Bakery Department Manager

With an external turnover of around 12.24 billion euros and around 76,000 employees (including independent retailers and nearly 3,400 trainees), EDEKA Minden-Hannover is the strongest revenue-generating of the seven regional companies in the cooperatively organized EDEKA Group. Founded in 1920, it spans from the Dutch to the Polish border, covering Bremen, Lower Saxony, part of East Westphalia-Lippe, Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin, and Brandenburg. More than three quarters of the nearly 1,500 stores are owned by around 640 independent EDEKA merchants. The group includes several production facilities, such as the Schäfer's bread and bakery production, the Bauerngut meat and sausage production, and the traditional fish processing company Hagenah in Hamburg. EDEKA Minden-Hannover is a pioneer in sustainability and climate protection. For over 100 years, responsible and sustainable action has been one of the core principles of the group.

• You are responsible for work processes from merchandise disposition through delivery and storage to sales, setting sensible priorities.
• You ensure compliance with business performance indicators and conduct inventory.
• With passion, you lead your team at the bakery shop in the pre-checkout area and plan staff deployment.
• You check out products at our service counter and ensure order and cleanliness.

• You have completed vocational training in a specialty store or food retail (or as a bakery sales specialist).
• You bring merchandise and assortment knowledge in bakery products and sales experience at the service counter.
• You have a valid certificate of expertise according to the Food Hygiene Regulation.
• You understand how to think and act in business terms and already have experience as a department head.
• You communicate transparently, are empathetic, creative, and make decisions independently.