(USA) Cake Decorator

As a Cake Decorator, you will drive member service in your area to deliver more of what members love, for less. You will work collaboratively with other associates to ensure the total club meets member expectations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and help educate other associates on tools, tasks, and resources.
• Communicate and develop interpersonal skills for providing customer service while being flexible to business needs.
• Maintain instock levels and control shrinkage.
• Plan bakery production, ensuring consistency in quality and accuracy of bakery decorative designs.
• Follow recipe measurement instructions and work with a variety of products (e.g., decorating bags, tips, nozzles) to create decorative flowers and lettering on bakery items.
• Ensure adherence to food safety standards, sanitation guidelines, cold chain compliance, and inventory management.
• Operate, maintain, and sanitize equipment, demonstrating understanding of product and layout execution.
• Leverage digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement.
• Use handheld technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, merchandise ordering, training, and product quality.
• Adapt to new tools and encourage others to use them.
• Drive the performance of the bakery area, ensuring quality and date control standards while eliminating waste.
• Prepare for seasonal events that impact bakery volume (e.g., holidays, graduations, family events).
• Identify member needs, assist with purchasing decisions, and resolve member issues and concerns.
• Act as a brand advocate by valuing the member experience in Bakery and modeling high-quality service and products.
• Interact with associates to understand roadblocks and assist in training, developing, influencing, and inspiring them.
• Work in a style that is respectful, supportive, and team-oriented.
• Comply with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity.
• Use the Open Door Policy and apply these in executing business processes and practices.
• Complete work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources.
• Collaborate with managers, coworkers, customers, and other business partners to identify priorities, deadlines, and expectations.
• Carry out tasks, communicate progress, and determine ways to address improvement opportunities.
• Adapt to and learn from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences to create an inclusive workplace.
• Build strong and trusting relationships, communicate with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence.
• Strengthen the team by helping develop and mentor others, and recognize contributions and accomplishments.
• Maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
• Model Walmart values to support and foster culture, holding oneself and others accountable.
• Support Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world.
• Act in a selfless manner, consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent.
• Deliver results while putting the customer first.
• Make decisions based on reliable information, balancing short- and long-term priorities.
• Consider how your work impacts the team’s ability to deliver on the company’s purpose for all stakeholders.
• Display curiosity and a desire to learn, take calculated risks, and demonstrate courage and resilience.
• Drive continuous improvements, be open to and use new technologies and skills, and support others through change.

Requirements

• 6 months of experience in a fresh production area.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Ability to successfully complete all job-required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in cake decorating.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with performance-based bonus awards.
• Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U: Company-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for high school completion, bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates. Eligibility requirements apply.

Pay

The hourly wage range for this position is $20.00 to $28.00. The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Additional compensation in the form of premiums may be paid in amounts ranging from $0.35 per hour to $3.00 per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.

Primary location: 1459 N Dysart Rd, Avondale, AZ 85323-1515, United States of America.