Floater Bakery Manager Capital District

Price Chopper is a prominent grocery store chain known for its commitment to delivering high-quality products and exceptional customer service. With multiple locations including Glenmont, Bethlehem, Central Ave, Delaware Ave, Madison Ave, East & North Greenbush, and Hudson Valley Plaza, Price Chopper serves diverse communities by offering a wide array of fresh and packaged foods. The company prides itself on maintaining high standards of cleanliness, product quality, and customer satisfaction. Price Chopper invests in its workforce by fostering a positive work environment and providing ample opportunities for growth and development within the retail food industry.

The position available is a Bakery Lead role, which plays a crucial part in the daily operations of the bakery department at Price Chopper stores. This role is designed to provide fast, friendly, helpful, and efficient service to customers while overseeing bakery operations to achieve financial and quality objectives. The Bakery Lead ensures that all corporate and state sanitation procedures and regulations are strictly upheld. While the role does not involve regular supervision of associates, the Bakery Lead is responsible for overseeing clerks within the department, ensuring that bakery products are properly handled, merchandised, and meet company standards for quality and presentation.

In this role, employees are entrusted with maintaining an attractive and well-stocked bakery department that meets customers' needs. They are tasked with ensuring budgeted sales goals, gross profit margins, and shrink control are achieved. Additionally, the Bakery Lead must maintain a neat and organized workstation aligning with 5S standards, and is responsible for training bakery associates according to corporate standards. This position also requires managing inventory levels to ensure product availability and customer satisfaction, while scheduling associates to effectively cover the bakery operations.

This role demands strong communication skills, a high school diploma or equivalent, and at least three years of related experience. Candidates must be at least 18 years old and demonstrate the ability to manage tasks effectively, display initiative, and follow through on objectives to support the bakery department and overall store performance. The pay range for this position is $20.00 to $28.75 per hour, reflecting the importance of the role and the expertise required. Price Chopper offers a supportive working environment where employees can develop their careers and contribute to the company’s longstanding reputation for excellence in the retail grocery sector.