BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR

Kroger Mountain View Foods; Oregon City (OR); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Mountain View Foods is seeking a Bakery/Cake Decorator who will create exceptional customer experiences through outstanding service. The role involves decorating bakery items, ensuring product quality, and maintaining a clean environment. Ideal candidates should have retail and bakery experience, effective communication skills, and the ability to handle stress. Join a team that values respect, integrity, and safety.

Qualifications

• Any retail experience required.
• Experience in bakery or cake decorating preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create a welcoming environment for customers.
• Decorate cakes, pastries, and other bakery items.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Retail Experience

Bakery/Cake Decorating Experience

Ability to Handle Stressful Situations

Effective Communication Skills

Job description

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Job Description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Responsibilities

1. Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
2. Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
3. Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about; prepare bakery items, including wedding cakes, per customer requests using proper bakery equipment.
4. Decorate cakes, pastries, cupcakes, cookies, and other bakery items.
5. Label, stock, sign, and inventory department merchandise.
6. Check product quality to ensure freshness; review sell-by dates and take appropriate actions; use all bakery equipment such as refrigerators, freezers, and ovens according to company guidelines.
7. Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
8. Understand the store's layout and be able to locate products when requested by customers; stay current with present, future, seasonal, and special ads.
9. Maintain awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and note any discrepancies.
10. Adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations.
11. Ensure compliance with merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense, supply controls, loss prevention, safety, and food safety rules.
12. Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identifying unsafe conditions, notifying store management.
13. Perform preventive maintenance by inspecting equipment and notifying management of repairs needed.
14. Report safety risks, issues, and illegal activities, including robbery, theft, or fraud; notify management of accidents.
15. Perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Any retail experience
• Any bakery/cake decorating experience
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Knowledge of basic math
• Effective communication skills

Desired

• Second language: speaking, reading, and/or writing