Starbucks/Barista

Kroger; Bellingham (WA); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 2,893,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger in Washington is hiring for a store associate in the coffee shop. You will deliver exceptional customer service, answer questions, and assist customers with product selections while maintaining a clean, safe environment.

Responsibilities include preparing beverages, handling transactions, stocking and labeling ingredients, and following all safety and company procedures. Teamwork and integrity are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Outstanding customer service skills required.
• Ability to answer questions about products sold in the department and store.
• Willingness to follow store procedures and safety rules.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage conflicts professionally.
• Demonstrates honesty, integrity and ethical conduct.
• Experience in food/service environment a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service in a safe, clean environment to encourage repeat visits.
• Create a welcoming environment by greeting customers and answering product questions.
• Maintain knowledge of products and suggest items to customers.
• Collaborate with teammates to achieve store goals.
• Prepare beverage selections per recipes and standards; handle transactions per company policies.
• Promote self-serve samples and coffee shop specials.
• Ensure products are fresh and properly portioned; monitor sell-by dates.
• Operate coffee shop equipment and stock, label, and inventory ingredients.
• Maintain safety compliance and report any risks or unsafe conditions.
• Keep up with current ads and promotions.

Skills

Excellent customer service

Teamwork

Question answering

Follow directions

Safety compliance

Honesty and integrity

Confict management

Tools

Espresso machine

Refrigeration equipment

Job description

• Provide exceptional customer service in a safe and clean environment to ensure the customer's return visit. Treat customers/employees in a fair and ethical manner, promoting an inclusive work environment, being a responsible member of the community, providing the right products at the right time with fair and accurate pricing. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products
• Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve company/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 (or as close as possible to the amount ordered) 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 according to company guidelines; prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients in merchandise
• 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

MINIMUM

• Excellent customer service skills

DESIRED

• Any previous comparable experience