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0-5 years of experience
Follows proper handling of bakery goods including removal from ovens, packaging, labeling, logging weights, stocking tables and pallets.
- Validated weights and pricing with a scale printer machine.
- Consistently kept a clean and safe environment by adhering to all federal, state and local sanitation and safety requirements.
- Also handles closing and opening procedures for the bakery.
- Established and maintained open, collaborative relationships with the kitchen team.
- Set up and performed initial prep work for food items.
- Quickly and courteously resolved all guest problems and complaints.
- Displayed a positive and friendly attitude towards customers and fellow team members.
0-5 years of experience
Baked breads and pastries daily and packaged items for sale
- Managed bakery inventory
- Cleaned and maintained bakery work spaces and freezer equipment
- Completed custom cake orders for customers (decorating, preparing for pick-up, etc.)
- Provided excellent customer service to bakery patrons
0-5 years of experience
Arranged the different food products on the shelves and window place of the bakery in attractive manner
- Maintained neat color coordination and decoration to improve the look
- Greeted the customers in pleasant tone and in friendly manner
- Ensured the bakery products served to the customers are fresh and stored under hygienic conditions
- Maintained stock of ingredients required for preparing bakery products
- Ensured safe storage of the products and the ingredients
- Made certain the food products are not subject to dust, moisture or tampering
6-10 years of experience
Greeted customers by providing them with excellent customer service.
- Assisted customers in selection of products and responded to their questions.
- Took and processed special orders such: cake and bread.
- Trained new prospective employees on occasion.
- Stocked and organized supplies and controlled inventory on a regular basis.
- Crossed train in Seafood, Deli, and Service desk.
- Maintained work areas clean and in a safe environment following health standards.
10+ years of experience
Oversaw operations and staffing for the bakery department
- Planned daily and weekly production and staff assignments and scheduling
- Supervised bakery staff and provided staff training.
- Monitor quality of goods and services.
- Scaled, measured, baked product
- Reviewed and participated in full-filling daily custom cake orders.
- Performed weekly inventory of all cake decorating supplies for procurement of new inventory.
- A managed client relation by working with brides-to-be and aiding families in their process of choosing product for varies events.
- Collaborated with Bakery Manager in creating displays on a regular basis, and various catering crews to coordinate delivery and set up for especial events cakes.
0-5 years of experience
- Maintained the upkeep of the parking lot and areas around the perimeter of the store. Assisted cashiers when needed.
- Provided excellent customer service and assisted them with their shopping selection upon request, bag groceries and carry out. Checked prices, put away go-backs. Cleaned check stands and the areas around the non-selling foyer.
- Packaged, labeled and put out merchandise in the bakery department. Pulled merchandise, and maintained the upkeep of the bakery department.
- Retrieved shopping carts and performed price checks to verify grocery prices.
0-5 years of experience
Comply with company’s procedures, policies, and timelines.
- Excel in maintaining excellent customer service.
- Analyzed both of my failures and accomplishments to create a more steady, and affective work productivity.
- Won a free I-Pad, by achieving the set goal, with the number of sign-ups by customers for a computer program being promoted by [company name].
- Represented leadership skills by implementing new ideas to reduce sales loss, and increasing sale gains.
0-5 years of experience
Provided courteous and informative customer service through over-the-phone, and face to face ordering.
- Consistently kept a clean and safe environment by adhering to all federal, state and local sanitation requirements.
- Displayed a positive and friendly attitude towards customers and fellow team members.
- Prepared bakery and specialty products such as bagels, breads, and pastries.
- Correctly and safely operated all kitchen equipment in accordance with set guidelines.
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for properly opening and closing department in a timely and efficient manner.
- Processing and completion of all daily orders with expertise precision.
- Provided an enthusiastic approach to customer service.
- Maintaining and meeting health department regulations on a daily basis.
- Responsible for filling shelves with product for order fulfillment.
- Pick from merchandise shelves for order fulfillment.
- Accustom to working shifts and long hours as needed
0-5 years of experience
Assisted customers with selected baked goods
- Responsible for stocking and rotating daily baked goods
- Inspected bakery products for freshness daily
- Organized and faced merchandise for the Bakery Department
- Accountable for cleaning and sanitizing counters, back room and cooler/freezer
- Prepared packages and baked good for customers pick-up orders
0-5 years of experience
Assisted co-workers whenever possible.
- Greeted customers in a timely fashion, while quickly determining their needs.
- Responded to all customer inquiries thoroughly and professionally.
- Welcomed customers into the store and helped them locate items.
- Fostered a positive work environment by consistently treating all employees and customers with respect and consideration.
0-5 years of experience
Provided excellent customer service experience
- Responsible for next day set-up and cake orders
- Managed end of day activities to close out the department nightly
- Assisted customers as the manager on duty when needed
0-5 years of experience
Assisted customers with their purchases
- Trained new employees on how to operate the equipment
- Directed customers to what they need
- Maintained a clean and safe environment for customers and employees
- Labeled products to be sold in the bakery
- Organized the products weekly
- Accepted orders over the phone
6-10 years of experience
Some of the responsibilities that I have with this job are working in a grocery store environment working in a fast paced high traffic department.
- I set up product such as breads, donuts, Danish and bagels which are to baked the next day.
- I bake pies, cookies, and other bakery items in a large quantity, and when cooled I package, price and put them on the sales floor to be bought.
- Other duties that I have, are to keep a large sales floor stocked and full of product all day long, filling the tables several times a day.
- I work between 4 and 8 hours, and stand on my feet for the whole shift.
- I put orders of 20 to 100 pieces of product away in the freezer daily, the boxes which is product for the bakery weigh between 10 to 50 lbs.
- I am responsible for helping customers with questions about the product we carry, also I assist with setting up cake orders. I am in contact with customers on a daily basis.
- Some shifts I have to close the department these duties include large amounts of dishes from all shifts, sweeping and washing the floor, making sure that tables and equipment is cleaned off and up to company standards and ready for the next day.
- Multitasking is a big part of my day and time management plays a key role in job.
0-5 years of experience
Greets customers in a pleasant and helpful manner.
- Takes and fills bakery orders for customers.
- Answers customers’ questions about food ingredients, cake designs and other aspects of the baked goods
- Applies ingredient tags and price tags to pre-baked foods.
- Ensures displayed baked goods are fresh, and removes any that could have become stale after a period of time.
- Keeps work areas sanitary by mopping floors and wiping counters to immediately clean up any spills.
6-10 years of experience
Customer service, being attentive and paying close attention to the needs of customers
- Prepare all bakery items in a timely and effective manner
- Competently train new bakery clerks and provide information they need to become an efficient worker
- Stock and replenish merchandise according to store merchandising layout
- Organized and complete tasks with little or no supervision
0-5 years of experience
Prepare baking, packaging, pricing and merchandising items throughout the bakery.
- Answer customer questions about bakery prices, product and service quality and general inquiries.
- Maintain a balanced cash register, following all the duties for cash, credit and check payments.
- Work closely with colleagues.
- Operated baking equipment safely and effectively.
0-5 years of experience
Greet all customers and provide them with prompt and courteous service and assistance.
- Assist in receiving and unloading of merchandise.
- Keep all bakery ingredients or merchandise rotated in accordance to product code dates.
- Wrap, package, and price all products accurately and legibly.
- Decorate cakes using the precise measurements and scales.
- Decorate cakes to customer specifications and prepare them on time for customer pick up.
- Adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations pertaining to safety, health, and packaging requirements.
- Perform other duties and assignments as directed.
6-10 years of experience
- Trained as a competent Baker, Mixer, and Decorator
- Responsible for filling floor, processing special orders, and rotation of product
- Aided mangers in organization of bakery workspace and ordering of product
- Crossed train in various departments within the store to help out in times of need
0-5 years of experience
Assist customers in finding baked goods, as well as other products around the store
- Work independently on a tight schedule
- Bake cookies, proof and bake French bread, make garlic bread, write on cakes
- Keep bakery area clean and all tables filled, keep freezers stocked and organized
0-5 years of experience
Monitored freshness of all bakery products by verifying product dates.
- Stocked displays and tables in accordance to par levels in the bakery guidebook.
- Thoroughly checked bakery items for excellence in appearance and taste.
- Baked breakfast items and cookies in accordance to bakery standards.
- Handled customer feedback and relayed them to the Bakery manager.
- Handled clerical duties such as labeling bakery products, handling opening and closing tasks, and seeing to it that safety, storage and labeling measures are followed.
- Competent to do various active duties.
0-5 years of experience
Recommend products and always know what is suitable for different occasions.
