Cake Decorator FT Wendell NC

Lowes Foods, LLC; Wendell (NC); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods, LLC is hiring for a bakery clerk who greets guests warmly, prepares bakery items, and maintains product quality and freshness. The role involves decorating, labeling, and rotating stock while upholding sanitation standards in cooler, prep, and sales areas.

The position requires strong guest service, teamwork, and the ability to supervise others as needed. Must be 18+ with the ability to lift up to 25 lbs regularly and 50 lbs occasionally.

Qualifications

• Friendly demeanor and customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work well with teams and follow directions.
• Experience or knowledge of bakery operations preferred.
• Ability to supervise and train others as needed.
• Strong reading comprehension and ability to follow instructions.
• Comfort with lifting up to 25 lb regularly and 50 lb occasionally.
• Proficient communication and guest service skills.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Ability to bend, kneel, and stand for extended periods.
• Capable of using store computers and basic software.
• Clear understanding of safety and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide polite, friendly greetings and engage with guests.
• Prepare bakery products for sale (icing, decorating, labeling).
• Maintain product quality, freshness, and presentation.
• Assist in bakery clerk duties as needed by management.
• Maintain sanitation in cooler, prep, and sales areas.
• Clean work areas, tools, and decorating bags.
• Rotate stock in the freezer by variety and date.
• Communicate guest requests to management.
• Report temperature issues to supervisor.
• Keep supply areas neat and organized.
• Rotate icings and manage color mixing per charts.
• Follow cake production sheets and use the cake production system.
• Record and work toward budgeted sales, shrink, and profits for bakery.
• Support Front Porch duties to maintain guest arrival standards.
• Announce specials and sales information over PA system.
• Assist in product receiving and storage as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Maintain overall cleanliness and organization of the bakery area.

Skills

Friendly personality

Teamwork

Physical stamina

Reading/comprehension

Bakery operations

Supervisory ability

Multitasking

Guest service

18+ years old

Mobility (lift 25 lbs)

Computer literacy

Communication

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

• 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. Knowledge of bakery operations.
• 6. Ability to supervise people including training and development.
• 7. Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job.
• 8. Effective communication, guest service and selling skills.
• 9. Must be at least 18 years old.
• 10. Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods of time.
• 11. Ability to effectively communicate with the Store Manager and Merchandiser.
• 12. Ability to work well with computers.

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