Market Street Baker

Position: Market Street Baker

Location: Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom (SS2 6SH)

Employment Type: Permanent | Hourly Paid (36.75 Hours per week)

Salary: Competitive salary, plus excellent benefits

Closing Date: 18 September 2026

Job Reference: 158760

About the Role

Are you passionate about baking, with experience working as a trained baker, in a bakery, or in a professional kitchen? Do you want to join an organisation where you can prove yourself? If so, this is an opportunity you 'Doughnut' want to miss!

As a Market Street Baker at Morrisons, you are the face of our fresh in-store bakery. You will bring traditional skills to life and deliver exceptional experiences for our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure customer confidence in the continuous availability of fresh bakery products.
Maintain quality, fresh, and attractive displays of food throughout the trading day to drive sales.
Prepare a variety of bread, rolls, doughnuts, and fruited products for sale to company specifications using professional bakery equipment (e.g., provers, ovens, mixers).
Deliver friendly, helpful service, creating moments that matter for our customers by highlighting our fresh, scratch-made products.
Work flexibly across other fresh counters when needed to cater to our shoppers.

About You

We are looking for someone who shares our team spirit and core values. You will be a person who:

Possesses competent baking skills, including mixing and moulding dough.
Enjoys being active and working in a fast-paced, varied retail environment.
Has a naturally helpful and friendly style, loves meeting people, and goes above and beyond for customers.
Uses your own initiative to support and resolve customer queries.
Can safely operate a range of bakery equipment while maintaining high health and safety standards.

Rewards and Benefits

We reward hard work with a comprehensive package designed to support you and your family:

Pay & Hours: Competitive hourly rate with fully flexible shift patterns.
Holidays: 6 weeks of holiday per year (including bank holidays).
Colleague Discounts: 15% discount in Morrisons supermarkets and convenience stores from your first day, plus an additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member.
Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised in-store cafes, healthcare cash plans, and Aviva Digital GP access.
Financial Security: Competitive pension scheme and life assurance.
Perks & Extras: Morrisons MyPerks (discounts at high street shops, cinemas, and gyms), optional payroll charity donations, and salary finance tools.
Family-Friendly Policies: 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave, alongside specialised neonatal and fertility leave.
Growth: Exceptional career progression, training, and development opportunities.

Our Ways of Working

At Morrisons, our culture is driven by six core values:

Customer First: Caring about our customers and meeting their needs.
Teamwork: Going further together as one team.
Working Freely in a Framework: Trusted to make decisions and improve things.
Care and Respect: Caring more and trying harder for each other and everyone around us.
Listen and Respond: Talking, listening, and always doing the right thing.
Grow Sales, Low Cost: Driving improvements across the end-to-end process.