- Responsible for creating a pleasant atmosphere and a place of warmth and welcome for all patrons coming into the shop.
- Check all of the products, their expiration dates and replace products that were not fresh.
- Create a special design for the bakery on special occasions or holidays. Choose the best products and display them on the counter together with the specific decoration.
- Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
- Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
- Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas.
0-5 years of experience
Handled customer services for bakery and deli orders
- Checked orders against invoices to confirm accuracy and compliance
- Conducted inventory and stocking
- Aided clients in identifying products
0-5 years of experience
Prepares the bakery for nightly closing by performing routine cleaning tasks such as wiping down the bread slicer, sweeping, and organizing product on tables and in display
cases
- Trains new hires in how to properly close and maintain the bakery
- Assists customers in person and over the phone by answering questions about bakery
- Aids in placing orders for bakery products using knowledge of inventory trends and historical demand
- Prepares set-ups of thousands of bakery items, including cookies, pastries, breads and rolls, to assist the bakers
0-5 years of experience
Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
- Properly use kitchen equipment, stove, computerized scale, fryer, steamer, and robot coupe.
- Recommend deli/bakery/bistro items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
- Prepares sandwiches, salads, etc. reading recipes, following instructions, mixing, washing, assembling, packaging product in containers, etc.
- Slices and vacuum packs deli meats by unpacking the product, opening the wrappers, setting the scale, lifting the product to the slicer, placing the product into bags, vacuum sealing, weighing and pricing.
0-5 years of experience
Provide and serve premiere customer service
- Demonstrate diligent and sanitary food preparation
- Merchandise displays to keep the shelves stocked and increase sales
- Product knowledge and location in the bakery
- Practice dynamic selling and offer customers samples to increase sales and create loyal customers
0-5 years of experience
Opened and closed the bakery
- Provide friendly, courteous, and helpful service
- Wrap & price bakery goods, & display goods on tables & in cases
- Assist customers with their special orders and customer service
- Clean shelves and display cases, record inventory
- Worked with baker to determine which items needed to be
0-5 years of experience
- Operate point-of sale cash register; calculate total cost of items and accept payments in cash, on meal cards, or on charge cards.
- Prepared food for cooking by washing, peeling, shredding, slicing, and mixing various food items.
- Operated dishwasher or assists with washing/sterilizing dishes, glassware, silverware, utensils, pots, pans, etc.
- Cleaned kitchen work areas, collects and disposes of garbage.
- Assisted with food stocking on appropriate shelving.
- Transported food or supplies to serving areas; ensure that areas are properly set up; assemble and replenish food, supplies, and equipment as required; ensure proper temperature of food in steam tables and correct counter display; take orders, portion, and serve to customers; remove, cover, wrap, label, store, rotate, and discard food and condiments as listed.
0-5 years of experience
- Consistently providing outstanding service to customers in person or via phone
- Packaging, stocking and merchandising baked goods according to store plan and policy
- Recognized by management for providing premier service to customers
- Offered opportunity in bakery department after three months as cashier/front service clerk
0-5 years of experience
Provides excellent guest service and timely responses to guest inquiries.
- Responsible for taking cake orders, special orders via in person and over the phone.
- Ensured proper packaging, labeling, dating, handling of baked goods.
- Responsible for baking breads, sweets, decorating.
- Responsible for filling product orders on sales floor.
- Maintains cleanliness standards of FDA.
- Responsible for customer satisfaction, product satisfaction.
- Accountable for training of new employees.
0-5 years of experience
Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
- Answer customers’ questions, and provide information on procedures or policies
- Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers
- Greet customers entering establishments
- Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
0-5 years of experience
Monitored freshness of all bakery products by verifying product dates.
- Stocked displays and tables in accordance to par levels in the bakery guidebook.
- Thoroughly checked bakery items for excellence in appearance and taste.
- Baked breakfast items and cookies in accordance to bakery standards.
- Handled clerical duties such as labeling bakery products, handling opening and closing tasks, and seeing to it that safety, storage and labeling measures are followed.
0-5 years of experience
Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware.
- Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage.
- Prepare a variety of foods, such as meats, vegetables, desserts, according to customers’ orders or supervisors’ instructions, following approved procedures.
- Keep records of the quantities of food used.
- Wash, peel, and cut various foods, such as fruits and vegetables, to prepare for cooking or serving.
- Operate cash register, handle money, and give correct change.
