Cake and Desserts Lead Store

Job Category: Bakery Department

Requisition Number: CAKEA
025604

• Posted :
  October 1, 2026
• Full-Time
• Rate : $24.25 USD per hour

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Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA

About Us
Northgate Gonzalez Market has grown from one store in Anaheim in 1980 to over 40 locations across Southern California, and we’re looking for passionate, customer-focused team members to join our family. We offer flexible schedules, opportunities for growth, and an associate discount of up to 20% for you and your household—all in a positive and fun work environment where you’ll feel valued and appreciated.

If you’re enthusiastic, team-oriented, and ready to build a career with us, we’d love to meet you.

JOB SUMMARY: To effectively direct and supervise all activities of the bakery’s department cake production area and personnel. As the lead you will oversee the production, quality, presentation, and department standards of the cake production area. Your goal will be to maintain an organized production schedule as well as effective inventory levels of all products produced. You will be responsible for managing production windows and adhering to all recipes and processes for all products.

On the people side, you will create and maintain a motivating and issue‑free environment for all personnel in the production areas as well as manage their day to day duties.

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

• Manage the day to day production
• Maintain expected product quality, freshness and availability
• Collaborate with other production leads as needed
• Oversee food safety compliance and regulatory standards on a consistent basis
• Implement and maintain expected cleanliness levels in all production areas
• Ensure all production equipment is torn down and cleaned on a regular basis
• Ensure all preventive maintenance is performed in all equipment within production areas
• Ensure personnel safety procedures are being followed
• Maintain fluid communication with group team leader
• Collaborate with group team leader to carry out schedules and effectiveness
• Collaborate with group team leader in maintaining correct inventory levels
• Ensure the proper training of new associates and overall development of their production team
• Ensure 5s standards in production area
• Collaborate with and ensure production of internal orders for other puestos as needed
• Comply with all local, state and federal health and civil code regulations.
• Ensure an excellent level of customer service from team members and contribute to our customer promise
• Perform any other work‑related duties as assigned
• Comply with all state, county and local weights and measures laws and labeling requirements.

REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS:

• 3 years of experience in cake and pastry goods production
• 1 year of experience in people management

Preferred Requirements

• High school education, GED or equivalent.
• Basic computer skills

Physical Demands and Conditions

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Some requirements may be modified to accommodate individuals with disabilities:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; and use the hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools or controls;
• The employee must frequently walk, talk or hear, and reach with the hands and arms; occasionally, the employee must crouch or kneel;
• The employee must occasionally exert or lift up to 76 pounds carrying boxes of records and forms and frequently exert or lift moderate amounts of weight;
• Successful performance requires…