Pastry Manager- Custom Cakes

SusieCakes Bakery; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Paid sick time

Dessert discount

Job summary

SusieCakes Bakery is seeking a Decorations Manager to lead the cake and pastry decoration team, ensuring high quality, timely output, and strict adherence to safety standards.

You will train and supervise the decorations staff, assign daily tasks, and maintain quality across cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, while supporting a collaborative, celebratory bakery culture.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Culinary, Baking or Pastry Arts preferred.
• 2 years of leadership experience in a team environment.
• Ability to work in multiple regional locations; adaptable to a flexible schedule; reliable transportation and valid driver’s license.”

Responsibilities

• Lead the decorations team to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and other baked goods; supervise frosting, inscriptions, and finishing.
• Assign daily decorations tasks to team members and ensure timely completion.
• Ensure all food is prepared, handled, and stored according to food safety standards.

Skills

Leadership experience

Multi-location readiness

Flexible schedule

Reliable transportation

Valid driver’s license

Education

Associate degree in Culinary/Baking or Pastry Arts

Job description

At SusieCakes, we make old-fashioned, sentimental dessert favorites – just like you may remember from your childhood! Our bakeries are filled with the delicious tastes and sweet smells of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies, and bars- all baked from scratch, on-site daily, using the freshest and finest ingredients. Our signature Celebration Cake is a birthday staple on tens of thousands of tables. Our bakeries mix the nostalgia of the past with the warmth and feel of a modern, neighborhood bakery. “Connecting through Celebration” is our purpose and what we strive for every day with our team members, our guests, and our community.

Our bakeries are lively and bustling with genuinely friendly people who have the “hospitality gene.” They understand the importance of what they do every day and are empowered to make days better. Their connections to our guests and to each other are what separates SusieCakes from other bakeries.

The Decorations Manager leads the culinary operation in frosting, inscribing, and decorating of delicious cakes, cupcakes, and other baked goods. They are charged with ensuring the highest quality baked goods are decorated in a timely manner by means of training, supporting overall safety, and developing the culinary team through the specialization of decorations management.

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Predictable schedule - Day shifts!
• Free non-slip shoes (annually!)
• Birthday month PTO with complimentary cake
• Company holidays off (Thanksgiving, December 25th-27th, and New Year’s Day)
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Vacation, 401k, FSA
• Paid Sick Time
• Referral Program
• Pet rescue reimbursement and pet insurance
• Flexible return to work schedule for maternity leave
• Generous 50% discount to all our delicious desserts!

LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

• Creates a fun, lively and celebratory environment
• Possesses and demonstrates a “One team, One goal” philosophy
• Works in an organized, deliberate, and fast-paced manner

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads the teams by motivating, training, and developing the culinary team members in decorations skills; decoration, finishing and inscribing on a variety of products; including but not limited to cakes, cupcakes, and frosted sugar cookies
• Assign daily decorations needs to team members and ensure their completion
• Ensure all food is prepared, handled, and stored according to all required food safety code standards

QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree in Culinary, Baking or Pastry Arts preferred
• 2 years of leadership experience in a team environment
• Ability to work in multiple regional locations
• Ability to adapt to a flexible schedule according to business needs
• Must have reliable transportation and valid driver’s license

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent walking, kneeling, bending, and reaching overhead
• Able to stand for extended periods of time
• Must be able to lift, move and carry up to 75 pounds
• Must be able to taste product for quality assurance i.e buttercream(s), cake(s) and cupcake(s)batter, cookie dough and other recipes as assigned.

CERTIFICATIONS

• ServSafe Manager Food Handler Certification

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.