Whole Food Market Careers – Bakery Cake Decorator

Job Description:

Performs all duties related to cake, tart, pastry, and special-order decoration. Creates appealing designs on all specialty bakery goods. All Whole Foods Market Retail jobs require ensuring a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and Team Members at all times. All positions must be performed in accordance with team and store Standard Operating Procedures. Further, Team Members must be prepared and able to perform the duties inherent in other Team Member job descriptions. All positions must strive to support WFM core values and goals, promote national, regional, and store programs and initiatives, and ensure adherence to all applicable health and safety regulations including Food Safety and regulatory duties required in the department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assists with production of all mandatory bakery products (i.e. parfaits, bars, cupcakes).
• Prepares, packages, weighs, and prices bakery products for sale.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses needs of customers in a timely and effective manner and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones and pages promptly and courteously.
• Maximizes sales potential through effective and proper procedures for prepping, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising product.
• Arrives to work station on time, appropriately groomed, dressed and ready to work; works all scheduled shifts and attends required trainings and meetings.
• Produces in-house products to daily par levels, as specified on production sheets.
• Completes production and spoilage records, adjusting production sheets to maintain sufficient product.
• Performs other duties as assigned by store, regional, or national leadership.
• Maintains, or ensures maintenance of, a clean and sanitary working and shopping environment; maintains equipment in accordance with WFM cleanliness and safety standards.
• Follows and complies, or ensures compliance, with established procedures, including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties as assigned; ensures accuracy of signs and pricing.
• Creatively decorates all cakes, tarts, pastries, and special-order items.
• Monitors product quality for freshness and ensures proper product rotation.
• Immediately reports safety hazards and violations.

Job Requirements:

• Ability to follow directions and established procedures.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Ability to work in wet and dry conditions.
• In an 8-hour work day: standing/walking 6-8 hours.
• Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members.
• 6-12 months retail experience.
• Ability to use tools and equipment, including knives, box cutters, electric pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery.
• Hand use: single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing and pulling.
• Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills.
• Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market.
• Basic math skills for recipe conversions and modifications.
• Exposure to FDA approved cleaning chemicals.
• Ability to deliver information in a clear and respectable manner to fellow Team Members, customers, and vendors.
• Exposure to temperatures: <32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing), 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (refrigerators), >90 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Good cake decorating skills (ability to make flowers and decorative borders; knowledge of elegant piping techniques).
• Thorough product knowledge.
• Work requires the following motions: bending, twisting, squatting and reaching.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.
• Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Understanding of and compliance with WFM quality goals.
• May require use of ladders.

Job Details:

Company: Whole Foods

Vacancy Type: Part Time

Job Location: Albuquerque, NM, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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