Cake Decorator PT

UNAVAILABLE; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

UNAVAILABLE in Columbia, SC, is seeking a bakery clerk to greet guests, prepare and display baked goods, and maintain freshness and sanitation. You will support front-counter service, handle decorating tasks, and ensure accurate labeling and packaging.

The role requires a friendly personality, team spirit, and physical stamina for daily lifting. The position emphasizes guest interaction, adherence to quality standards, and collaboration with management to meet sales targets while upholding

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing demeanor.
• Able to work well with others and maintain a positive attitude.
• Lift 25 lbs regularly and 50 lbs occasionally.
• Able to read and follow written directions.
• Strong guest service and selling skills; clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests warmly and engage in friendly interactions.
• Prepare products for sale (icing, decorating, pricing, packaging, labeling).
• Maintain product quality and freshness.
• Perform bakery clerk duties as needed.
• Maintain sanitation in cooler, freezer, prep and sales areas.
• Clean work area, decorating tools, and bags.
• Rotate and organize freezer items by variety.
• Communicate guest requests to management.
• Report temperature variations to supervisor.
• Keep supply areas neat and stocked.
• Rotate icings and manage icing dates.
• Reference cake production guidelines.
• Write on cakes and mix colors per chart.
• Master airbrush use for decorations.
• Use the production sheet for daily tasks.
• Achieve budgeted sales, shrink, and profits for cake section.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Support Front Porch duties to ensure guest arrival standards.
• Announce specials and sales over PA system.
• Assist with product receiving and storage.

Skills

Friendly personality

Team collaboration

Lifting ability 25 lbs

Reading instructions

Communication skills

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.

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.