Cake Decorator FT

Lowes Foods; Oak Ridge (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Oak Ridge, NC seeks a friendly bakery clerk to greet guests, prepare and decorate products, and maintain freshness across the bakery department. You will assist with cake decoration, labeling, and ensuring quality while upholding sanitation standards in all areas.

Role involves standing for extended periods, lifting up to 25 lbs, and performing various duties from inventory to customer service. Join a team focused on guest experience and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality.
• Excellent guest service and selling skills.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs consistently and 50 lbs occasionally.
• Able to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods.
• Capable of reading and following directions.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests politely and maintain friendly interactions.
• Prepare products for sale (icing, decorating, labeling).
• Maintain product quality and freshness.
• Perform bakery clerk duties as needed.
• Keep cooler, freezer, prep and sales areas clean and sanitized.
• Clean work areas and decorating bags.
• Rotate products in the freezer by variety.
• Communicate guest requests and temperature issues to management.
• Keep supply area tidy.
• Follow cake production sheets and use cake manual.
• Write on cakes and color mixing per chart.
• Master airbrush use.
• Support front porch duties for guest arrival standards.
• Announce specials and sales via PA system.
• Assist in product receiving and storage.

Skills

Friendly demeanor

Guest service

Communication

Lifting 25 lbs

Job description

Overview

To grow community through building guest loyalty and providing personal guest interactions that build genuine relationships with guests and result in a brand-aligned experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide polite, friendly greetings and interactions with all guests.
• Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, pricing, packaging and labeling).
• Maintain product level, quality and freshness.
• When requested perform bakery clerk functions.
• Maintain sanitation standards in the cooler, freezer, prep area and sales area.
• Properly cleans work area, couplers and decorating bags.
• Maintain the organization of the freezer, including proper rotation of product according to variety.
• Communicate guest requests to management.
• Communicate temperature breakdowns to supervisor.
• Keeps supply area neat, clean and tidy at all times.
• Properly rotates icings (including how to read dates of icings) and scrapes down buckets.
• Use cake manual as reference material.
• Write on cakes.
• Properly mix colors according to color chart.
• Masters the use of the airbrush.
• Use cake production sheet.
• Achieve budgeted sales, shrink and profits for the cake section of the bakery.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by management.
• Performs Front Porch duties to ensure "guest arrival" standard is maintained.
• Announce specials and sale info on the PA system.
• Assist in product receiving and storage.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. consistently and 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to read and understand information and direction.
• Effective communication, guest service and selling skills.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods of time.