Cake Decorator PT

Lowes Foods; Greer (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Greer, SC is seeking a bakery clerk to greet guests, prepare and decorate products, and ensure top quality and safety in the bakery area. You will rotate stock, manage cake decorating tasks, and support sales goals with friendly, proactive guest service.

The role requires lifting ability, reading orders, and effective communication with teammates and supervisors. Join a team-focused environment with opportunities to contribute to daily bakery operations.

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 directions.
• Effective communication, guest service and selling skills.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods.

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.
• Perform bakery clerk functions when requested.
• Maintain sanitation standards in the cooler, freezer, prep area and sales area.
• Clean work area, decorating bags and equipment.
• Rotate products in the freezer by variety and date.
• Communicate guest requests to management.
• Communicate temperature breakdowns to supervisor.
• Keep supply area neat and organized.
• Read icing dates and rotate icings appropriately.
• Refer to cake production sheets and use cake production guidelines.
• Write on cakes and mix colors per color chart.
• Master airbrush use.
• Maintain bakery production sheets.
• Achieve budgeted sales, shrink and profits for the cake section.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Support Front Porch duties to maintain guest arrival standards.
• Announce specials and sale information over PA system.
• Assist in product receiving and storage.

Skills

Friendly personality

Team player

Physical stamina

Reading and comprehension

Effective 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. 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.

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