Cake Decorator PT

Lowes Foods, LLC; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods, LLC is seeking a bakery team member to greet guests, prepare and decorate cakes, and maintain product quality at the store bakery. You will assist with labeling, packaging, and front-of-house duties to ensure a positive guest experience.

The role requires physical stamina to lift weights and stand for extended periods, along with reading and following directions and strong communication with teammates and management.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide polite, friendly greetings and interactions with all guests.
• Prepare product for sale (icing, decorating, packaging and labeling).
• Maintain product level, quality and freshness.
• Perform bakery clerk functions when requested.
• Maintain sanitation standards in all work areas.
• Rotate icings and manage cake production duties.
• Write on cakes and use color charts for decorating.
• Achieve budgeted sales and shrink for the cake section.
• Assist in product receiving and storage.
• Announce specials and assist with guest services as needed.

Skills

Friendly personality

Teamwork

Guest service

Manual dexterity

Reading and following directions

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

• 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.
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