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Bakery - Assistant Manager

Bristol Farms
Santa Barbara, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Jun 2025

About the role

Who Is Bristol Farms?
Since opening our first market in Rolling Hills, CA, Bristol Farms has brought people together around a love for cooking and sharing delicious food. We have worked to create a community of curious foodies - people who enjoyed exploring the aisles and discovering new and exciting ingredients. We know that in order to achieve this goal, we must provide the freshest, highest-quality, locally sourced meat, seafood, and produce, complement it with an awesome array of groceries in each aisle, and create an extraordinary experience for every guest.

To create that experience, we rely on our amazing team members and leaders to provide extraordinary service; and to create a fun, interactive, and engaging environment where we invite the guests to participate in the experience.

We seek out team members who not only enjoy food but are passionate about it. Team Members who thrive in a fast-paced environment and can still maintain a calm demeanor, who have a positive attitude, and who work well in a team environment. People who are warm, outgoing, authentically amazing, and want to be inspired, challenged, and proud of where they work. We look for team members who can connect with people and reach a level of hospitality that exceeds guests' expectations.

Ingredients You'll Bring to the Table
You love food and can create an experience that is beyond the everyday. You have a positive attitude and work well in a team environment. You can connect with people and reach a level of hospitality that exceeds guests' expectations. You are warm, outgoing, authentically amazing, and want to be inspired, challenged, and proud of where you work, You embody a spirit of entrepreneurship and mutual respect. You approach every situation with a YES! attitude and seek to find a solution to all opportunities that arise.

What Will Be On Your Plate?


Job Title: Assistant Bakery Manager
Department: Bakery
Reports To: Bakery Manager
FLSA Status: Nonexempt


Summary
The Assistant Bakery Manager will have the necessary confidence, commitment, and motivation to move their staff and themselves towards success. Key personality traits and skills needed to accomplish this are: patience, even tempered, humble, observant, perceptive, supportive, decisive, flexible, analytical, consistent; and an encourager and teacher. Must be self motivated; have strong leadership skills; good listening skills, extraordinary customer service skills; applied empathy; and possess a strong sense of urgency in all duties performed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Include the following (other duties may be assigned):

• The Assistant Bakery Manager assists in the development of the Bakery Department by coordinating activities of all employees engaged in the sales and processing of bakery products in the absence of the Bakery Manager
• Leads by example; models correct behavior and adherence to company policies and procedures
• Responsible for training and developing employees to assure freshness, quality, customer service, and sanitation
• Ensures proper training on weighing, slicing, cutting, and serving of bakery goods
• On an on-going basis, trains employees in suggestive selling and merchandising techniques, and customer service skills
• Assists the Bakery Manager with the ordering and receiving of products, and proper invoice routing
• Responsible for the implementation and execution of all merchandising programs
• Sets up advertising displays or arranges merchandise on counters and tables to promote sales
• Assures consistency in Bakery Department policies and procedures by observing employee work habits and providing necessary feedback
• Maintains the Bakery Department under current California Weights & Measures mandates and trains all employees on the use of proper tares and accurate weights
• Monitors price integrity standards by focusing on accurate pricing, correct signage, and posted weights
• Packages, displays, and merchandises all bakery goods according to company standards
• Maintains current health codes and company standards regarding sanitation and cleanliness
• Understands proper usage of authorized cleaning chemicals
• Follows the “FIFO”rotation system (first-in, first-out) to maintain freshness of product and reduce shrink
• Covers, labels, and dates all leftover products; utilizes leftover products before opening new product
• Inspects items during baking processes; including measuring temperatures throughout process to maintain quality and sanitation
• Inspects finished bakery products to ensure BFLA standards of quality, weight specifications, and presentation
• Follows safety work standards and reports any safety hazards to the Bakery M

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