Starbucks Assistant Manager

UC Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits

Job summary

UC Santa Barbara is hiring a Starbucks Assistant Manager to oversee a team of part-time student employees at the University Center. The assistant manager will be responsible for maintaining service quality, financial duties including sales evaluations, and providing staff training. Ideal candidates will have 1-3 years of experience in retail coffee or restaurant environments, excellent communication skills, and a high school diploma. This full-time position offers full benefits and requires a satisfactory criminal background check.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years in a retail coffee location or restaurant environment.
• Experience supervising and managing staff effectively.
• Ability to work with diverse student and career staff.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of HACCP and sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Train and supervise part-time student employees.
• Maintain the Starbucks product and store experience.
• Evaluate sales and product mix reports.
• Oversee daily inventory levels of food and non-food items.
• Ensure proper food handling and sanitation procedures.

Skills

Customer service

Staff supervision

Communication skills

Inventory management

HACCP knowledge

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Job Overview

Position Number: 40129274

Payroll Title: Starbucks Assistant Manager [FOOD SVC MGR AST]

Job Code: 5445

Job Open Date: 4/21/26

Department: Campus Dining - UCFS

Percentage of Time: 100%

Work Location: University Center, 1175

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits

Responsibilities

Brief Summary Of Job Duties:

• The Assistant Manager of Starbucks trains and supervises a team of part-time student employees.
• Creates and maintains the Starbucks product and store experience for customers.
• Functions as the floor manager; ensures consistent service, supervision and sanitation.

Job Functions And Percentages Of Time:

Staffing & Training – 70%

• Provides training, supervision, and leadership to a staff that consists of PT student managers, PT student supervisors, and 45 PT student associates.
• Facilitates job enrichment, continued training and cross training for all employees.
• Manages with integrity, honesty, and knowledge to promote the culture, values, and mission of Starbucks.
• Assists with hiring, scheduling, and disciplinary actions to ensure store standards are met.
• Motivates the store team to meet operational and organizational objectives.
• Provides coaching and direction to the store team, makes recommendations to the Starbucks Manager on achieving operational goals.

Financial Duties – 15%

• Evaluates daily, weekly, and monthly sales and product mix reports and correlates that information with labor and budgetary goals.
• Reviews the store environment and key business indicators to identify problems, concerns, and opportunities for improvement in marketing and sales.
• Responsible for adhering to university policy and procedure in regard to cash handling.
• Assists with monthly physical inventory and adhering to all end of month procedures and timeline for invoices, transfers, waste logs, and write offs.
• Monitors timecards for payroll purposes through the timekeeping system.

Purchasing/Operations – 15%

• Responsible for assessing daily inventory levels of all food and non food items.
• Uses CBORD for invoice management and payment.
• Provides modified Serv Safe training to staff in food handling, food storage, sanitation, safety, and overall store cleanliness.
• Ensures proper food handling procedures.
• Ensures temperature logs are being utilized on all refrigerators/freezers.

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma

Work Experience

• 1-3 years in a retail coffee location or restaurant environment – specifically in the area of customer service, merchandising and inventory.
• Experience in supervising and managing staff; ability to work effectively with others, full‑time and student staff.
• Demonstrated ability working with diverse student and career staff.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills, including ability to effectively convey information verbally and in writing.
• HACCP and Sanitation knowledge.

Special Conditions Of Employment

• Satisfactory criminal history background check.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodations

The University of California endeavors to make the application process accessible to all users. For accommodation requests, please contact Katherine Abad in Human Resources. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.