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BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR

Job Overview

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Compensation

Hourly
Range $12.75 - $16.50
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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

Kroger is a revered leader in the American grocery industry with a rich history dating back over a century to its origins in a small Cincinnati grocery store. Today, Kroger stands as the nation’s largest grocer, operating nearly 2,800 stores across 35 states under 28 distinct names. Known widely as America’s grocer, Kroger prides itself on fostering diverse teams driven by a shared passion for food and dedication to serving people. The company’s mission, To Feed the Human Spirit, reflects its commitment to creating meaningful experiences for customers, employees, and communities alike, with food at the core of every endeavor. This spirit of innovation and care extends beyond products to the culture within Kroger’s workforce, where people truly matter.

Kroger offers a rewarding career opportunity as a bakery associate, blending exceptional customer service with hands-on bakery skills to deliver outstanding experiences in-store. This role focuses on creating a welcoming environment by assisting customers, answering product-related inquiries, offering samples, and actively supporting the bakery department’s overall success. With responsibilities ranging from cake decorating and preparing bakery items like wedding cakes to ensuring product quality and maintaining organized stock, the position demands a balance of culinary expertise, communication skills, and attention to safety standards.

Candidates joining Kroger’s bakery team become part of a dynamic and supportive retail setting that encourages growth and learning, underscored by Kroger’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. Associates will help maintain a safe, clean store environment that fosters customer loyalty and aligns with company profit and quality goals while receiving comprehensive benefits that support well-being across physical, emotional, and financial facets. Whether seeking part-time flexibility or a long-term career path, this role offers access to industry-leading training, tuition reimbursement, and a nurturing culture that values each associate’s potential to thrive personally and professionally within one of America's most trusted brands.

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
  • 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 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

No experience required


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