Cake Decorator & Bakery Experience Specialist

Kroger Family of Companies; West Point (UT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies in Utah seeks a Bakery Clerk to deliver outstanding customer service in the bakery department. You will help customers, respond to product questions, and assist with cake decorating and sample sales; ensure freshness and proper labelling while adhering to health and safety standards.

Join a team focused on quality, inventory accuracy, and efficient operations. You will decorate cakes, stock merchandise, monitor sell-by dates, and support the department manager to meet

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products; 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 equipment in bakery such as 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 locate products when requested by customer; stay current with ads.
• Maintain awareness of inventory/stocking conditions; note 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.

Skills

Customer service

Product knowledge

Communication

Bakery skills

Math basics

Job description

Kroger Family of Companies in Utah seeks a Bakery Clerk to deliver outstanding customer service in the bakery department. You will help customers, respond to product questions, and assist with cake decorating and sample sales; ensure freshness and proper labelling while adhering to health and safety standards.

Join a team focused on quality, inventory accuracy, and efficient operations. You will decorate cakes, stock merchandise, monitor sell-by dates, and support the department manager to meet