Bakery​/Cake Decorator

BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR – KROGER MOUNTAIN VIEW FOODS

Apply to join our team as a Bakery/Cake Decorator at Kroger Mountain View Foods.

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals and monitor all quality assurance standards. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering product questions.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and respond to inquiries with suggestions.
• Offer product samples and prepare bakery items, including wedding cakes, per customer requests using proper equipment.
• Recommend bakery items to customers to meet their needs.
• Check product quality for freshness; review sell‑by dates and take appropriate action.
• Use bakery equipment such as refrigerators, freezers, and ovens per company guidelines.
• Decorate cakes, pastries, cupcakes, cookies, and other bakery items.
• Label, stock, sign, and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Understand the store layout and locate products when requested; stay current with ads.
• Maintain awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and note discrepancies.
• Adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations.
• Ensure all merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense, supply, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are followed.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with procedures and identifying unsafe conditions for management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by inspecting equipment and notifying appropriate personnel of repairs.
• Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, fraud, and accidents.
• Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Retail experience.
• Bakery/cake decorating experience.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Basic math knowledge.
• Effective communication skills.

• Second language: speaking, reading, and/or writing.

Based in Illinois, Mariano’s merged with The Kroger Company in 2015. Today, we proudly serve Mariano’s customers in over 40 stores throughout the Chicago Metro area. As part of the Kroger family of companies, we take pride in bringing diverse teams together with one common purpose:
To Feed the Human Spirit. We work tirelessly to create amazing customer experiences with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. We strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. If you’re caring, purpose‑driven, and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

• Wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• Flexible scheduling in full‑ and part‑time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support through free counseling and confidential financial tools and coaching.
• Associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology, and more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement through our Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth through training programs and diverse career pathways.

If you are in need of reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or otherwise participate in the application or pre‑hiring process, please call 844‑849‑7136 or contact the location’s management.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Part‑time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Dairy Product Manufacturing

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