Cake Decorator FT Waxhaw NC

Lowes Foods, LLC; Waxhaw (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods, LLC is seeking a Cake Decorator to join our bakery team in Waxhaw, NC. You will decorate cakes, prepare icing, label products, and ensure fresh, high‑quality items on display, while delivering friendly service to guests.

The role emphasizes accurate decorating, color matching, proper sanitation, and dependable teamwork in a fast-paced store environment. Flexibility and a guest‑focused approach help our customers enjoy a fun, local shopping experience.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide polite, friendly greetings and interactions with all guests.
• Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, 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.

Skills

Friendly personality

Customer service

Teamwork

Physical strength

Communication skills

Reading instructions

Job description

Overview

Local and proud of it! Join Lowes Foods as a Cake Decorator and see how great pay, flexible hours, and an entertaining and FUN work environment make a real difference!

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

• 1. Provide polite, friendly greetings and interactions with all guests.


• 2. Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, pricing, packaging and labeling).


• 3. Maintain product level, quality and freshness.


• 4. When requested perform bakery clerk functions.


• 5. Maintain sanitation standards in the cooler, freezer, prep area and sales area.


• 6. Properly cleans work area, couplers and decorating bags.


• 7. Maintain the organization of the freezer, including proper rotation of product according to variety.


• 8. Communicate guest requests to management.


• 9. Communicate temperature breakdowns to supervisor.


• 10. Keeps supply area neat, clean and tidy at all times.


• 11. Properly rotates icings (including how to read dates of icings) and scrapes down buckets.


• 12. Use cake manual as reference material.


• 13. Write on cakes.


• 14. Properly mix colors according to color chart.


• 15. Masters the use of the airbrush.


• 16. Use cake production sheet.


• 17. Achieve budgeted sales, shrink and profits for the cake section of the bakery.


• 18. Perform all other duties as assigned by management.


• 19. Performs Front Porch duties to ensure "guest arrival" standard is maintained.


• 20. Announce specials and sale info on the PA system.


• 21. Assist in product receiving and storage.

Qualifications

• 1. Friendly, outgoing personality.


• 2. Ability to work well with others.


• 3. Ability to lift 25 lbs. consistently and 50 lbs. occasionally.


• 4. Ability to read and understand information and direction.


• 5. Effective communication, guest service and selling skills.


• 6. Must be at least 18 years old.


• 7. Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods of time.