Cake Decorator

Harp's Food Stores • De Soto, KS

11d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Cake Decorator, this role involves supporting bakery department operations, including readiness, staffing, price maintenance, policies and procedures, inventory preparation, financial goals, cleanliness, and safe equipment use. The position also supports replenishment and inventory processes such as ordering, receiving, invoicing, and managing stock. Merchandising and sales floor standards are key, involving proper stocking, rotation, signing, display maintenance, and sampling. Adherence to food safety production guidelines for fresh food preparation, production, and processing is critical, ensuring all products are properly packaged, weighed, priced, and labeled. The role also requires maintaining department cleaning standards and using approved equipment and chemicals. Problem-solving skills are essential, involving clear issue definition and critical thinking. A strong safety and quality orientation is expected, emphasizing high-quality products and services while being aware of safety procedures.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, early mornings, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Adaptable to different situations and the ability to respond with flexibility to shifting priorities and rapid change.
• Ability to interpret, understand and follow instructions.
• Moves, lifts, carries and places merchandise and supplies weighing less than or equal to 25 pounds without assistance.
• Frequently reaches overhead and below the knees, including pushing, pulling, squatting, kneeling, bending, stooping, crouching and twisting with or without bearing weight.
• Occasionally required to climb.
• Continuous repetitive motion with hand(s) and arm(s), such as grasping, gripping and turning.
• Stands and/or walks continuously throughout shift.
• Visually locates merchandise and other objects, as well as verifies information, often in small print.
• May be exposed to all weather conditions (hot, cold, rain, snow, ice and wind) as well as, inside work with variations in heat, cold, dust and humidity.
• May be exposed to cleaning solvents or other chemicals.
• May be exposed to latex, eggs, nuts, soy and wheat.
• Employment at Harps may be contingent upon completion and our evaluation of a PEP survey, drug screen, employment reference check and criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support bakery department operations including department readiness, staffing, price maintenance, policies and procedures, inventory preparation, department financial goals and objectives, department cleanliness, and safe use of equipment and tools.
• Support bakery department replenishment and inventory processes including ordering, replenishment, receiving, invoicing and accounting, back stock, reclamation and returns, damages and reworks, supply use and inventory preparation.
• Support merchandising and sales floor standards by proper stocking, rotation, signing, setting and maintaining displays, sampling and overall department zoning procedures.
• Adhere to all proper equipment procedures, including cleaning and maintenance requirements.
• Follow all company and food safety production guidelines for fresh food preparation, production and processing.
• Ensure all products produced for consumption is properly packaged/wrapped, weighed and/or priced, and labeled according to company and regulatory requirements.
• Adhere to food service department cleaning standards, following company and food safety guidelines and using only approved equipment and cleaning chemicals for cleaning procedures within the department, including the production area and applicable service cases.
• Clearly define issues upfront and then use critical thinking skills and logic to effectively obtain answers to questions through a conscious and organized manner.
• Consistently produce and emphasize the need to produce high quality products and services while being aware of the issues and following procedures that affect personal safety and the safety of others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED