Cake Decorator

If you enjoy being creative and take pride in attention to detail, our Cake Decorator position could be a great fit! You'll decorate cakes and other bakery products, create special-order designs, and help ensure our displays are stocked, attractive, and ready for customers. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys combining creativity with quality and consistency. *Previous experience required*

At Sendik's Fine Foods, we're more than just a grocery store—we're a family-owned company that values our employees and promotes a positive, supportive work environment. We offer flexible scheduling, opportunities to learn and grow within the company, and a comprehensive benefits package for all team members that includes a 401(k) with company contribution and employee discounts. Full-time team members also enjoy health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and more. If you're looking for a workplace where your contributions are appreciated and you can build a long-term career, we'd love to have you on our team!

Cake Decorator Job Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:  To provide quality, decorative designs for customer special orders and a variety of bakery products.

NATURE AND SCOPE:  Emphasis in this position is on ensuring the proper quantity and quality of product is available for the customer.  Primary learning challenge is developing proficiency in decorating and paying attention to detail and neatness while maintaining production level requirements.   This position requires ongoing judgment/decision making, standing, and light lifting.  Position functions and work hours may vary according to business needs.  Assignments and work direction are provided by the Bakery Manager or person in charge.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS

• Order proper quantity of cakes to be sold
  • Follow and complete daily and weekly quantities of cakes to be decorated and sold as determined by the Bakery Manager or person in charge
  • Retrieve cakes from freezer for decorating and icing 
  • Ice the cakes
  • Ensure proper consistency for both butter cream and better cream icing
  • Prepare cakes to be decorated
• Decorate cakes
  • Follow approved decorating styles and create new decorations as appropriate
  • Follow and complete production assignment
  • Ensure consistent quality and accuracy in decorating
  • Decorate for special orders
  • Ensure a variety of product is prepared for maximum sales potential
• Place cakes in proper containers and locations for sale or storage
  • Label cakes and stock product properly
  • Store overstock in freezer and remove stales daily
• Stock, rotate and face bakery product
  • Pull stales and write down product, quantity and retail
  • Prepare sales area by cleaning cases and bins
  • Insuring cases are stocked at the beginning and end of each shift
  • Maintaining proper quantity of product so it is available at all times to be able to pull and fill the case as needed.
• Maintain a clean and organized decorating area, and ensure adequate decorating supplies are maintained
  • Assist customers with information or requests by ensuring customer satisfaction, taking special orders and requests, and providing product information and location
  • Follow all store and department policies and procedures

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Physical
  • Lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs.
  • Pushing/pulling up to 200 lbs.
  • Equipment operation (spatula, mixer, lazy Susan, decorating tubes, air brush, copy machine, labeler, cart racks, chemical resistant gloves, goggles, cleaning equipment)
  • Walking, turning, standing, reaching stooping, bending, squatting 
• Mental
  • Judgment/decision making
  • Listening skills
  • Social skills/verbal interaction
  • Reading, writing, math
  • Memorization
• Environmental 
  • Exposure to cold temperatures
  • Exposure to heat

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER NOTICE

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform.  The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time, and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations or for the work environment change.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.