BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR

Kroger; Oshkosh (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a part-time Bakery/Cake Decorator in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This entry-level position requires retail experience and cake decorating skills to create an outstanding customer experience. Responsibilities include preparing bakery items, ensuring product quality, and maintaining a safe environment. Ideal candidates should possess effective communication skills and the ability to handle stressful situations. Join a dynamic team and enhance your career in a supportive atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Any retail experience is acceptable.
• Experience in bakery or cake decorating is required.
• Ability to handle stressful situations is necessary.
• Knowledge of basic math is important.
• Effective communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Create a welcoming environment for customers.
• Maintain knowledge of products sold in the department.
• Offer product samples and prepare bakery items upon request.
• Decorate cakes, pastries, and cookies as per customer orders.
• Check product quality and review sell by dates.
• Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
• Report discrepancies to the department manager.
• Maintain awareness of inventory and stocking conditions.
• Adhere to health and civil code regulations.
• Reinforce safety procedures and practices.
• Inspect equipment and notify management of repair needs.
• Report safety risks or illegal activity.
• Perform essential job functions with or without accommodation.

Skills

Retail experience

Bakery/cake decorating experience

Ability to handle stressful situations

Effective communication skills

Basic math knowledge

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

• 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
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and suggestions about products
• 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
• Recommend bakery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need
• Check product quality to ensure freshness; review sell by dates and take appropriate action; use all equipment in bakery such as the refrigerators, freezers, and ovens according to company guidelines
• Decorate cakes, pastries, cupcakes, cookies and other bakery items
• Label, stock, sign, and inventory department merchandise
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager
• Understand the store's layout and be able to locate products when requested by customer; stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads
• Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions note any discrepancies in inventory
• Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil code regulations
• Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair
• Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud; notify management of customer or employee accidents
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position 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

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Part-time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Retail

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