Walsh Ranch Bakery - Cake Decorator - Full time

H-E-B; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

H-E-B in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Cake Decorator to apply decorating techniques and maintain quality by following VTAs and department guidelines. You will prepare, package and merchandise fresh bakery items daily, while upholding food safety standards and delivering friendly customer service.

Key duties include taking cake orders, answering questions, using suggestive selling, decorating per each item's standards, and ensuring products reach the showcase on schedule.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED or equivalent is required.
• Experience in cake decorating or bakery is preferred.
• Strong customer service and communication skills essential.
• Able to read and follow written instructions and VTAs.

Responsibilities

• Provides superior customer service.
• Takes cake orders from customers by telephone or in person, with a high level of accuracy.
• Answers customer questions regarding products; assists them with selections.
• Uses suggestive selling techniques to meet customer needs and build department sales.
• Applies proper decorating techniques for each item per VTAs to produce quality cakes and pastries.
• Writes on cakes with icing on request.
• Reads and executes daily production list through cake flow.
• Ensures quality control of all products before sending to sales floor per VTAs.
• Ensures cake product reaches the showcase and tables at prescribed times.
• Prepares, packages, and merchandises fresh product effectively.
• Slices, packages, labels, and rotates products.
• Records production and shrink to aid in production planning.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Reading and writing

Planning and organizing

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Tools

Computer systems

Label machines

Scales

Job description

Job Summary: As a Cake Decorator, you'll apply proper decorating techniques and maintain quality of products by following guidelines. You'll prepare, package, and merchandise fresh product on a daily basis, while maintaining all department and food safety / sanitation standards.

Customer Service

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Provides superior customer service
• Takes cake orders from customers by telephone or in person, with a high level of accuracy
• Answers customer questions regarding products; assists them with selections
• Uses suggestive selling techniques to meet customer needs and build department sales

Production

• Applies proper decorating techniques for each item, according to visual training aids (VTAs) to produce quality cakes and pastries
• Writes on cakes with icing on request
• Reads / executes daily production list through cake flow
• Ensures quality control of all products before sending to sales floor per VTAs
• Ensures cake product reaches the showcase and tables at prescribed times

Food Service

• Prepares, packages, and merchandises fresh product effectively
• Slices, packages, labels, and rotates products
• Records production and shrink to aid in production planning

Food Safety

• Maintains sanitation in work area
• Complies with H-E-B food safety and sanitation standards
• Complies with department / Store operating procedures
• Operates / maintains all equipment properly

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Age Requirement

• 18+

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• 18+

Work Experience

• 1+ years of experience - Required

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of computer systems and equipment (e.g., PC, symbol, scales, label machine) - Required
• Strong customer service skills - Required
• Communication and interpersonal skills - Required
• Reading and writing skills - Required
• Planning and organizing skills - Required

Education

• HS Diploma or GED or equivalent - Required

Licenses/Certifications

• Completion of Company Orientation - Required
• Safety training - Required
• eCommerce Online Ordering training upon hire Upon Hire - Required

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Function in a fast-paced, retail environment, in detailed and precise tasks
• Work with Customers, staying attentive to their needs
• Constantly stand, reach at waist, grasp
• Occasionally walk, reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, stair climb, pivot, twist, arm push / pull, pinch, utilize fine motor skills
• Occasionally be exposed to wet, cold, hot conditions, and loud noise
• Demonstrate the ability to lift up to 40 lbs
• Demonstrate the ability to manage in excess of 25 lbs
• While there may be exceptions, the measurements noted are generally defined as--Constantly: 5.5+ hours per 8-hour day; Frequently: 2.5 - 5.5 hours per 8-hour day; Occasionally: 0 - 2.5 hours per 8-hour day
• It is Partners' responsibility to never lift beyond their own safe lifting limit. If an item is too heavy to lift, push or pull, and / or carry, the Partner must break the box down into lighter, smaller, more manageable components, or ask for assistance from another Partner or a manager.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last revised: 10/1/2018