Bakery Cake Designer

At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise a helpful smile in every aisle and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Baker Cake Designer

• Department:
  Bakery
• FLSA:
  Non-Exempt

Responsible for decorating bakery items. Assist customers with their bakery orders by telephone and in person at the store. Provide courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members, ensuring a positive company image.

• Partnerships
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

Accountable and

Reports to:

District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers of Perishables, Store Operations, and Health Wellness Home;
Bakery Department Manager. Positions that Report to you:
None.

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by (examples include):
  • Escorting them to the products they’re looking for
  • Securing products that are out of reach
  • Loading or unloading heavy items
  • Performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call including taking product orders.
• Takes customer orders at bakery counter.
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Checks orders for the day and sets up a timeline and production schedule.
• Decorates bakery items in a timely manner.
• Keeps current on new designs and trends.
• Ensures department standards are met.
• Checks cake orders for details (size, deco pack, icing needs, dates) daily and indicates supply needs.
• Orders supplies for decorating area and checks off the order.
• Delivers product and sets up wedding cakes on site (outside the store).
• Communicates with bakery manager regarding displays, weekly ads and special needs on a daily basis.
• Checks product dates, pulls cases for work and lists items to fill or replace.
• Develops bakery orders for bakers on a daily basis (orders cakes, sizes, etc.).
• Tracks daily retail production. Identifies, with co-workers, tasks to be completed.
• Operates as a lead worker with part-time or other employees (instructs and reviews work).
• Participates in employee cross training.
• Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.

• Wraps all product as necessary.
• Assists in other areas of the store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

• Problem solving with variable conditions and limited standardization.
• Arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals and percentages.
• Ability to file, post, mail materials; copy data from one record to another; interview to obtain basic information; guide people and provide basic direction.

High school or equivalent experience and up to six months of similar or related work experience.

• Must be physically able to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally; 50 pounds frequently; and 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
• Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, color vision, depth perception, and field of vision.
• Must be able to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Works in a store environment under pressure to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities. Exposure to flour dust, noise, cleaning chemicals/solvents, residual fumes, and temperature extremes.

Standard bakery tools and equipment including mixers, ovens, turntables, tips, bas, airbrush telephone copy cake machine, and intercom system.

Daily contact with the general public taking orders. Weekly contact with suppliers/vendors.

The anticipated hourly starting wage for this position is $17.00 to $21.25 depending on experience.

For information on company benefits visit Benefits | Hy-Vee.

Are you ready to smile? Apply today.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre‑employment drug screen.