Bakery Specialist

**URGENTLY SEEKING A BAKERY SPECIALIST**

Our group based in Durban is urgently seeking a Bakery Specialist to oversee the bakery managers of the group.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
- Manage and support retail bakery teams and initiatives.
- Assist in bakery and deli training and merchandising.
- Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with your team and encourage mutual trust, respect and cooperation. Assist and care for co-workers and suppliers.
- Counsel and conduct disciplinary hearings when necessary.
- Direct, drive and meet sales with a goal of increased profitability growth.
- Purchasing, management and control of inventory; stock checks; exercise the first in first out principal and control wastage.
- Ensure the group’s bakery management team exercise hygiene control and maintain excellent housekeeping protocols in compliance with health departments.
- Serve as the leader, role model and coach to bakery management.
- Travel to the various locations where the group’s Spar’s are based.
- Build and maintain relationships with retail store teams.
- Input plans, conduct team meetings, advocate for retailers’ ad items.
- Share current industry trends and changes with retailers.
- Administration: Signing off on invoices, timesheets and checklists, draft duty roster.

**Competencies**
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent knowledge of the bakery industry.
- Knowledge of bakery operations & hygiene and safety standards.
- Knowledge operation of bakery equipment.

**Experience**
- Minimum **2 years** management experience within the retail industry.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Education**:

- High School (matric) (required)

**Experience**:

- bakery management: 2 years (required)