Decorator Lead

Decorator Lead

Store: Merced , Ca.
Wage: $19.47 - $20.59
Type: Full-time

Description

Join the Vallarta Supermarkets Family!

At Vallarta Supermarkets, we’re more than just a grocery store, we’re a vibrant part of the communities we serve. We’re seeking friendly, service-oriented individuals who take pride in delivering extraordinary customer experiences and thrive in a fast-paced, festive environment. If you’re passionate about fresh, quality baked goods and love making people smile, we’d love to meet you!

About the Role

The Lead Cake Decorator is responsible for preparing and decorating cakes, pastries, and other baked goods while also providing training and guidance to new cake decorators. This role helps maintain bakery display cases with fresh, appealing products, ensures consistency in quality and accuracy in customer orders, and delivers exceptional customer service.

What You’ll Do:

• Customer Service: Greet and assist customers with cake and bakery orders in-store or by phone.
• Team Support: Train, mentor, and support cake decorators while promoting safety, teamwork, and high performance.
• Product Quality: Prepare, decorate, and finish cakes and pastries to company standards and customer requests.
• Merchandising: Merchandise and rotate products to keep displays fresh and attractive.
• Compliance & Safety: Follow Vallarta’s Bakery Safety Program, company policies, weights and measures, and health code regulations.
• Operations: Monitor oven and proofer temperatures, order from approved vendors, maintain accurate inventory, and control department expenses.
• Sanitation: Clean equipment, work areas, and display cases to maintain a professional and sanitary environment.
• Other Duties: Perform additional tasks assigned to support bakery operations and customer satisfaction.

Physical Requirements:

• Stand and walk for long periods (6–8 hours/day).
• Frequently bend, squat, twist, and reach above/below shoulders.
• Frequent use of hands for grasping, pushing, pulling, and fine manipulation.
• Lift and carry up to 25 lbs. frequently and up to 50 lbs. occasionally (flour, sugar, boxes).
• Longest distance carried: 20 feet.
• Work near ovens, mixers, and other bakery equipment.
• Exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and occasional work at heights.

What We’re Looking For:

• Friendly, customer-focused attitude with leadership ability.
• Knowledge of cake mixes, fillings, frostings, and decorating tools (pastry bags, tubes, colors, textures).
• Experience decorating cakes and preparing pastries in a retail or professional setting.
• Ability to mentor and train others while ensuring quality and consistency.
• Knowledge of bakery equipment, tools, and ingredients.
• Basic computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Ability to perform simple math calculations.
• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Work Environment:

• Fast-paced retail setting with direct customer interaction.
• Exposure to perishable products, bakery equipment, and changing temperatures.
• Must work flexible schedule: afternoons, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Benefits:

Full-Time Team Members:

• Health medical plan: $25/week, plus free dental & vision.
• Free $25,000 Basic Life and AD&D Insurance.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan.
• Paid vacation.
• Access to legal services.

Part-Time & Full-Time Benefits:

• Paid sick time.
• Premium pay for holidays.
• Scholarship opportunities.
• Savings marketplace & credit union membership.
• Recognition programs (birthdays, years of service, spirit days, etc.).

At Vallarta Supermarkets, we believe our culture drives execution. If you’re a detail-oriented leader with a passion for decorating and mentoring others, we invite you to apply today to join our bakery team as a Lead Cake Decorator!

Vallarta Supermarkets is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Vallarta Supermarkets participates in the E-Verify program.

About Vallarta Supermarkets:

As of 2022, Vallarta counts on 53 stores throughout California (Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Kern, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Orange, and Fresno counties), and more than 8,000 team members. The Gonzalez family promises to continue to strive for excellence in everything we do so that our valued customers always have a Vallarta supermarket to call their own.From one small carnicería in Van Nuys in 1985 to 53 full-service markets across California, Vallarta Supermarkets is a living, breathing tribute to the hard work and customer dedication of our founding family and all of our valued employees.Vallarta Supermarkets was founded by Enrique Gonzalez Sr., who was later joined in the business by his four brothers, his son and nephew. Their family roots and humble origins began in the tiny town of Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, where Enrique and his brothers were raised on a meager farm. Their parents instilled in them at very young ages the importance of family and the power of a strong work ethic to overcome challenges.When the opportunity arose to immigrate in the 1960’s, the Gonzalez family was thankful to stake their claim in the “land of opportunity,” the United States of America. Right away, the five brothers got to work in restaurants, either as short-order cooks or bussing tables. Even though some of the brothers were still in school, they all worked to help the family make ends meet.In 1985, Enrique Gonzalez Sr. began his journey in the grocery business when he opened Carniceria Vallarta in a 1,000 sq. ft market in Van Nuys, CA. He focused on selling the traditional cuts of meats popular in his native Mexico with an emphasis on unequaled quality and the friendliest of customer service. He soon expanded the business to a second location and brought his four brothers into the business. From there the adventure truly began, as they worked together as a family to build both a reputation for excellence and a successful business.The Gonzalez brothers believed that the key to Vallarta’s success would be to combine elevated customer service with the highest quality products to serve the growing Hispanic community whose needs may not be addressed by big chain stores.That’s why, from the beginning, Vallarta Supermarkets offered a wider variety of the freshest, traditional foods from Mexico, and Central and South America than any other store. They offered specialty and traditional items customers couldn’t find anywhere else: cut-to-order Latin-style meats (ranchera, diesmillo, lomo de res), spices, fresh fruit and produce, delicious prepared foods, pan dulce made daily, plus everything else you would expect from a traditional grocery store. Fast forward to today where Vallarta has expanded its offerings to include a juice and aquas frescas bar, tortilleria, bakery (panaderia), a cevicheria and more.