Cake Decorator PT

Lowes Foods; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Columbia, SC seeks a bakery clerk to deliver friendly guest service while ensuring quality baked goods and clean, organized spaces.

You will greet guests, prepare products, decorate and label items, rotate stock, and assist with bakery operations to meet sales and quality goals. This role emphasizes teamwork, communication, and a positive attitude in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality is required.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs consistently and 50 lbs occasionally is required.
• Effective communication, guest service and selling skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests politely and interact warmly.
• Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, labeling).
• Maintain product quality and freshness.
• Maintain sanitation in the cooler, prep area and sales floor.
• Rotate icings and read dates on products.
• Assist with front porch duties and announce specials.

Skills

Friendly demeanor

Teamwork

Guest service

Communication

Lifting ability

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.