BAKERY/CAKE DECORATOR

Metro Market

Madison, WI

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time
SKILLS
Bakery, Communication Skills, Cookies, Customer Experience, Customer Support/Service, Diversity, Food Safety, Inventory Management, Loss Prevention, Mathematics, Meet Sales Quota, Merchandising, People Management, Preventative Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Quality Metrics, Quality Monitoring, Regulations, Retail, Retail Management, Risk, Safety Compliance, Safety Process, Safety/Work Safety, Sales
LOCATION
Madison, WI
POSTED
30+ days ago
Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety. Minimum
- Any retail experience
- Any bakery/cake decorating experience
- Ability to handle stressful situations
- Knowledge of basic math
- Effective communication skills

Desired
- Second language: speaking, reading and/or writing- Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
- Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products
- Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about; prepare bakery items, including wedding cakes, per customer requests using proper bakery equipment
- Recommend bakery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need
- Check product quality to ensure freshness; review sell by dates and take appropriate action; use all equipment in bakery such as the refrigerators, freezers, and ovens according to company guidelines
- Decorate cakes, pastries, cupcakes, cookies and other bakery items
- Label, stock, sign, and inventory department merchandise
- Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager
- Understand the store's layout and be able to locate products when requested by customer; stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads
- Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions note any discrepancies in inventory
- Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil code regulations
- Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed
- Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
- Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair
- Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud; notify management of customer or employee accidents
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

About the Company

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Metro Market

We are passionate about our team members, their careers, the communities we serve –and of course, the food that brings us all together. We’re always looking for team members that share that same passion and want to join a team that is dedicated to giving customers an exceptional experience.

At Metro Market you’ll find a culture that is focused on creating a fun and successful work environment, the opportunity for career growth and development and a team that is invested in the local community –we’re Wisconsin Proud!

We offer a variety of positions in our retail store locations, division office and distribution centers. If you’re interested in joining our team, we invite you to check out our job openings.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Food and Beverage Production
FOUNDED
1883