Trainee Bakery Manager

<p style="text-align:left"><span>It&#39;s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they&#39;re doing!</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><b>Minimum Requirement</b>:</p><p>Preferably NQF 3 Bakery qualification </p><p>Experience as a Baker / Bakery Supervisor/ Manager. </p><p>Minimum of 3 years Baker experience</p><p>The incumbent may also be expected to perform other duties as assigned from time to time.</p><p>This position will require transferability between stores.</p><p></p><p><b>Competencies:</b></p><p>Achieving results through others</p><p>Plan, organize and follow up on activities and plans</p><p>Adhere to standards and policies</p><p>Customer Orientation</p><p>Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening</p><p>Business mindedness</p><p></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><b>Key responsibilities</b></p><p><u>Merchandising Management</u> <br />Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise <br />Executes plano guide 100% <br />Handles product as per SOP  <br />Ensures products are produced according to recipe specifications <br />Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time <br />Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities <br />Ensures product is wrapped and packed according to standards <br />Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand <br />Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards <br />Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar <br />Back up areas are kept clean and clear <br />Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area <br />Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum </p><p></p><p><u>Food Safety &amp; Hygiene</u> <br />Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained </p><p>Ensures stock rotation <br />Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained <br />Manages Non-conformances via effective corrective action <br />Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation <br />Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist  </p><p></p><p><u>Customer Services Management</u> <br />Responds to customer requests <br />Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement products, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability  <br />Ensures department standards are maintained, equipment is manned and in working order </p><p></p><p><u>Staff Management</u> <br />Communicates critical information to staff <br />Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates <br />Handles procedural, policy and legislative noncompliance <br />Attends monthly regional meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste  <br />Checks and amends Kronos scheduling <br />Coaches staff </p><p></p><p><u>Administration</u> <br />Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order <br />Ensures that general maintenance standards are met </p><p>Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to <br />Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover, and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets. <br />Ensures all SEL in place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer </p><p></p><p><u>Systems</u> <br />Gap scanning out of stocks <br />Identifies, counts, and records out of stocks &amp; over stocks <br />Draws excel report from SAP, communicate addresses stock concerns by completing excel sheet and sending to Demand Planning <br />Processes IDTs via SAP  <br />Actions reduced to clear on SAP as per SOP  <br />Checks for electronic communications regularly during the working day  </p><p>Processes waste  <br />Ensure PID’s are counted correctly as per the National P &amp; L schedule</p><p><b>Closing date- 16 September 2026</b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><i>If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you&#39;ll enjoy your career with us!</i></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">Discover who we are</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>