(USA) Cake Decorator

Sam's West, Inc.; Vernon Hills (IL); On-site; USD 57,308,000 - 80,231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) & stock purchase

Paid time off (PTO)

Employee discounts

Job summary

Walmart in Vernon Hills, IL is seeking a Cake Decorator to support bakery operations and deliver outstanding member service. You will decorate items, maintain inventory, ensure quality and date control, and assist members with purchases while following food safety standards and cold chain requirements.

You will collaborate with teammates to meet daily production needs and seasonal demand. The role offers competitive hourly pay, performance bonuses, benefits, PTO, and employee discounts, with

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months' experience in fresh production area.
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Willing to complete required trainings and assessments

Responsibilities

• Be a Team Member: Collaborate with cross functional teams and help educate associates on tools, tasks and resources, delivering strong customer service and maintaining in-stock levels.
• Be an Expert: Plan bakery productions, ensure quality and decorate items, follow recipes, and handle decorating tools while following food safety standards.
• Be a Techie: Use handheld devices to support production, merchandising, ordering and quality checks.
• Be an Owner: Drive bakery performance, manage waste, support seasonal events, and assist members with purchases and concerns.
• Be a Talent Ambassador: Model high-quality service and train teammates to work respectfully and collaboratively.

Job description

Position Summary

As a Cake Decorator you will drive member service in your area to deliver to our members more of what they love, for less. You will work collaboratively with other associates to ensure the total club meets the member’s expectations.

What You'll Do

• Be a Team Member Collaborates with cross functional teams and helps educate other associates on tools tasks and resources communicates and develops interpersonal skills for providing customer service being flexible to the needs of the business maintaining instock levels and controlling shrinkage
• Be an Expert Plans the bakery productions ensuring consistency in quality and accuracy of bakery decorative designs following recipe measurement instructions working with a variety of products for example decorating bags tips nozzles to create decorative flowers and lettering on bakery items ensuring adherence to food safety standards sanitation guidelines cold chain compliance and inventory management operating maintaining and sanitizing equipment and demonstrating understanding of product and layout execution
• Be a Techie Leverages digital tools to drive sales improve the shopping experience and elevate associate engagement utilizing hand held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production merchandise ordering training and product quality with the member in mind adapting to new tools and encouraging others to use them
• Be an Owner Drives the performance of the bakery area ensuring quality and date control standards eliminating waste preparing for seasonal events that impact the bakery volume for example holidays graduations family events identifying member needs assisting members with purchasing decisions and resolving member issues and concerns
• Be a Talent Ambassador Being a brand advocate by valuing the members experience in Bakery and modeling high quality service and products interacting with associates to understand the roadblocks and assisting in training developing influencing and inspiring them for working in a style that is respectful supportive and team oriented

Respect the Individual:

Embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where associates feel seen supported and connected through a culture of belonging creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform helps to attract the best talent

Respect the Individual:

Works as a team builds strong and trusting relationships communicates with impact energy and positivity to motivate and influence

Respect the Individual:

Strengthens the team by helping developing and mentoring others recognizes others contributions and accomplishments

Act with Integrity:

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture holds oneself and others accountable supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers members and the world around us Act with Integrity: Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble selfaware honest fair and transparent

Serve our Customers and Members

Delivers results while putting the customer first

Serve our Customers and Members

Makes decisions based reliable information balances short and longterm priorities and considers how own work impacts the teams ability to deliver on our purpose for all stakeholders

Strive for Excellence:

Displays curiosity and a desire to learn takes calculated risks and demonstrates courage and resilience

Strive for Excellence:

Drives continuous improvements is open to and uses new technologies and skills and supports others through change

At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!

• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J.

The hourly wage range for this position is $20.00 to $28.00* *The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Additional compensation in the form of premiums may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• 6 months' experience in fresh production area.
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• I acknowledge that the position for which I am applying requires me to successfully complete all job required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period if I receive the position.

Preferred Qualifications

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Cake Decorating Primary Location

335 N MILWAUKEE AVE, VERNON HILLS, IL 60061-1561, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

About Walmart

Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we’re reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.