Shift Supervisor: Lead Team, Deliver Legendary Service

Starbucks; Mission; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Starbucks Shift Supervisor role supports the store manager and leads the team during scheduled shifts to deliver the Starbucks Experience, including legendary customer service, quality beverages, and a clean, welcoming store.

You will organize opening/closing duties, coach partners, monitor safety and cash handling, and maintain high standards while modeling Starbucks guiding principles. This role emphasizes teamwork, quick learning, and clear communication in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Customer service experience in a retail or restaurant environment

Responsibilities

• Acts with integrity, honesty and knowledge that promote the culture, values and mission of Starbucks.
• Maintains a calm demeanor during high volume or unusual events to keep store operating to standard and to set a positive example for the shift team.
• Anticipates customer and store needs by evaluating environment and customers for cues.
• Communicates information to manager so that the team can respond as necessary to create the Third Place environment during each shift.
• Assists with new partner training by positively reinforcing performance and giving coaching as needed.
• Provides feedback to store manager on partner performance during shift.
• Contributes to positive team environment by recognizing alarms or changes in partner morale and performance and communicating them to the store manager.
• Creates a positive learning environment by providing clear, specific, timely and respectful coaching and feedback to partners on shift to ensure operational excellence and to improve partner performance.
• Delivers legendary customer service to all customers by acting with a customer comes first attitude and connecting with the customer.
• Discovers and responds to customer needs.
• Develops positive relationships with shift team by understanding and addressing individual motivation, need and concerns.
• Executes store operations during scheduled shifts.
• Organizes opening and closing duties as assigned.
• Follows Starbucks operational policies and procedures, including those for cash handling and safety and security, to ensure the safety of all partners during each shift.
• Follows all cash management and cash register policies and ensures proper cash management practices are followed by shift team.
• Follows up with baristas during the shift to ensure the delivery of legendary customer service for all customers.
• Maintains regular and consistent attendance and punctuality.
• Provides quality beverages, whole bean, and food products consistently for all customers by adhering to all recipe and presentation standards.
• Follows health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.
• Recognizes and reinforces individual and team accomplishments by using existing organizational tools and by collaborating with store manager to find new, creative, and effective methods of recognition.
• Utilizes operational tools to achieve operational excellence during the shift.

Skills

Customer service

Direct the work

Learn quickly

Oral communication

Retail environment

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Job description

Starbucks Shift Supervisor role supports the store manager and leads the team during scheduled shifts to deliver the Starbucks Experience, including legendary customer service, quality beverages, and a clean, welcoming store.

You will organize opening/closing duties, coach partners, monitor safety and cash handling, and maintain high standards while modeling Starbucks guiding principles. This role emphasizes teamwork, quick learning, and clear communication in a fast-paced environment.