Production Bakery Cake Decorator

Who We Are

The Raley’s Companies is a private, family-owned, and purpose-driven retail company headquartered in West Sacramento, CA. Since our founding in 1935, our store operations have grown to include more than 235 locations across four states and four Tribal Nations under eight well-known banners:
Raley’s, Bel Air, Nob Hill Foods, Raley’s O-N-E Market, Bashas’, Food City, AJ’s Fine Foods and Bashas’ Diné Market. Built on a higher purpose, the organization and our over 21,000 employees are committed to quality offerings, exceptional service and doing right by our team members, communities, and planet.

Today, the Raley’s, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods and Raley’s O-N-E Market banners carry on the legacy of innovation by serving as more than grocery stores. Our purpose of changing the way the world eats, one plate at a time, has made Raley’s a trusted source for nutrition and wellness. We strive to enhance transparency and education in the food system to help customers make more informed, healthy food choices.

We also serve as the destination for the best fresh products, affordable offerings, and personalized service.

Under general supervision, the Production Bakery Decorator performs a variety of decorating skills such as: cutting, prepping, and filling bakery products. Performance of job tasks requires skills in using decorating tools and equipment such as pastry bags, bowl knives, and large mixers. Employees working in this job classification are required to produce a high volume of decorated products.

• Competitive compensation, paid weekly
• Retirement Benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for yourself and eligible dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement for qualified courses
• Scholarship opportunities for continued education
• Family leave and paid time off
• Store discount programs (10% off household groceries, free items)
• Discounts to amusement parks, gym memberships, mobile phone plans, etc.
• Employee Assistance Program (free financial, legal, and mental health services)
• Fun work environment where you have the opportunity to nourish your community.

The range displayed reflects the range the company reasonably expects to pay for the position. The actual compensation offered to the selected individual(s) will depend on their relevant education, training, or experience, among other bona fide factors.

Expected Minimum Pay Rate USD $20.50/Hr. Expected Maximum Pay Rate USD $22.87/Hr.

A Production Bakery Decorator must be physically present at his/her work site to perform all job tasks. This job classification requires the worker to perform production assembly line work in the Cake Room to decorate cakes and pastries. The majority of work is comprised of decorating cakes; however, Decorators also fill cream rolls, jelly rolls and assemble napoleons. Decorators work as a team to perform production line duties.

Decorators use knives to cut baked product, bowl knives to ice cakes, and pastry bags to decorate cakes. If specifically trained, a Decorator may mix icing using a commercial Hobart mixer and transfer icing from 80 quart mixing bowls to 30 quart bowls for individual use. Decorators set-up icing machine and configure the production line to meet specific production runs.

Upon completion of a production run, Decorators wash utensils, mixing bowls, and work tables. The following provides examples of specific job tasks but is not all inclusive.

• Prepares cakes for icing.
• Pushes/pulls bakery rack of product to be decorated from refrigerator up to 80 ft. to Cake Room.
• Pulls individual cakes from totes and peals baking paper from cake.
• Uses knife to cut/split cakes horizontally for icing or filling.
• Operates “cake slabber” to slice cakes.
• Places cakes on conveyor for transport to be iced.
• Prepares icings and fillings using Hobart commercial mixers, if trained to perform this task.
• Retrieves supplies from storage and/or 35 lb. crates of whipping cream from refrigerator using cart.
• Uses bucket opener to pry open lid of buckets of icing or other ingredients.
• Pour and scales dry ingredients.
• Co-lifts mixing bowl to place on mixer.
• Changes mixer beaters to use…