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Harps is a well-established grocery store chain known for its commitment to delivering excellent value, high-quality products, and exceptional customer service in a clean and friendly environment. With a strong focus on competitive prices, product freshness, and building lasting relationships with their customers, Harps operates multiple stores that serve diverse communities. The company prides itself on maintaining a positive workplace culture where employees are encouraged to grow professionally while contributing to the overall success of the organization. Harps embodies a customer-centric philosophy that drives all departments, especially the bakery, to exceed customer expectations. The role of a Baker at Harps is essential to the bakery department's operations and overall store success. Bakers are responsible for ensuring department readiness, including staffing and maintaining cleanliness, following safety protocols, and managing inventory. This role involves supporting all bakery department replenishment and inventory procedures including ordering supplies, receiving shipments, handling invoicing, managing back stock, and addressing returns or damages. Bakers are also required to adhere to equipment maintenance protocols, ensuring safe and proper use of bakery tools. Food production and processing are key elements of the baker’s duties, with a strong emphasis on food safety compliance, proper packaging, weighing, pricing, and labeling in accordance with company and regulatory requirements. Bakers are expected to uphold department cleaning standards by using approved equipment and cleaning chemicals, maintaining the production area and service cases in spotless condition. Problem-solving skills are essential, requiring the baker to analyze issues critically and seek effective solutions in an organized manner. Quality orientation and safety consciousness are paramount, with continuous emphasis on producing high-quality bakery products and maintaining a safe environment for themselves and customers. In addition to technical skills, the baker must excel in building relationships by treating others with respect, empathy, and fairness. They demonstrate conscientiousness through responsible behavior, dependability, and adherence to company policies including attendance and dress code. Delivering exceptional customer service is central to the role, involving removal of service barriers and proactive assistance in line with Harps’ SMILE Program. Integrity and professionalism are deeply embedded values within the role, requiring honesty, accountability, and a results-driven mindset. Bakers are expected to work with a no-excuses attitude and prioritize the best interests of Harps, even when faced with individual challenges. Bakers play a vital role in supporting Harps’ mission statement by consistently striving to provide the best overall value, competitive prices, quality products, and friendly service. Their dedication helps build the store’s reputation as a preferred destination for customers seeking fresh bakery items and a pleasant shopping experience. The position demands flexibility in work schedules including evenings, early mornings, weekends, and holidays to meet operational needs. Overall, the baker role at Harps is a dynamic position that combines technical bakery skills, inventory and equipment management, and customer service excellence. It offers opportunities for individuals passionate about food production and retail to contribute meaningfully to a well-respected company with a proud tradition of community focus and customer satisfaction.

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent preferred
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, early mornings, weekends and holidays as needed
• Adaptable to different situations and the ability to respond with flexibility to shifting priorities and rapid change
• Ability to interpret, understand and follow instructions
• Moves, lifts, carries and places merchandise and supplies weighing less than or equal to 50 pounds without assistance
• Frequently reaches overhead and below the knees, including pushing, pulling, squatting, kneeling, bending, stooping, crouching and twisting with or without bearing weight
• Occasionally required to climb
• Continuous repetitive motion with hand(s) and arm(s), such as grasping, gripping and turning
• Stands and/or walks continuously throughout shift
• Visually locates merchandise and other objects, as well as verifies information, often in small print
• May be exposed to all weather conditions (hot, cold, rain, snow, ice and wind) as well as inside work with variations in heat, cold, dust and humidity
• May be exposed to cleaning solvents or other chemicals
• May be exposed to latex, eggs, nuts, soy and wheat
• Employment at Harps may be contingent upon completion and evaluation of a PEP survey, drug screen, employment reference check and criminal background check