0-5 years of experience
- Scanned/entered register prices of all items
- Received payments by cash, check, credit card and vouchers
- Issued receipts, refunds, change due to customers and accepted coupons
- Greeted customers and provided information regarding bakery products
- Assisted customers with special orders in person or by telephone
- Packaged, weighed and labeled bakery related products
0-5 years of experience
Greet customers and provide required information about bakery.
- Place orders and ensure on-time delivery.
- Weigh and label products
- Display goods in the manner befitting appearance and shelf life
- Assist and prep for baker as and when required.
- Practiced safety procedures and decorated deserts in cold case
6-10 years of experience
- Responsible for taking customer orders and making sure orders are done correctly and on time.
- Responsible for training new employees in all facets of store operations, to include total customer satisfaction.
- Responsible for sales forecasting and ensuring sufficient merchandise is on hand to cover a one week period in the bakery.
- Responsible for ordering the product needed for the department.
- Responsible for continuous department recovery in order to present a professional appearance to every customer who enters.
- Ensured every customer was quickly and efficiently checked out.
- Responsible for customer satisfaction in order to retain the customer for future business.
0-5 years of experience
Count cash, change, checks, and compare totals to printed reports.
- Prepare cash and check deposits and verify money when the armor truck comes to pick up money in addition cash in money received.
- Reconcile Lottery Tickets, Money Orders, Postage Stamps, Western Union, and Change redemption machine and register money drawers.
- Provided customer service within the scope of the company policy by listening to customer requests and taking action to fulfill their needs, by helping them at the customer service desk.
- Communicate with colleagues over the communication system.
6-10 years of experience
Coordinated weekly and daily production schedules
- Executed daily product orders
- Managed staff and delegated tasks
- Completed customer’s special orders
- Managed and kept records of inventory monthly
- Strong customer service skills
- Maintained a clean and safe work environment
- Consistently made high quality product to meet company standards
6-10 years of experience
Packed fresh bakery goods while providing expert customer service in a fast-paced retail food environment.
- Quick to serve customers and fully attentive to their needs
- Found ways to fulfill non-routine requests whenever possible
- Smiled and aimed for customer delight
- Made helpful suggestions to encourage up-sales and cross-sales
- Sliced, packed, labeled, and priced baked goods
- Kept bakery display shelves full
- Helped customers in other departments as necessary
- Kept work area clean and tidy, maintaining Health Department standard
- Maintained a flexible team-member attitude, easily adapted to any changing priorities
0-5 years of experience
Decorating cakes and cupcakes, answering phone calls, and taking cake orders.
- Responsible to keep work area clean and organized.
- Responsible for rotating product and making sure everything is displayed properly
- Helping with inventory to make sure everything is stocked to meet standards
0-5 years of experience
Prepare and assist customers with bakery orders
- Provide customer service to customers needing assistance
- Bake bread, cookies and other bakery items and display in store
- Prepare food for the next shift
- Clean and prepare bakery for the next
0-5 years of experience
Do Prep Work For Specialized Pastries And Baked Goods
- Form Rolls, Loaves, Pastries And Preparing Them To Put In The Oven
- Remove Baked Goods From The Ovens
- Perform Regular Cleaning As Per Company Procedures
- Shrink Wrap Pallets For Driver Pick up
0-5 years of experience
Assisting customers with any help they need.
- Setting up and baking certain products.
- Packaging up products and putting them out.
- Taking out the trash and condensing boxes.
- Cleaning up the bakery department at the end of the day.
0-5 years of experience
- Providing service and help to all customers, in and out of department
- Assist customers with special orders
- Packaged merchandise/rotate and stocked shelves
- Performed closing duties (Compact trash, bail cardboard, clean/sanitize counters floors, and dishes)
0-5 years of experience
- Work in the bakery baking cookies and fulling the sales floor with supplies
- Answer the phone to take cake orders and assist customers
- Clean and maintained baking equipment and bakery area
- Manage the bakery at night on the days worked
0-5 years of experience
Help manage inventory of product and supplies
- Assist and oversee production in order to achieve sales standards
- Train and supervise team members in the bakery
- Ordering and unloading of product and building of displays
0-5 years of experience
Meet customers and visitors to the bakery in a pleasing manner
- Check and inspect and remove outdated and state products from off the shelves and counters
- Integrate quality customer service issues in bakery clerical functions
- Strictly adhere to and comply with food safety laws and practices
0-5 years of experience
- Greet customers and provide required information regarding bakery products
- Operates equipment, follows decorating and baking instructions.
