Cake Decorating Specialist — Custom Cakes & Service

Roche Bros. Supermarkets; Westwood (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche Bros. Supermarkets in Westwood, MA is seeking a Bakery Associate to prepare, display and rotate products, ensuring freshness and top customer service.

You will work as part of a team in a fast-paced grocery environment, handling cake decoration, packaging, and assisting customers at the service counter. The position requires being at least 18, English proficient, ability to follow instructions, and availability to work a schedule based on store needs; prior bakery experience is not

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Ability to work as a team member and interact positively with customers.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English, with the ability to follow instructions.
• Authorized to work within the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Commit to the “Golden Rule” and work with other associates to build a strong bakery team.
• Achieve the highest associate morale in the industry by working in a style that is Respectful, Supportive and Totally Team Oriented (RSTO).
• Train other associates as needed.
• Provide premier customer service, including greeting and responding to questions, assisting at the service counter, and offering product suggestions.
• Dynamically selling products by providing customers with information needed to make product-relation decisions.
• Following Roche Bros., Sudbury Farms guidelines for Cake Decorators.
• Write on cakes/prepare product to meet customers specifications.
• Icing, decorating, traying, packaging, labeling, pricing products for island refrigerated cases, and maintaining refrigerated service showcase.
• Filling customer special orders, including all catering platter offers, as well as custom cake requests to include up and to wedding cakes and assisting with delivery and set up as needed.
• Operating the Bakery department mixer.
• Following Roche Bros., Sudbury Farms guidelines for Cake Decorators.
• Prepare and wrap bakery related products.
• Maintaining Roche Bros., Sudbury Farms high standards for product freshness and sanitation.
• Organizing and rotating stock in the Decorator's section of the freezer and cooler.
• Process merchandise according to production guidelines and follow established sanitation standards.
• Practice the “Cleaner’s Creed” and proper sanitation procedures.
• Stock display cases, and keep all bakery ingredients or merchandise rotated in accordance with company policy and product code dates and always make use of the oldest products first (first in, first out).
• Receive and unload bakery product and store in designated area.
• Monitor and maintain the cooler, freezer, equipment, and work area to the sanitation standards of the company.
• Keep work area swept clean, orderly, and free from safety hazards; report hazards to management.
• Able to operate and clean the bakery equipment and tools.

Skills

English proficiency

Team player

Customer service

Age 18+

Authorized to work in US

Job description

Roche Bros. Supermarkets in Westwood, MA is seeking a Bakery Associate to prepare, display and rotate products, ensuring freshness and top customer service.

You will work as part of a team in a fast-paced grocery environment, handling cake decoration, packaging, and assisting customers at the service counter. The position requires being at least 18, English proficient, ability to follow instructions, and availability to work a schedule based on store needs; prior bakery experience is not