Pick n Pay is offering an exciting opportunity for South African unemployed youth to apply for Bakery Manager Traineeship 2024/2025 .
Learnership Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Learnership Application Closing Date: 30 September 2024
Job Overview:
- Goal: To manage resources to maximize turnover and minimize shortages while ensuring adherence to standards, processes, and policies.
- This role provides a valuable pathway to career advancement toward becoming a Bakery Manager.
Minimum Requirements:
- Qualified Baker
- Supervisory Experience: Minimum of 2 years in a supervisory position is advantageous.
Key Competencies:
- Achieving Results through Others: Strong leadership and delegation skills.
- Planning & Organization: Effectively organize and follow up on tasks and activities.
- Customer Orientation: Deliver excellent customer service.
- Communication Skills: Clearly convey messages and listen actively.
- Business Acumen: Business-minded with a focus on profitability and productivity.
- Bakery Skills: Expertise in bakery operations and production planning.
- Merchandising Management: Ability to manage merchandising and execute plano guides.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Bakery Production and Merchandising:
- Ensure products are produced according to recipe specifications.
- Ensure the department is ready for trade by store opening time.
- Conduct regular quality checks on merchandise and execute plano guide 100%.
- Ensure products are wrapped, packed, and displayed according to standards.
- Monitor stock to meet customer demand and maintain margin and sales opportunities.
- Manage compliance with hygiene, housekeeping, and safety standards.
- Implement and monitor promotional activities and adhere to the promotional calendar.
- Ensure stock is rotated, and sell-by dates are adhered to on the sales floor and in backup areas.
Food Safety & Hygiene:
- Maintain food safety and health standards, ensuring corrective actions for non-conformances.
- Implement and monitor cleaning schedules, ensuring sanitation standards.
- Complete the Food Safety Daily Checklist.
Customer Service Management:
- Respond to customer queries about out-of-stock items and offer replacements or solutions.
- Maintain customer service standards and ensure equipment is operational.
Staff Management:
- Communicate critical information to staff.
- Set and prioritize targets and activities, delegating tasks as needed.
- Coach staff and address procedural, policy, and legislative noncompliance.
- Attend monthly regional meetings, sharing insights and updates with the team.
Administration:
- Ensure all equipment is well-maintained and general maintenance standards are met.
- Monitor turnover, waste, and stock to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Ensure Shelf Edge Labels (SEL) are in place and current.
Systems & Processes:
- Regularly monitor stock levels, using gap scanning for out-of-stock and overstock situations.
- Utilize SAP for reporting, stock management, and processing waste.
How to apply
Click here to apply online for Pick n Pay: Bakery Manager Traineeships 2024 / 2025
This position offers an exciting opportunity for growth and advancement in bakery management!