Cake Decorator PT

Lowes Foods, LLC; Myrtle Beach (SC); On-site; USD 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods, LLC is seeking a friendly bakery clerk to greet guests, assist with cake decoration and labeling, and ensure product quality and freshness. You will perform a range of bakery duties, maintain sanitation, and support management with stock and sales objectives.

Ideal candidates are energetic, able to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally, and possess strong guest service and communication skills. This on-site role requires flexibility and teamwork in a fast-paced retail bakery environment.

Qualifications

• Friendly, outgoing personality.
• Effective guest service and selling skills.
• Good communication with guests and team.
• Able to work well with others and follow directions.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to bend, kneel and stand for extended periods.
• Able to lift 25 lbs consistently and 50 lbs occasionally.

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 organization of the freezer and rotate products by variety.
• Communicate guest requests to management.
• Communicate temperature breakdowns to supervisor.
• Keep supply area neat and tidy.
• Rotate icings and manage dates.
• Use cake production sheet and read cake labels.
• Accurately write on cakes and mix colors per color chart.
• Master airbrush use for decorating.
• Achieve budgeted sales, shrink and profits for the cake section.
• Perform Front Porch duties for guest arrival standards.
• Announce specials and sale information on PA system.
• Assist in product receiving and storage.

Skills

Friendly personality

Guest service

Communication

Teamwork

Reading ability

Age 18+

Lifting ability

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.