Store Manager (Bakery)

Description

Job Summary: Operations Manager with experience in team management, cost control, and service excellence for food retail businesses. Key Highlights: 1. Operational team leadership and development 2. Strategic management of production costs and quality 3. Excellence in customer service and food safety **Key Responsibilities** * **Operational Management:** Ensure the store is fully prepared to open and operate with excellence across all shifts. * **COGS and Cost Control:** Monitor performance indicators, control waste (shrinkage), conduct inventory counts, and ensure product profitability. * **Quality and Production Standards:** Supervise production to ensure recipes and processes strictly follow the company’s standards, preventing stockouts or overstocking. * **People Management:** Lead, train, and motivate frontline staff, bakers, and assistants; prepare work schedules and mediate conflicts. * **Service Excellence:** Be present on the sales floor during peak hours to ensure prompt and courteous service to customers. * **Food Safety:** Enforce hygiene practices, proper storage, and expiration date compliance, adhering to all Sanitary Surveillance regulations. **Desired Qualifications** * **Hands\-on Profile:** Ability to step in wherever needed (e.g., assisting with closing a cash register or verifying the output of a baking batch). * **Proven Experience:** Prior experience managing food retail businesses (bakeries, restaurants, or fast\-food chains). * **Analytical and Strategic Mindset:** Proficiency in calculating **COGS**, contribution margin, and inventory management. * **Active Leadership:** Ability to manage operational teams and foster a positive organizational climate. * **Flexibility:** Availability to work on a **6x1** schedule (including weekends and holidays). * **Salary:** To be negotiated Compensation: R$3\.000,00 \- R$5\.000,00 per month Benefits: * Meal allowance * Transportation allowance Work Location: On\-site