(USA) Cake Decorator - FT
Sam's Club · Ypsilanti, MI · 2 mo ago
On-siteManagement$19–$27/hrFull-time
About the role
As a Cake Decorator you will drive member service in your area to deliver to our members more of what they love, for less. You will work collaboratively with other associates to ensure the total club meets the member's expectations.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with cross functional teams and help educate other associates on tools tasks and resources
- Develop interpersonal skills for providing customer service, being flexible to the needs of the business, maintaining in-stock levels, and controlling shrinkage
- Plan the bakery productions ensuring consistency in quality and accuracy of bakery decorative designs
- Follow recipe measurement instructions, working 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
- Demonstrate understanding of product and layout execution
- Leverage digital tools to drive sales, improve the shopping experience, and elevate associate engagement
- Utilize hand held technology to make immediate business decisions related to production, merchandise ordering, training, and product quality with the member in mind
- Adapt to new tools and encourage others to use them
- Drive the performance of the bakery area, ensuring quality and date control standards, eliminating waste
- Prepare for seasonal events that impact the bakery volume (e.g. holidays, graduations, family events)
- Identify member needs, assist members with purchasing decisions, and resolve member issues and concerns
- Be a brand advocate by valuing the members 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
- Complete work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources
- Communicate progress and information, determine and recommend ways to address improvement opportunities
- Adapt to and learn from change, difficulties, and feedback
- Embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences
- Create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging
- Work as a team, build strong and trusting relationships, communicate with impact, energy, and positivity
- Strengthen the team by helping, developing, and mentoring others; recognize others' contributions and accomplishments
- Maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance
- Act in a selfless manner and be consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent
- Deliver results while putting the customer first
- Make decisions based on reliable information, balance short- and long-term priorities
- 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
Minimum Qualifications
- 6 months' experience in fresh production area
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must successfully complete all job required trainings and assessments within a prescribed time period
Preferred Qualifications
- Cake Decorating experience
Pay
The hourly wage range for this position is $19.00 to $27.00. 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.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off (PTO) and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes (amount depends on job classification and length of employment; meets or exceeds paid sick leave laws where applicable)
- Parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U education benefit program (company-paid tuition, books, and fees for high school completion through bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates; available for full-time and part-time associates)