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BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR

Job Overview

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Employment Type

Full-time
Part-time
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Work Schedule

Flexible
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Benefits

Healthcare coverage
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Prescription coverage
flexible scheduling
Paid Time Off
Employee assistance program
Tuition Reimbursement
associate discounts
training programs

Job Description

Pick 'N Save, based in Wisconsin, is a proud member of The Kroger Company family following their merger in 2015. Pick 'N Save operates 89 stores across the state, serving its communities with a commitment to quality, diversity, and customer satisfaction. As a key player in the retail grocery sector, Pick 'N Save emphasizes a culture that brings together passionate teams focused on food and people under one unified mission: To Feed the Human Spirit. This mission reflects not only a dedication to providing exceptional food products but also a holistic approach to enriching the lives of customers, employees, and the entire community. The company’s legacy of innovation and community care creates a dynamic environment where employees can thrive and make meaningful contributions. As a Kroger family company, Pick 'N Save offers a supportive workplace that values respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety, providing a strong foundation for employee development and success.

The role available focuses on delivering an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service, emphasizing the importance of creating a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return. This position supports the department manager in achieving sales and profit targets while ensuring all quality assurance standards are met. The role is critical for maintaining the core values of the company and ensuring customers feel welcomed, valued, and satisfied with their shopping experience. Responsibilities include gaining and maintaining deep product knowledge, assisting customers with inquiries, offering product samples, preparing bakery items including wedding cakes, and decorating bakery products. The position also involves monitoring product quality and freshness, managing inventory and merchandising, and adhering to all applicable health and safety regulations.

Beyond the core duties, this role offers employees an opportunity to develop skills in customer service, sales, inventory management, and food safety within a well-established grocery environment. Employees receive comprehensive benefits tailored to support their physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing, including access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, flexible scheduling options, paid time off, and educational reimbursement programs. This comprehensive support underscores Pick 'N Save’s commitment to helping associates grow in their careers and achieve personal success. Whether seeking a part-time role or a career path with potential for growth, candidates who are caring, purpose-driven, and eager to learn will find Pick 'N Save a rewarding place to work. The company also promotes diversity and inclusion, encouraging candidates from all backgrounds to apply and contribute to its mission of feeding the human spirit.

Job Requirements

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

Job Qualifications

  • Second language: speaking, reading and/or writing
  • Ability to handle stressful situations
  • Effective communication skills
  • Knowledge of basic math
  • Experience with bakery equipment
  • Customer service skills

Job Duties

  • Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
  • Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products
  • Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about
  • Prepare bakery items, including wedding cakes, per customer requests using proper bakery equipment
  • Recommend bakery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need
  • Check product quality to ensure freshness
  • review sell by dates and take appropriate action
  • Use all equipment in bakery such as the refrigerators, freezers, and ovens according to 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's layout and be able to locate products when requested by customer
  • Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads
  • Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions note any discrepancies in inventory
  • Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil code regulations
  • Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed
  • Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
  • Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair
  • Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud
  • notify management of customer or employee accidents
  • Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Job Criteria

Experience

Entry Level (1-2 years)


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