Job Description
Position Overview
The Assistant Bakery Manager supports the Bakery Manager in overseeing all bakery operations, ensuring high-quality baked goods, attractive merchandising, and exceptional customer service. This role assists in driving sales, maintaining food safety standards, and leading the bakery team in a fast-paced production and retail environment.
- Assist in managing daily bakery production, including baking, packaging, and product replenishment
- Ensure consistent availability of fresh, high-quality baked goods
- Support ordering, receiving, and inventory control processes
- Monitor shrink and implement actions to minimize waste
- Maintain clean, well-stocked, and visually appealing bakery displays
- Execute ad plans, seasonal features, and promotional items
- Ensure accurate pricing, labeling, and product signage
- Support custom cake orders and special customer requests
- Ensure all bakery products meet company quality and freshness standards
- Follow all food safety, sanitation, and handling guidelines
- Maintain proper storage, labeling, and temperature control
- Ensure department is audit-ready at all times
- Provide friendly, engaging, and helpful service to customers
- Assist customers with product selection, custom orders, and recommendations
- Resolve customer concerns quickly and professionally
- Promote bakery items, seasonal features, and specialty products
- Assist in supervising, training, and coaching bakery associates
- Delegate daily tasks and ensure completion of workload
- Support hiring, onboarding, and performance development
- Step into leadership role in absence of the Bakery Manager
- Previous bakery, food service, or retail experience preferred
- Knowledge of baking processes and food handling practices
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, production-focused environment
- Leadership and communication skills
- Frequent standing, bending, and lifting up to 50 lbs
- Exposure to warm kitchen and production environments
- Flexible schedule including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Product quality, freshness, and presentation
- Sales performance and shrink control
- Food safety and audit compliance
- Customer satisfaction and custom order execution
- Team productivity and overall department efficiency
Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!
Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson’s Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico’s Community Markets, King’s, Balducci’s, and Albertson’s Market Street.
Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company’s success.
Bring your flavor
Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.
Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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