007 - Bashas' Bakery Asst. Team Lead - Hayden & Indian School

The hiring establishment is a prominent retail grocery store known for its commitment to providing high-quality bakery products and exceptional customer service. With a strong focus on fresh and tasty bakery items, this company has built a reputation as a community favorite for delicious breads, cakes, pastries, and other baked goods. The company prides itself on maintaining a clean, safe, and well-merchandised bakery environment that meets health department standards and satisfies customers’ desire for excellent product quality and variety. This grocery store employs a diverse team of dedicated individuals who work together to create an inviting shopping experience for all customers. They emphasize teamwork, continuous learning, and accountability among their employees to uphold their high standards of service and product excellence.

The role of Assistant Bakery Team Lead is a pivotal leadership position within the bakery department. This position is designed for a fearless, accountable, and passionate individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a positive attitude toward customer service and team management. As the Assistant Bakery Team Lead, you will lead by example, ensuring that the bakery team successfully meets department goals and objectives while maintaining the freshest, tastiest, and highest quality products for customers. You are responsible for directing bakery personnel, managing inventory, ensuring compliance with safety and health regulations, and supporting merchandising initiatives. In the absence of the bakery manager, the Assistant Bakery Team Lead will manage all bakery operations.

This role requires excellent communication skills to liaise efficiently with the bakery manager, store director, and bakery specialist. A key part of your responsibilities will be ordering supplies, maintaining product stock levels, and overseeing the proper display and merchandising of bakery goods according to company standards. Customer engagement is central to this role — you will interact with customers through greetings, product knowledge, suggestive selling, active sampling, and general customer appreciation.

The Assistant Bakery Team Lead also contributes to the overall store environment by keeping work areas clean, orderly, and well-organized. You will handle various tasks including processing sales transactions with cash registers, ensuring accurate product pricing and signage, managing product rotation to retain quality and freshness, and assisting other store departments as needed. This role also involves coaching, training, and evaluating bakery team members, positioning you as a role model and leader committed to fostering a positive team culture.

This is a full-time, hands-on leadership role that balances customer service excellence with operational management. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, attentive to detail, and capable of multitasking in a dynamic retail setting. This position demands physical stamina and a keen eye for safety to maintain high standards for the bakery department. Overall, the Assistant Bakery Team Lead plays an essential part in ensuring the bakery’s success within the broader store environment, making this a rewarding career opportunity for someone passionate about food, leadership, and customer service.