Cake Decorator

Walmart • Altoona, PA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Cake Decorator, you drive member service in the bakery and work collaboratively with other associates to meet members’ expectations. You plan bakery production, follow recipe and measurement instructions, and create decorative flowers and lettering using decorating tools. You help ensure product quality, accurate designs, food safety, sanitation, cold-chain compliance, inventory management, and equipment maintenance.

You use digital and handheld tools to support production, ordering, training, merchandise decisions, and product quality. You help manage bakery performance by maintaining quality and date-control standards, reducing waste, preparing for seasonal volume, assisting members with purchasing decisions, and resolving concerns. You also model high-quality service, support and train associates, and contribute to a respectful, team-oriented workplace while following company policies and standards of ethics and integrity.

The position requires at least six months of experience in a fresh production area and applicants must be at least 18 years old. Cake decorating is a preferred qualification. The hourly wage range is $19.00 to $27.00, with possible premiums of $0.35 to $3.00 per hour in specified circumstances. The role is located at the Sam’s Club at 2500 Plank Road Commons, Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Requirements

• At least 6 months of experience in a fresh production area.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must successfully complete all job-required training and assessments within the prescribed time period if hired.

Nice To Haves

• Cake decorating experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and help educate associates on tools, tasks, and resources.
• Provide customer service, adapt to business needs, maintain in-stock levels, and control shrinkage.
• Plan bakery production and ensure consistency in quality and accuracy of decorative designs.
• Follow recipe and measurement instructions and decorate bakery products, including creating flowers and lettering.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, cold-chain, and inventory-management standards.
• Operate, maintain, and sanitize equipment, and demonstrate understanding of product and layout execution.
• Use digital and handheld tools to make decisions about production, merchandise ordering, training, and product quality.
• Maintain bakery quality and date-control standards and reduce waste.
• Prepare for seasonal events that affect bakery volume.
• Identify member needs, assist with purchasing decisions, and resolve member issues and concerns.
• Model high-quality member service and products and support the training, development, and mentoring of associates.
• Comply with company policies, procedures, and ethics standards; complete assignments, communicate progress, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to a respectful, supportive, and team-oriented workplace and support the company’s stated goal of becoming a regenerative company.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, including PTO and/or PPTO; parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Company-paid Live Better U education program for eligible full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for qualifying programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed