Five Star Cake Decorator

Job Description Five Star Cake Decorator

Duties & Responsibilities

Customer Service

• Maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with a focus on fast, friendly service.
• Assist customers with product suggestions, special orders, and food preparation ideas.
• Answer incoming calls professionally; resolve customer concerns and escalate to Store Director when needed.
• Utilize suggestive selling techniques via phone, in-store intercom, and customer interactions.

Cake Decorating & Production

• Prepare, trim, cut, shape, and ice cakes following established specifications (including "No Black Hole" icing standard).
• Personalize products and decorate cakes per customer requests and special-order instructions.
• Create decorations using icing, flower nails, fondant, gum paste, and other mediums; ability to transfer designs to cakes.
• Recreate or customize designs from online images or magazines.
• Demonstrate advanced decorating abilities including:
• Swags, drapes with fondant
• Hand-formed roses
• Simple gum paste flowers
• Bows and cut-outs using rolled fondant
• Marbled fondant
• Covering/enrobing cakes in fondant
• Whimsical cakes and shaped cakes
• Advanced boards and display designs
• Understand proper construction of wedding and groom's cakes.
• Follow cake manual standards, including proper icing weights and use of the production list.
• Meet production expectations of $90$100 retail per hour.
• Properly store finished and unfinished cakes to maintain quality.

Bakery Operations

• Assist with slicing bread and preparing bakery items (proofing, baking, packaging, icing).
• Perform product demonstrations using proper preparation and packaging techniques.
• Help train and mentor employees on basic decorating skills.
• Maintain bakery case cleanliness, product appearance, and inventory levels.
• Ensure all bakery equipment and areas meet sanitation and safety standards.
• Monitor and maintain proper temperatures during preparation, display, and storage.

Inventory, Stocking & Merchandising

• Assist with physical inventory every 4 weeks.
• Control inventory to maintain adequate product quantity, quality, and freshness.
• Stock and rotate product; organize the cooler and discard outdated items.
• Build displays, implement promotional and seasonal merchandising, and maintain a clean work area.
• Ensure proper code dating practices for all products.
• Follow company policies as outlined in the Albertsons/Tom Thumb Employee Handbook.
• Perform receiving duties: break down loads, verify orders, inspect quality, report shortages, and follow temperature and storage guidelines.
• Maintain backup cake inventory in the freezer using production sheets.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Accurately complete and monitor daily log sheets, production charts, Sales & Labor, and other required paperwork.
• Control shrink and costs through proper handling, storage, and inventory rotation.
• Ensure correct product signage and compliance with labeling laws, federal/state regulations, and company policies.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure workplace safety, sanitation, and cleanliness across the sales floor, work areas, freezer, cooler, equipment, prep, and display areas.
• Maintain code-date compliance and adhere to all sanitation regulations.
• Follow emergency procedures for equipment or software malfunctions.
• Perform all job duties with honesty, integrity, and accuracy.

Other Duties

• Perform any additional tasks required to support bakery operations and customer service.

About Us

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!

Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw's, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson's Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico's Community Markets, King's, Balducci's, and Albertson's Market Street.

Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company's success.

Bring your flavor

Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Job Info

Job Identification 689464

Job Category Retail, Store Ops

Locations 1300 AIRPORT FWY, BEDFORD, TX, 76022, US

Apply Before 04/17/2026, 08:48 PM

Job Schedule Full time

Banner Albertsons

Union Status Non-Union