Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $16.75 - $28.95
Work Schedule
Rotating Shifts
Day Shifts
Weekend Shifts
Night Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Employee stock ownership plan
tuition support
Retirement Plan
Employee Discounts
Job Description
WinCo Foods is a prominent and rapidly growing grocery retailer with a strong presence across the United States, operating over 140 supermarkets in 10 states. As the second largest employee-owned company in the country, WinCo Foods prides itself on empowering its more than 22,000 employee owners through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which currently includes over 500 millionaire employee-owners. This unique business model not only fosters a sense of ownership and pride among employees but also aligns the company’s success directly with that of its team members. Known for its commitment to providing the lowest possible prices to customers... Show More
Job Requirements
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Ability to work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to push and pull approximately 100 lbs of product on racks
- Ability to lift objects chest high up to 50 lbs
- Ability to conduct visual inspections and read production guides, recipes, and labels
- Ability to operate kitchen utensils and bakery equipment with manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Ability to maintain composure in customer and coworker interactions
- Ability to stand, walk, and move rapidly for extended periods
- Ability to bend, stoop, balance, crouch, push, pull, lift, grasp, perform repetitive movements, and reach frequently
- Ability to handle bakery ingredients safely
- Ability to perform basic math calculations
- Ability to respond to audible timers and handle equipment emitting heat (approximately 465 degrees)
- Ability to follow safety and sanitation procedures and department policies
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment
- Ability to check labels and packaging accurately
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Food Handlers Certification per state laws
Job Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Previous bakery or food production experience preferred
- Ability to operate bakery equipment and understand baking processes
- Strong customer service skills
- Basic math skills for measuring and recipe adherence
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
- Ability to work varied shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Knowledge of safety and sanitation procedures
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Food Handlers Certification as required by state laws
- Good communication skills both verbal and written
Job Duties
- Seek opportunities to welcome, engage, serve and thank customers
- Maintain an atmosphere of friendly, enthusiastic customer service with an emphasis on taking care of the customer
- Produce bakery products for retail stores
- Operate and clean equipment and work area
- Maintain clean, safe and sanitary bakery area and equipment
- Package all fresh products following all packaging and handling procedures
- Ensure quality of goods by following code
- Mix icing or other toppings by scaling and measuring ingredients, operating a mixer, reading the recipe, occasionally lifting 50 lbs.
- Dump icing or other toppings into large storage containers
- Set-up cakes by taking liner off, putting icing between layers of numerous items
- Ice cakes by taking icing out of the container, combining the icing onto the cake, lifting buckets, bordering, placing specific decorations
- Package cakes by placing in box
- Label bakery items by inputting data into DiGi machine for scanning, placing a label on container
- Display products on shelves in an appealing manner using FIFO for rotation
- Take orders by phone and in person from customers
- Special orders by following orders from customers, using an air brush machine, tubes, tips
- Personalize cakes by writing desired words of the customer
- Face merchandise
- Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast, friendly customer service
- Engage in suggestive selling and other sales techniques in person, over the telephone and over the in-store intercom
- Display goods by following packaging and handling procedures and company guidelines for maintaining stock, cleanliness, and appeal of product showcases
- Assist customers with inquiries by knowing current pricing, ingredients, availability, advertised merchandise
- Ensure quality of goods by following code dating procedures and legal regulations for labeling and packaging
- Keep manager informed of stock levels, filling out inventory and production sheets as scheduled
- Produce breads and rolls by mixing recipes, setting up racks and pans, operating machines, lifting product, measuring ingredients, operating oven, proof box
- Clean work area using pressure hose, floor brush, squeegee, wiping work tables, scales, utensils
- Produce croissants by folding by hand, proofing and baking
- Open and close bakery according to company procedures
- Perform other duties as assigned or needed
Job Qualifications
Experience
Entry Level (1-2 years)
Job Location
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