Cake Decorator/Bakery Clerk

Description

Walt Churchill's Market is hiring a Part-Time Cake Decorator/Bakery Clerk for our Maumee, OH location.

If you LOVE great food, deliver consistent QUALITY, RESPECT your co-workers, CARE about customers, and maintain a SAFE and CLEAN work environment, we want to talk to you!

Job Description:

The Cake Decorator/Bakery Clerk reports to the Bakery Department Manager and decorates cakes, cut out cookies, cupcakes, cookie cakes, and provides a personal service to decorate customized orders from customers. Expectations include being creative with designs, recording instructions and special requests, and packaging bakery items. Creativity and copying designs from images are a must! Cake Decorators are expected to know all Bakery Clerk duties and provide excellent customer service. Ability to work weekends and holidays is required.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

* Decorate Bakery items efficiently and quickly while maintaining high-quality designs in order to keep up with the demand of a commercial retail Bakery

* Keep up with daily Bakery production in order to stock the Bakery case and floor

* Complete customer orders by providing professional advice/suggestions, utilizing photo machine, and fulfilling customer’s wishes to the best of WCM’s ability

* Staying up to date on cake decorating trends, new styles, and techniques

* Using creativity skills in decorating and merchandising the Bakery department

* Providing excellent customer service when answering phone calls, taking customer orders, assisting customers at the Bakery counter, and helping customers find products

* Order decorating supplies such as sprinkles, sugars, and seasonal decoration items

* Maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and food safety standards mandated by government regulations

* Organizing and cleaning decorating materials, such as icing bags and tips

* Package, wrap, price, and merchandise Bakery Department products

* Keep sales floor and shelves full, properly rotate product, and organize as needed

*Work efficiently to meet the needs of the department, and adhere to timeframes as directed by Bakery Management

* Cleaning duties include sweeping, mopping, cleaning surfaces, etc.

* Additional duties as assigned

We Offer:

* Become a WCM Owner! (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)

* Paid vacation after 90 days + accrual PTO

* Employee Discount

* 401(K) with company match

* Training and job advancement opportunities

Come be part of our 100+ year tradition and see why Walt Churchill's Market is "Better Because"!

Requirements

Skills/Experience:

* Cake decorating experience/skills

* Ability to decorate quickly and beautifully to keep up with the demands of a commercial/retail bakery

* Customer service experience

* Creativity

* Previous cake decorating skills in a retail or Bakery setting, preferred

Education/Credentials:

* High School education/GED

* ServSafe/Food Safety Certification or willing to obtain one

Physical Requirements:

* Ability to stand for long periods of time

* Able to frequently lift 5-20 pounds and occasionally up to 40 pounds