Barista — Craft Coffee & Welcoming Customer Experience

Ralphs; Monterey Park (CA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralphs in Monterey Park, CA, is seeking a customer-focused team member to deliver exceptional service in a fast-paced grocery setting. You will answer questions, share product knowledge, and create a welcoming atmosphere for every customer.

The role emphasizes teamwork, safety, and accuracy in product handling, beverage prep, and checkout tasks, with opportunities to learn about seasonal promos and coffee shop offerings.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Any previous comparable experience.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment that makes customers feel welcome, important and appreciated.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve store goals.
• Prepare beverage selections to recipe and standards and to customer's requests using proper equipment; tender transactions using company best practices.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products for which they inquire about; inform customers of coffee shop specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered and the correct portion size to prevent shrink.
• Recommend coffee shop items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Use all equipment in coffee shop such as the refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens; prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness; review sell by dates and take appropriate action.
• Properly use kitchen equipment, espresso machine, blender, computerized scale and steamer.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management; adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents; report all safety risks, issues or illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud to store management.
• Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner.
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

Customer service

Job description

Ralphs in Monterey Park, CA, is seeking a customer-focused team member to deliver exceptional service in a fast-paced grocery setting. You will answer questions, share product knowledge, and create a welcoming atmosphere for every customer.

The role emphasizes teamwork, safety, and accuracy in product handling, beverage prep, and checkout tasks, with opportunities to learn about seasonal promos and coffee shop offerings.