Bakery​/Cake Decorator

BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR role s position supports delivering an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and maintaining a safe, clean environment. The role also assists the department manager in achieving sales and profit goals and upholds quality assurance standards. The company values respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

• Create an environment that makes customers feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions about products sold within the department and store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of department products and respond to questions or provide suggestions.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover items; prepare bakery items (including wedding cakes) per customer requests using proper bakery equipment.
• Recommend bakery items to help customers get what they want and need.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness; review sell-by dates and take appropriate action; use bakery equipment (refrigerators, freezers, ovens) according to company guidelines.
• Decorate cakes, pastries, cupcakes, cookies and other bakery items.
• Label, stock, sign, and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering or shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Understand the store layout and locate products on request; stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Maintain awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and note discrepancies.
• Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil code regulations.
• Ensure adherence to merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identifying unsafe conditions; notify store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by inspecting equipment and notifying the appropriate department or store manager of items in need of repair.
• Report safety risks, issues, and illegal activity (e.g., robbery, theft or fraud) and notify management of accidents involving customers or employees.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum

• Any retail experience
• Any bakery/cake decorating experience
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Knowledge of basic math
• Effective communication skills

Desired

• Second language: speaking, reading and/or writing

Based in Washington, Qualify Food Centers (QFC) merged with The Kroger Company in 1998. Today, we’re proudly serving QFC customers in 59 stores throughout the Washington and Oregon. As part of the Kroger family of companies, we value diverse teams united by a passion for food and people. We strive to feed the human spirit and to create experiences for customers, communities and associates with food at the heart of it all.

We aim to provide the ingredients you need to succeed at work and in life, and offer opportunities to learn, grow and advance.

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We’ll help you thrive with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription) through company or union plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off (holiday and sick leave based on eligibility).
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program and free confidential financial tools and coaching (e.g., Goldman Sachs Ayco).
• Associate discounts on purchases (food, travel, technology, and more).
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career.
• Growth opportunities through training programs and diverse career pathways.

The final rate of pay is determined at store level based on prior equivalent work experience. We offer benefits that support physical, emotional and financial well-being, including competitive health care and retirement benefits, paid time off, mental health resources, associate discounts and opportunities to learn, grow and advance. We also support communities through our diversity and inclusion initiatives. For more information, visit the  site.

• Entry level

• Part-time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Retail