Overview:
Create Memorable Moments as a Cake Decorator at Festival Foods!
Job Title: Cake Decorator (Part-Time)
Type: Hourly
Reports To: Bakery Manager
Do you have a passion for creativity and a knack for adding a touch of artistry to baked goods? Join our team as a Cake Decorator, where you can turn your artistic talents into beautifully decorated bakery items that leave a lasting impression on our guests.
Our bakery plays a pivotal role in crafting unforgettable experiences for guests' events and everyday moments alike, ranging from special occasions to everyday indulgences.
Providing excellent guest service is at the heart of what we do. Whether it's a friendly greeting, answering questions or addressing guest concerns, you'll handle each interaction with professionalism and care. Your willingness to help guests with what they need will make a positive impact every day.
Responsibilities:
What You'll Do:
As a Cake Decorator at Festival Foods, you will:
* Decorate Bakery Items: Top, finish, and decorate a variety of bakery products, including bars, pies, cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, and cakes.
* Enhance Visual Appeal: Boost sales by creating visually appealing and unique bakery items that exceed our guests' expectations.
* Customer Service: Provide excellent service by assisting guests with their bakery needs, taking special orders, and bringing their cake design visions to life.
* Stock and Maintain Displays: Keep bakery displays fresh and appealing by rotating products and ensuring adequate stock levels.
* Quality and Freshness: Maintain high-quality standards by ensuring products are fresh and removing any items that do not meet our standards.
* Collaborate: Work closely with the Cake Decorator II and other bakery associates to achieve department goals and maintain cleanliness and organization.
* Food Safety: Keep food safety logs up to date and adhere to all food safety guidelines.
* Honor Commitments: Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences
* Support the Team: Other duties as assigned
What We're Looking For:
To be successful in the Cake Decorator role, you should have:
* Artistic Talent: A strong artistic sense and the ability to create visually appealing and creative bakery items.
* Customer Focus: Ability to interact effectively with guests and understand their needs.
* Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail to ensure products are decorated beautifully and meet quality standards.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
* Standing for extended periods of time (80% of time)
* Lifting up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis (30% of time)
* Frequently near moving machinery (60% of time)
* Occasional exposure to extreme temperatures (20% of time)
* Repetitive motion of hands and wrists (90% of time)
Work Schedule:
This is an hourly position with a flexible schedule that typically includes mornings, afternoons, weekends, and the potential for evening and holiday shifts as needed.
Become a part of our bakery team and use your creativity to enhance our guests' special occasions. We offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for growth, and the chance to make every celebration a bit sweeter with your artistic touch
Qualifications:
Job Title: Cake Decorator I
FLSA Status: Hourly
Reports To: Bakery Manager
Utilizes artistic talents to create beautiful and uniquely decorated bakery items. Cake Decorators use their artistry and imagination to create lasting impressions through bakery items for the special occasions of Festival Foods' guests.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Tops, finishes, and decorates prepared bakery products such as bars, pies, cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, cakes, etc.
* Increases sales by creating visually appealing products
* Exceeds guest expectations by providing beautiful, creative, and uniquely decorated special orders that follow the guests' specific requests
* Reduces shrink through minimizing mistakes and using the appropriate quantity of icing and other supplies
* Fills, rotates, and removes decorated products from the sales floor and service case
* Identifies which products are at an unacceptable stock level and replenishes them with available supply
* Plans production tasks to ensure an adequate supply of back stock is available to fill the sales floor and service case as products are sold
* Maintains freshness by filling newer products to the back/bottom of the display and ensuring that closer dated products are sold first, as well as removing products that are outdated, stale, or otherwise unacceptable to make available for sale
* Provides excellent services to all guests
* Assists guests with finding items they are looking for
* Takes orders for cakes and other special requests
* Works with guests to create a vision of the product they are looking for
* Answers the telephone and assists guests using proper phone etiquette
* Maintains adequate level of supplies in the cake decorating area by replenishing packaging, icing, decorative accents, and other items as needed
* Contributes to overall department goals and objectives by assisting other areas of the department as available and requested
* Contributes to overall cleanliness of the department by picking up, organizing, and cleaning work areas, shelving, and sales floor as needed
* Assist Cake Decorator II when needed
* Required to maintain food safety logs
* Ensures all quality standards are being met, including quantity expectations at 100% by 10 am and 5 pm
* Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences
* Other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
* The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
* Standing for extended periods of time (80% of time)
* Lifting up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis (30% of time)
* Frequently near moving machinery (60% of time)
* Occasional exposure to extreme temperatures (20% of time)
* Repetitive motion of hands and wrists (90% of time)
WORK SCHEDULE
The Cake Decorator I is an hourly position. The work schedule will generally include mornings, afternoons, and weekends, with the flexibility to work evenings and holidays as needed.
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