Barista & Café Experience Champion

Barnes & Noble, Inc.; Salisbury (MD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

Sick Pay

Paid Time Off

401(k) with Company Match

Health Benefits

Job summary

Barnes & Noble Salisbury is seeking a friendly Barista to welcome customers and connect readers with beverages and café items. You will help stock the bakes case, operate the register, and support the café team to ensure a tidy, welcoming space.

Expect early mornings to late evenings, weekends and holidays. You will learn our procedures, follow FIFO, assist with deliveries, and help maintain the bookfloor. The ideal candidate enjoys coffee, teamwork, and providing professional service.

Qualifications

• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Fill scheduling gaps when able, flexible and responsive to store needs; open early mornings to late evenings, including weekends and most holidays.
• Are positive and willing in your approach to work, performing assigned tasks with purpose and energy, working hard and reliably.
• Are supportive and considerate of colleagues, going out of your way to help others in the team and showing them kindness.
• Are always cheerful with customers, consistently going out of your way to help them.
• Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge in the store.
• Above all, show that you enjoy being a barista!

Responsibilities

• Using varied technology including registers, computers, tablets, programs and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
• Developing strong merchandising skills to maintain the café presentation and cleanliness of the Café.
• Developing effective visual merchandising skills to maintain the counter and floor retail fixtures, equally.
• Running a register competently to serve customers quickly and reliably.
• Supporting the receiving and unpacking of deliveries, and the efficient and accurate stocking that follows.
• Making food and drinks properly with ease and accuracy, using a combination of your own knowledge or that of your colleagues, and the available information like drink recipe guides, product spec sheets and other tools.
• Maintaining café cleanliness through accurate and reliable execution of daily and weekly cleaning tasks during your shift.
• Following and executing First In First Out (FIFO) practices and dating product consistently and correctly.
• Supporting the bookfloor team willingly and effectively when needed.
• Understanding loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, identifying theft, spotting and seeking support for problematic behaviors and issues in the store.

Job description

Barnes & Noble Salisbury is seeking a friendly Barista to welcome customers and connect readers with beverages and café items. You will help stock the bakes case, operate the register, and support the café team to ensure a tidy, welcoming space.

Expect early mornings to late evenings, weekends and holidays. You will learn our procedures, follow FIFO, assist with deliveries, and help maintain the bookfloor. The ideal candidate enjoys coffee, teamwork, and providing professional service.