Bakery Specialist

<p></p><h3><b>Bakery Specialist / Bakery Operations Supervisor- Bilingual Spanish </b> </h3><p>Department </p><p>Store Operations – Bakery </p><p>Reports To </p><p>Director of Store Operations / Regional Operations Manager </p><h3>Job Summary </h3><p>The Bakery Specialist oversees and supports bakery departments across multiple grocery store locations to ensure consistent product quality, food safety, merchandising standards, and financial performance. This role provides hands-on leadership, training, and operational expertise to bakery teams, ensuring alignment with company standards, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements. </p><h3>Key Responsibilities </h3><p>Operational Oversight </p><ul><li>Supervise bakery operations across assigned stores to ensure consistent execution of company standards </li><li>Monitor product quality, freshness, production levels, and shrink control </li><li>Ensure adherence to food safety, sanitation, and health department regulations </li><li>Review labor scheduling and productivity to align with sales and volume forecasts </li><li>Coach, train, and mentor bakery managers and associates </li><li>Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of bakery staff </li><li>Conduct store visits, operational audits, and follow-up action plans </li><li>Promote a culture of food safety, customer service, and accountability </li><li>Ensure proper merchandising, display execution, and product availability </li><li>Support promotional planning, seasonal programs, and new product rollouts </li><li>Analyze sales trends and recommend product mix or pricing adjustments </li><li>Partner with marketing and operations teams to drive bakery sales growth </li><li>Monitor department KPIs including sales, margin, shrink, and labor </li><li>Assist stores with inventory control, ordering accuracy, and waste reduction </li><li>Support cost control initiatives and vendor compliance </li><li>Act as the primary bakery subject-matter expert for assigned locations </li><li>Partner with store leadership, operations, and supply chain teams </li><li>Ensure compliance with company policies, recipes, and production standards </li><li>Support store openings, remodels, and conversions as needed </li> </ul><h3>Qualifications </h3><h3>Required </h3><ul><li>3–5 years of bakery management or supervisory experience in retail grocery </li><li>Strong knowledge of bakery production, food safety, and merchandising </li><li>Experience supervising or supporting multiple locations preferred </li><li>Ability to analyze sales, labor, and operational data </li><li>Strong communication, coaching, and organizational skills </li><li>Ability to travel regularly between store locations </li> </ul><h3>Preferred </h3><ul><li>Culinary or baking certification </li><li>Experience with high-volume or scratch bakery operations </li><li>Familiarity with union environments (if applicable) </li><li>Experience with corporate retail standards and audits </li> </ul><h3>Physical &amp; Work Requirements </h3><ul><li>Ability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, weekends, and holidays </li><li>Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and work in bakery production environments </li><li>Frequent travel between stores within assigned territory </li> </ul><h3>Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) </h3><ul><li>Bakery sales growth and gross margin performance </li><li>Shrink and waste reduction </li><li>Food safety and audit compliance scores </li><li>Labor efficiency and scheduling accuracy </li> </ul> <p></p> #J-18808-Ljbffr