Pastry Clerk

heritagecareersite; Vallejo (CA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardenas Markets is seeking a Pastry Clerk to deliver outstanding customer service in a retail bakery setting in California. You will support pastry production, maintain display cases, and uphold food safety standards while engaging customers with a friendly, helpful attitude.

The role involves assisting with baking, stocking pastry items, taking orders, and collaborating with the team to ensure a clean, organized, and welcoming store environment.

Qualifications

• Valid Food Handlers Card is required.
• Customer Service and retail experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Greet and assist customers with questions in a friendly manner.
• Organize products in display cases and keep them stocked.
• Assist with baking breads, cookies, and desserts including pan dulce.
• Maintain quality, cleanliness, safety and food handling standards.
• Ensure pricing accuracy and rotate pastry items; discard spoiled items.
• Use pastry equipment such as heat sources, mixers and blenders.
• Take food orders in person and by phone.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Valid Food Handlers Card

Customer Service and retail experience

Job description

At Cardenas Markets, how we work is defined by shared values that include absolute integrity, respect, and collaboration. However, it's more than that; it's smart and highly driven people united in purpose to serve one another.

Bring your energy and unique perspective and you'll have the opportunity to grow with us professionally, personally, and financially. You will be part of a team that genuinely cares about helping you succeed, and you will work alongside talented colleagues while making a difference in our communities.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Pastry Clerk delivers quality customer service in a retail store environment. The individual is expected to be a role model of the company by delivering excellent customer service while maintaining company core values.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Greet and interact with customers to address questions or concerns in a friendly, service- oriented manner;
• Organize products in display case and tables while ensuring fully-stocked cases;
• Support team with baking various breads, cookies, and desserts, including pan dulce;
• Maintains standards for quality, cleanliness, organization, customer service, safety, loss prevention, sanitation, department conditions, and food safety;
• Stock, fill, face, and ensure pricing accuracy while examining the rotation of all Pastry products and discarding outdated or spoiled items;
• Work with various professional Pastry equipment, including heat sources, mixers, and blenders;
• Takes food orders in person and by telephone;
• All other duties as assigned.

Customer Service:

• Demonstrates personal Customer Service excellence. Engages with customers always;
• Improves speed and efficiency of service provided.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid Food Handlers Card;
• Customer Service and retail experience desirable.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK CONDITIONS:

The physical demands and work conditions below represent those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Some requirements may be modified to accommodate individuals with disabilities:

• WALKING: Continuously, throughout shift, while moving about the store and handling merchandise.
• STANDING: Continuously, throughout shift.
• LIFTING: Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. and occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER NOTICE:

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business or the work environment change.

Disclaimer:

Pay Scale $17.15 to $19.59.

The pay scale above is a good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position. Within this range, individual pay is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, specific skills, relevant work experience, and relevant education and/or training. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with California Labor Code § 432.3 and state and local minimum wage standards.