BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR

The Kroger Co.; Town of Brookfield (WI); Sur place; USD 15 000 - 19 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Kroger Co. is seeking a Bakery Associate to deliver an outstanding customer experience through friendly service and a clean, safe store environment. You will assist the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals while upholding quality standards.

You will answer questions, decorate cakes, stock shelves, label merchandise, and verify product freshness. The role requires teamwork, good communication, and adherence to health and safety rules to serve customers effectively.

Qualifications

• Retail experience preferred.
• Bakery/cake decorating experience preferred.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Knowledge of basic math.
• Effective communication skills.
• Second language skills desired.

Responsabilités

• Answer questions about products and help customers feel welcome.
• Gain knowledge of department products to respond to inquiries.
• Offer samples and prepare bakery items per customer requests.
• Decorate cakes, pastries, cupcakes and cookies.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Ensure product quality and adherence to safety standards.
• Follow store layout, ads and seasonal promotions.
• Report discrepancies and unsafe conditions to management.
• Perform essential job functions with or without accommodation.

Connaissances

Retail experience

Bakery decorating

Stress management

Math skills

Effective communication

Second language

Description du poste

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.

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 make 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