Job Title: Starbucks Lead Barista at Food City / KVAT Foods Inc.
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Job Summary: Create the Starbucks experience for Food City shoppers by providing prompt service, quality beverages and products, and maintaining a clean and comfortable environment.
Essential Job Functions:
- Ensure efficient and courteous customer service at all times in support of the company mission to “Run the Best Store in Town!”
- Assist store management in opening and closing kiosk operations.
- Ensure consistent quality of beverages, whole beans, and food products by adhering to standards.
- Act with integrity, honesty, and knowledge to promote the culture, values, and mission of Food City and Starbucks.
- Take customer orders, ensure timely completion, and customer satisfaction.
- Prepare, bag, pour, and stock Starbucks products, rotating items for quality and safety.
- Maintain a positive attitude towards customers and colleagues.
- Engage with customers, offer product information, suggestive selling, and sampling.
- Process transactions using POS system.
- Apply problem-solving skills to address customer, team, and business issues.
- Encourage team to meet store goals and results.
- Operate tools and equipment safely, following policies and procedures.
- Enforce food safety and handling procedures.
- Attend scheduled shifts and adhere to attendance policies.
Qualifications:
- Must be 18 years or older.
- Food Service/Coffee experience is a plus but not required.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Ability to learn various coffee and tea products and ingredients.
- Ability to follow instructions and perform routine tasks.
- Effective communication skills.
- Availability to work scheduled shifts.
Benefits:
Includes 401(k) with match, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, weekly paychecks, paid life and disability insurance, medical, dental, paid holidays and vacations, and more.
About Food City:
Food City is a family-owned company dedicated to community involvement and employee ownership, offering flexible schedules and career growth opportunities.