Bakery/Grocery Clerk!

If you have an enthusiasm for food, sustainability, or community support, we’d love to have you join the team. Weavers Way offers a variety of benefits, including very affordable medical, dental, and vision plans, a 401k with match, an employee discount, paid vacation and sick time, company-provided disability and life insurance, and more.

To succeed as a bakery/grocery clerk, you should be polite, prompt, and knowledgeable. Additionally, you should be able to meet the physical demands of the position while providing customers with the best possible experience.

Work Schedule: 20-29 hours per week - Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Bakery Clerk

• Greets customers in a pleasant and helpful manner.
• Takes and fills bakery orders for customers.
• Answers customers’ questions about food ingredients, cake designs and other aspects of the baked goods.
• Applies ingredient tags and price tags to pre-baked foods.
• Operates cash registers and credit card machines when customers pay for their bakery items.
• Arranges cakes, pies, muffins, rolls and other baked goods in an attractive manner in the display cases and on shelves and counters.
• Makes certain that displays are filled with products and not low on merchandise or empty.
• Ensures displayed baked goods are fresh, and removes any that could have become stale after a period of time.
• Verifies that customers who have communicated food allergies are not sold products that could be dangerous to their health.
• Keeps work areas sanitary by mopping floors and wiping counters to immediately clean up any spills.
• Assists bakers with measuring ingredients, mixing dough, pouring batter and other basic duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Grocery Clerk 

• Greet customers, answer their questions, and provide information about products or services.
• Responsible for stocking and facing displays for dairy, bakery, pre-packaged bulk ,      grocery, frozen, fresh foods. 
• Rotate stock as necessary
• Cull or mark down unacceptable product and set up displays for saleable marginal product as appropriate.
• Oversee      back stock in the walk-in box and other areas for proper rotation, storage, and timeliness of display
• Follow the Grocery Manager’s designs, guidelines, and instructions for grocery displays.
• Ensure the care and watering of plants sold in season
• Maintain signage and ensure legibility and accuracy
• May assist in the inventory and ordering of certain grocery items, including dairy
• Correctly price mis-priced or unpriced items

Required Knowledge, Skills and Ability

• Must be able to complete customer order forms completely and file each one properly so that every order is filled on time.
• Must have the upper body strength needed to lift large, heavy cakes, bulk products and other baked goods as well as open and close heavy freezer and oven doors.
• Must be able to endure long hours of standing, walking around behind counters      and bending to retrieve baked goods from display counters.
• Must have good communication skills and be willing to work with the general public.
• Must be patient with customers who are dissatisfied and understand when it is necessary to request assistance from a supervisor.

Requirements

  Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• At least 1 year customer service experience
• Good reading and math skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills and legible writing.
• Previous experience working in a bakery or other type of food service job.

Work Environment

• Most of the time will be spent standing on hard cement or tile floors.
• Athletic shoes with good traction are recommended.
• May be exposed to extremes in temperatures when going in and out of large freezers or opening and closing commercial oven doors.
• It will occasionally be necessary to deal with long lines of customers and to work overtime.