Cake Decorator - Full Time - New Store - Stanton #53
$44,200–$55,207 year
On-siteStanton, California, United States
Job Summary
Decorate cakes and pastries with designs using icing bags, trim uneven surfaces, and form decorative shapes with spatulas. Load and unload ovens, operate mixers, and prepare icing mixtures while following schematics. Maintain inventory control, check refrigeration equipment, and ensure all products have expiration dates. Comply with health and safety codes, report hazards, and use required PPE. Lift up to 70 pounds and climb ladders to retrieve items from elevated shelves. Achieve sales targets and maintain a safe, sanitary department. Three years decorating experience required; health department training mandatory.
Required Qualifications
- Three years decorating experience required; or equivalent experience.
- Completion of a certificate program in pastry arts preferred but not required.
- Health department training required.
- Be able to calculate percentages and ratios when measuring ingredients in dough mixtures and recipes for varying quantities or amounts.
- The associate must occasionally exert or lift up to 50 pounds carrying boxes of records and forms and frequently exert or lift moderate amounts of weight.
- Be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, gross margins, markup, percentages, proportions, ratios, and volume and to apply concepts of basic algebra.
- Ability to understand and effectively communicate quality goals to customers.
- Ability to work well and communicate with others as a part of a team.
- Ability to read, write, and understand the English language effectively in order to read and understand: instructions for operating ovens, fryers, fire suppression system and other mechanical and electronic equipment, company handbooks, policies and procedures, other written job-related documents including safety notices and other postings on company bulletin boards.
- Ability to prioritize tasks.
- Knowledge of the basic techniques of cake decoration and the principles of baking.
- Willingness to taste and evaluate all products offered in department.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Innovation.
- Must participate in Axonify.
- Must comply with company compliance initiatives (example: production planning)
- Must use safety equipment required (example: PPE)
- Follow safety rules.
- Must be able to calculate percentages and ratios when measuring ingredients in dough mixtures and recipes for varying quantities or amounts.
- The associate must occasionally exert or lift up to 50 pounds carrying boxes of records and forms and frequently exert or lift moderate amounts of weight.
- Be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, gross margins, markup, percentages, proportions, ratios, and volume and to apply concepts of basic algebra.
- Ability to understand and effectively communicate quality goals to customers.
- Ability to work well and communicate with others as a part of a team.
- Ability to read, write, and understand the English language effectively in order to read and understand: instructions for operating ovens, fryers, fire suppression system and other mechanical and electronic equipment, company handbooks, policies and procedures, other written job-related documents including safety notices and other postings on company bulletin boards.
- Ability to prioritize tasks.
- Knowledge of the basic techniques of cake decoration and the principles of baking.
- Willingness to taste and evaluate all products offered in department.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Innovation.
- Must be able to pass a standard drug test and qualify as being 'drug‐free' under the legal and medical guidelines permitted by the Drug‐Free Workplace Act of 1988.
- All other employees not subject to the U.S. Department of Transportation drug and alcohol rules and comparable state laws, must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test, which will not screen for non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites.
- All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
Desired Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent, preferred but not required.
- Completion of a certificate program in pastry arts preferred but not required.
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