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Bakery Associate Position Available at Alley Cake Company, LLC (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Alley Cake Company, LLC – All You Need Is Love and Cake!
Greetings from historic downtown Northport in the greater Tuscaloosa region! Alley Cake Company operates a boutique custom cake bakery, where we serve up plenty of sweet treats and delectable masterpieces.
We at Alley Cake Co. are seeking a full-time Bakery Associate – and we are looking for someone special. Do you enjoy preparing and baking cookies, cakes, and other specialty desserts? If so, we are looking for you! We want vision. We want passion. We want someone that is interested in the art of baking, understands the importance of sweet service with a smile, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Who You Are
- Experienced: Demonstrated experience in providing excellent customer service and food preparation.
- Effective Communicator: Ability to effectively communicate in writing and verbally.
- Efficient: Ability to effectively manage time while working in a fast-paced environment, pivoting from one task to another to accomplish goals and meet deadlines.
What You’ll Do
- Assist in the daily operations of the bakery department
- The Bakery Associate is responsible for preparing and packing all baked goods
- Assist the Bakery Manager in preparing, baking, packaging, pricing, and merchandising all baked goods
- Maintain clean, safe, and sanitary bakery area and equipment including cleaning shelves and products, keeping floors free of spills, removing hazardous debris from floor, sweeping, and mopping
- Provide a high level of customer service
- Stock, fill, face, and ensure pricing accuracy while examining the rotation of all bakery products and discarding outdated or spoiled items
- Wrap, label, and store merchandise according to company policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with food safety standards
- Perform other bakery duties as necessary
Minimum Qualifications
We are committed to equitable hiring practices; therefore, you must meet the minimum qualifications to be considered for the role.
- Be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalent; with 1-2 years of food service experience
- Be able to answer phones and take special orders
- Have good communication skills; and the ability to take direction and participate in a team environment
- Ability to work flexible hours, including Saturdays
- Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same
- Ability and willingness to operate bakery equipment (e.g. slicer, oven, scale, knives, box cutter, etc.) according to company guidelines
- While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand or walk on various types of flooring, utilize manual dexterity, talk, see, hear, smell and perform repetitive movements with both hands and/or feet
- Ability to reach at waist level or overhead, carry, push, or lift various loads to the required weights listed
- Lifting requirements: 35-50 lbs
Benefits
- 30% off all bakery products
This is an hourly position with the opportunity to grow.
Pay Rate: $15-$20/ hr. The exact rate will be commensurate with experience.
To apply for this position, please fill out the application below.