Hy-Vee
BakeryCakeDesigner
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“Bakery Cake Designer at Hy-Vee. Skills: Cake decorating, Customer service. Decorating bakery items. Assisting customers with bakery orders”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service; Ensure customer satisfaction; Ensure department standards are met; Ensure the work area is always clean and neat
Industry & Context.
Ability to solve practical variety of variables with limited interpret instructions
Must be 18+, Must be physically able to exert up to 100 pounds of force (shared team lifting), Must be physically able to exert up to 50 pounds of force, Must be physically able to exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects, Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches and more than 20 feet with or without correction, color vision, depth perception, and field of vision, Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions, Exposure to flour dust, noise, cleaning chemicals/solvents, residual fumes and temperature extreme, Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Must be 18+, Ability to solve practical variety of variables with limited interpret instructions, Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages, Ability to file, post, and mail copy data from one record to interview to obtain basic guide people and provide basic direction, Ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force (shared team lifting), Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force, Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects, Vision from less than 20 inches and more than 20 feet with or without correction, Color vision, Depth perception, Field of vision, Climbing, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Reaching, Standing, Walking, Pushing, Pulling, Lifting, Grasping, Feeling, Talking, Hearing, Repetitive motions
What You'll Do.
Decorating bakery items
Assisting customers with bakery orders
Providing customer service
Taking product orders
Checking orders for the day
Setting up a timeline and production schedule
Decorating bakery items in a timely manner
Keeping current on new designs and trends
Ensuring department standards are met
Checking cake orders for details
Ordering supplies for decorating area
Setting up wedding cakes on site
Communicating with bakery manager regarding displays
weekly ads and special needs
Checking product dates
Pulling cases for work
Listing items to fill or replace
Developing bakery orders for bakers
Tracking daily retail production
Identifying tasks to be completed
Operating as a lead worker
Instructing and reviewing work
Participating in employee cross training
Understanding and practicing proper sanitation procedures
Ensuring the work area is always clean and neat
Adhering to company policies and individual store guidelines
Reporting to work when scheduled and on time
Wrapping all product as necessary
Assisting in other areas of the store as needed
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment; Identifies, with co-workers, tasks to be completed; Operates as a lead worker with part-time or other employees; Instructs and reviews work; Participates in employee cross training
Communication Scope
Answering the telephone promptly and providing friendly, helpful service; Communicating with bakery manager
Process & Methodology
Setting up a timeline and production schedule, Checking orders for the day
Full Job Description
Additional Considerations (if any): Must be 18+ **-** **At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.** **Job Description:** **Job Title:** Bakery Cake Designer **Department:** Bakery **FLSA** : Non-Exempt ** _General Function_** Responsible for decorating bakery items. You will assist customers with their bakery orders by the telephone and in person at the store. Additionally you will ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members. **_Core Competencies_** * Partnerships * Growth mindset * Results oriented * Customer focused * Professionalism ** _Reporting Relations_** Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers of; Perishables, Store Operations, and Health Wellness Home; Bakery Department Manager Positions that Report to you: None ** _Primary Duties and Responsibilities_** * Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store. * Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store. * Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible. * Assists customers by: (examples include) * escorting them to the products they’re looking for * securing products that are out of reach * loading or unloading heavy items * performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience. * Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call including taking product orders. * Takes customer orders at Bakery counter. * Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfa
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