Baker

at  Giant Eagle

JOB SUMMARY

Our Baker is a key player in making sure our bakery products look and taste amazing. In addition to providing unparalleled guest service, you’ll use the best ingredients to craft the most delicious selection for our guests. As a Team Member, you’ll be part of a team that emphasizes building lifelong relationships with our customers by focusing on understanding and exceeding their needs. As a member of the Bakery team, your primary responsibility will be preparing and baking the products to ensure only the freshest are available. This role is for a mover and a shaker in the foodie world! To thrive in this position, you should be a team player. You know that you are only successful when those around you are set up for success. You are eager to support an amazing team, have the drive to grow your career in leadership and have the ability to inspire those around you. You are creative with cuisine and love to help others foster their own creativity. An interest in food doesn’t quite scratch the surface for you — you’re passionate about the business, the trends and what makes customers tick. You have culinary vision beyond a simple “what’s for dinner?” and every opportunity to connect with people is an opportunity for you exchange ideas and learn tricks of the trade. Our Bakers are the cream of the crop and must ensure that each guest discovers the pleasure of tasting incredible food and our passion for providing it at every turn.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Experience Required: 1 to 3 years
• Education Desired: No High School diploma required
• Lifting Requirement: Up to 50 pounds
• Age Requirement: At least 18 years of age

Job Responsibilities

• Provide exemplary customer service by greeting customers in the department and ensuring they are able to locate the products they are looking for. Bakery Team members are also expected to have sufficient knowledge to answer questions and make suggestions to our customers.
• Become familiar with products in the store to answer questions and make suggestions to customers.
• Smile and greet customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the Team Member’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Properly handle products and equipment in accordance with food safety and safety guidelines to ensure a safe shopping environment.
• Bake prepared and scratch product for the Bakery cases and displays, rotating product and ensuring code dating procedures are followed and only the freshest product is available for sale.
• Accurately record special orders on bakery products to ensure the customer is delighted with the finished product.
• Maintain cleanliness of department and work area, including the back room, coolers and freezers.
• Assist in maintaining Bakery backroom, cooler and freezer efficiency by unloading deliveries.
• Assist in other areas as required.

ABOUT US

At Giant Eagle Inc., we’re more than just food, fuel and convenience. We’re one giant family of diverse and talented Team Members. Our people are the heart and soul of our company. It’s why we strive to create a nurturing environment that offers countless career opportunities to grow. Deep caring and solid family values are what makes us one of the top work places for jobs in the Greater Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus and Indianapolis Areas. From our Warehouses to our GetGo’s, our grocery Stores through our Corporate home office, we are working together to put food on shoppers’ tables and smiles on their faces. We’re always searching for the best Team Members to welcome to our family. We invite you to join our Giant Eagle family. Come start a lasting career with us

• Provide exemplary customer service by greeting customers in the department and ensuring they are able to locate the products they are looking for. Bakery Team members are also expected to have sufficient knowledge to answer questions and make suggestions to our customers.
• Become familiar with products in the store to answer questions and make suggestions to customers.
• Smile and greet customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the Team Member’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Properly handle products and equipment in accordance with food safety and safety guidelines to ensure a safe shopping environment.
• Bake prepared and scratch product for the Bakery cases and displays, rotating product and ensuring code dating procedures are followed and only the freshest product is available for sale.
• Accurately record special orders on bakery products to ensure the customer is delighted with the finished product.
• Maintain cleanliness of department and work area, including the back room, coolers and freezers.
• Assist in maintaining Bakery backroom, cooler and freezer efficiency by unloading deliveries.
• Assist in other areas as required