Cake Decorator FT

Lowes Foods; Wilkesboro (NC); On-site; USD 1,515,000 - 2,066,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Wilkesboro, NC is seeking a bakery clerk to greet guests, prepare and decorate bakery items, ensure product freshness, and maintain cleanliness across the bakery and display areas.

The role supports cake decorating, color mixing, and proper stocking while upholding sanitation and customer service standards, with additional duties as directed by management.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality and ability to interact with guests.
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment.
• Lift 25 lbs consistently and up to 50 lbs occasionally.
• Ability to read and understand information and directions.
• Strong communication and selling skills for guest service.
• Minimum age of 18 years.
• Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Provide polite, friendly greetings and interactions with all guests.
• Prepare products for sale (icing, decorating, pricing, packaging and labeling).
• Maintain product level, quality and freshness.
• Perform bakery clerk functions when requested.
• Maintain sanitation standards in the cooler, freezer, prep area and sales area.
• Clean work area, couplers and decorating bags.
• Rotate icings and manage proper dating and storage.
• Read and follow the cake manual; write on cakes; color mixing per chart.
• Master airbrush usage and use cake production sheet.
• Achieve budgeted sales, shrink and profits for the cake section.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Performs Front Porch duties to ensure guest arrival standards.
• Announce specials and sale info on PA system.
• Assist in product receiving and storage.

Skills

Friendly demeanor

Teamwork

Lifting capacity 25 lbs

Reading/comprehension

Guest service

Age 18+

Physical stamina

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.

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.