BAKERY/SPECIALTY CAKE DECORATOR

Kroger; Centerville (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Tuition reimbursement

Associate discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Kroger is seeking a Bakery Associate in Centerville, Ohio to create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. This role includes responsibilities like preparing bakery items, answering customer inquiries, and ensuring product quality. Candidates must have bakery experience and a current food handler's permit. Comprehensive benefits such as healthcare coverage, flexible scheduling, and tuition reimbursement are offered.

Join us at Kroger, where your career can thrive in a supportive environment dedicated to employee well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience in bakery/cake decorating is essential.
• Ability to manage stress effectively.
• Basic math skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Create a welcoming environment for customers.
• Prepare bakery items as per customer requests.
• Check product quality for freshness and safety.

Skills

Bakery/Cake Decorating experience

Second language

Ability to handle stressful situations

Knowledge of basic math

Education

Current food handlers permit

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish & maintain a safe & clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales & profit goals established for the department, & monitor all established quality assurance st&ards. Embrace the Customer 1 st strategy & encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion & safety of others.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important & appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department & throughout the store.
• Gain & maintain knowledge of products sold within the department & be able to respond to questions & make suggestions about products.
• Processes Customer wedding cake orders.
• Occasionally asked to train new decorators
• Prepare bakery items per customer requests using proper bakery equipment.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Inform customers of bakery specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered & the correct portion size to prevent shrink.
• Recommend bakery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want & need.
• Use all equipment in bakery such as the refrigerators, freezers, & ovens according to company guidelines.
• Prepare foods according to the food temperature logs & follow cooking instructions.
• Measure, prepare & mix ingredients according to recipe, using variety of kitchen utensils & equipment.
• Adequately prepare, package, label & inventory ingredients in merch&ise.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness. Review "sell by" dates & take appropriate action.
• Properly use kitchen equipment, stove, computerized scale, & freezer.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Underst& the store's layout & be able to locate products when requested by customer.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal & special ads.
• Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions note any discrepancies in inventory.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations & guidelines.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases & coolers are maintained & temperature logs are maintained.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures & identify unsafe conditions & notify store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment & notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Report all safety risk, or issues, & illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

• Bakery/Cake Decorating experience
• Second language
• Ability to h&le stressful situations
• Knowledge of basic math
• Current food h&lers permit once employed

Job Info

• Job Identification 142573
• Job Category Store Operations
• Posting Date 07/29/2025, 11:56 AM
• Locations 5400 Cornerstone N Blvd, Centerville, OH, 45440, US

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

Benefits

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.