- Place special orders and ensure on-time delivery
- Weigh and label products
- Monitor product pricing, pricing and signage
- Display good in the manner befitting appearance and shelf life
- Assist other bakers as and when required
6-10 years of experience
- Deal with customer inquiries and complaints in a polite and efficient manner
- Take customer orders in person, on the phone and from fax
- Fill customer orders
- Bake cookies, bread, bagels and other bakery goods
- Stock and organize bakery items in the store, the freezer and the kitchen
- Unload and sort bakery items from a delivery truck
- Do janitorial services in the bakery – cleaning, mopping, taking out trash, washing dishes, straightening and organizing shelves
- Customer service – bagged groceries, assisted customers to their vehicle, helped customers find items, collect carts and arrange in the store
- Sorted grocery items and organized by aisle
Bakery Clerk Duties and Responsibilities
A Bakery Clerk performs a variety of duties throughout their day. We took a look at a handful of Bakery Clerk job postings to put together this list of core Bakery Clerk duties and responsibilities.
Stock Bakery Department It is the Bakery Clerk’s responsibility to make sure the display cases are fully stocked with bread and other baked goods. This requires good organizational and time management skills, as the bakery can get quite busy depending on the time of day. It also requires the Bakery Clerk to maintain a clean work environment.
Prepare Baked Goods to Customer Specifications This response requires a steady hand and a strong attention to detail. When it comes to personalized orders, presentation is just as important as taste. The Bakery Clerk uses specialized cake decorating tools in order to make sure each intricate detail is perfect.
Operate Equipment Operating the scale requires basic math knowledge and often becomes second nature with experience. Operating the bread slicer requires a reverence for safety protocol. It also requires the employee to be at least 18 years old. This part of the job requires heightened focus and awareness.
Taking and Filling Customer Orders This responsibility requires good interpersonal skills and communication skills. It can often involve conflict management when dealing with upset customers. It also can require multitasking, as bakery areas can get quite busy.
Packaging and labeling products for self-service In the retail environment, making sure all prices and labels are correct is a vital part of operations. In the bakery, this is the responsibility of the Bakery Clerk. Prices of perishable goods often change based on freshness, so Bakery Clerks are constantly performing markdowns.
Bakery Clerk Skills
While the role of Bakery Clerk does require some technical knowledge, it is a position that mostly revolves around soft skills. The role of Bakery Clerk is customer-facing in most scenarios, so it requires the ability to maintain a positive attitude. It also takes the ability to work in a fast-paced environment without getting frustrated. The following list is made up of the core skills required to get a job as a Bakery Clerk, which we compiled based on our research of Bakery Clerk job postings.
- Ability to multitask
- Ability to seamlessly switch tasks
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Safety-conscious
- Ability to operate scale and bread slicer
- Ability to work in a team environment
Bakery Clerk Salary
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national median salary for Bakery Clerks is $24,170. Those in the bottom 10 percent make $18,140, while those in the top 10 percent make above $38,400. The three states with the highest median salary for Bakery Clerks are Alaska at $33,300; Hawaii at $33,300; and Nevada at $32,000.
Bakery Clerk Resources
Are you interested in becoming a Bakery Clerk? Continue your research into the position with these great resources below.
The Baking Bible – Written by Rose Levy Beranbaum, this book lives up to its namesake. This book covers everything you need to know about baking, which makes it a great resource for Bakery Clerks.
The Bread Baker’s Apprentice – Written by Peter Reinhart, this book is one of the best learn-to-bake books on the market. It focuses strictly on bread, which is important for Bakery Clerks.
Bread: A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes – Written by Jeffrey Hamelman, this is one of the highest-selling books on baking bread that has ever been written. The most-recent edition was released in 2004, and the advice is still highly regarded over a decade later.
Advanced Bread and Pastry – Written by Michel Suas, this book is an excellent read for those who want to use the position of Bakery Clerk as a stepping-stone to a career as a Pastry Chef.
Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft – This comprehensive guide on the art and science of baking was compiled by the teaching chefs at the Culinary Institute of America. It is one of the baking industry’s most trusted resources.
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CONTENT STRATEGISTGabriela is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and career adviser. With 10 years of digital media experience and five years of resume writing expertise, her publication history includes fashion, education, travel, social justice, equitable design and career advice.
