Cake Decorator FT

Lowes Foods; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Wilmington, NC is seeking a bakery clerk to engage guests, prepare baked goods, and maintain product quality. You will greet guests, decorate cakes, price and package products, and ensure proper labeling.

The role requires lifting up to 50 lbs, standing for extended periods, and collaborating with the team to meet sales and shrink targets while maintaining sanitation standards across the bakery area.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality and strong guest interaction skills.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally and stand for long periods.
• Must be at least 18 years old with good reading comprehension.
• Effective communication and customer service abilities.
• Ability to work well with others and follow directions.

Responsibilities

• Provide polite, friendly greetings and interactions with guests.
• Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, pricing, packaging and labeling).
• Maintain product quality and freshness.
• When requested perform bakery clerk functions.
• Maintain sanitation standards in the cooler, freezer, prep area and sales area.
• Properly clean work area, couplers and decorating bags.
• Maintain the organization of the freezer and rotate items by variety.
• Write on cakes and use the cake production sheet; read dates.
• Announce specials and assist with front porch duties for guest arrival.
• Assist in product receiving and storage.

Skills

Friendly personality

Team player

Customer service

Communication skills

Reading & comprehension

Physical stamina

Tools

Airbrush

Decorating bags

Cake production sheet

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.