Barista

Cobra Coffee; Crawley; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Free beverages on shift

Discounts on beverages and food

30% on bottled beverages and impulse d

Life insurance

Comprehensive training

Career progression

Job summary

Cobra Coffee, in Crawley, is seeking a friendly barista to deliver the Starbucks experience in-store. No prior experience required; you’ll receive comprehensive training and become adept at crafting high-quality beverages and building connections with customers.

Expect early mornings, evenings, and weekend shifts. You’ll work in a welcoming team, with opportunities for career progression and discounts on drinks and food during shifts.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required, just passion for delivering great customer service.
• Ability to learn recipes and follow presentation standards.
• Willingness to work early mornings, evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality beverages and food items to customers according to recipe and presentation standards.
• Open, close, and handle cash when required; ensure store safety and cleanliness.
• Support teammates during peak hours to keep store operations smooth.
• Engage with customers to understand preferences and build connections.
• Deliver friendly, accurate service and create positive moments for customers.
• Maintain an organized, clean workspace for customers and partners.

Skills

Customer service orientation

Passion for coffee

Job description

Take your place at the heart of our community, where your voice matters and your passion for customer service is brewed into everything we do. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a barista, where you’ll get involved in creating the Starbucks experience by providing our customers with high quality service, beverages, and products.

You’ll not only join the Starbucks family but the Cobra Coffee family. Cobra Coffee is proud to be a Starbucks UK franchised partner. We’re a company that cares about how we do business, it is important to us that our colleagues have a great work life balance with opportunities to develop their skills and experience.

What We Offer

• 28 days holiday a year (including Bank Holidays)
• Unlimited brewed coffee & English breakfast tea on shift
• Discounts on hand crafted beverages and food items during your shift
• 30% discount on bottled beverages and impulse items during your shift
• One £1.50 food item per shift on selected products
• Whilst not working you're able to receive a 30% discount on all food, beverages, merchandise & gifts
• 30% green apron discount across wider participating Starbucks stores
• Third party discounts including 20% in Southern Co-op food stores
• Life insurance
• Comprehensive training including coffee knowledge and access to Starbucks Global Academy (our online learning platform to help continuously develop yourself)
• Career progression because here we actively promote internally

What To Expect

You don’t need previous experience to join us as a barista, all we ask is you bring a passion for bringing joy to our customers. Working in a Starbucks store is different from any other job. You’re creating genuine moments of connection with our customers and making a difference to their day, through creating handcraft delicious beverages and building relationships with our customers by getting to know their favourite drink.

About

The best part about this role is that no two days are ever the same, and working as a barista could include:

• Providing quality beverages, whole bean, and food products consistently for all customers in line with our recipe and presentation standards
• Supporting with store procedures including, opening, or closing the store, cash handling, and safety and security
• Supporting your fellow partners during periods of high volume to keep the store operating
• Anticipating and delivering on your customer and store needs by getting to know your store environment and customers
• Delivering legendary customer service to all customers by acting with a customer comes first attitude and creating genuine connections
• Maintaining a clean and organised workspace for your customers and partners

Given the nature of our stores, our working hours could include early mornings, evenings, and weekends

So, if you’re looking for a new opportunity, with us you’ll be welcomed, you’ll be challenged, you’ll be inspired. Here you’ll be heard. Because here, you’re a part of it all. Here you belong.

What is our process?

Application > CV review > Telephone Interview > Provide right to work documentation > Interview and in store experience > Offer and onboarding