The Bakery Island Lead plans and directs the day-to-day operations of the Bakery Island at the Haymarket by Ashbourne Farms, while developing strategies to improve customer service, drive bakery sales, increase profitability as well as maintain high bakery standards and conditions and foster a positive environment for customers and associates.

Bakery Island Lead Essential Functions:

• Provide exemplary customer service by greeting customers and ensuring they are able to locate the products they are looking for.
• Develop top-performing team of associates by helping in recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Manage bakery island operations by scheduling and assigning employees
• Maintain inventory by consistently performing cycle counts throughout the bakery department.
• Ensuring labor targets are met and protecting all assets of the company.
• Maintaining a safe and clean store environment. Maintain the stability and reputation of the store by complying with legal requirements.
• Identify current and future customer preferences by establishing rapport with potential and actual customers.
• Ensuring all pricing policies are followed as well as merchandising activities; determining additional needed promotion; studying trends.
• Bakery planning and allocation of resources.
• Control expenditures
• Manage stock levels throughout the bakery department and ensure proper rotation both in the bakery island and cooler.

Bakery Island Lead Required Skills & Abilities:

• Product Knowledge.
• Knowledge of all Food Safety Guidelines
• Organizational and management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 2 years plus of retail or hospitality experience