Barista

Weis Markets•Ranson, WV

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Barista creates personalized customer experiences by demonstrating knowledge of coffee, products, and offers, and by actively recognizing, including, appreciating, supporting, and delighting customers. The role focuses on producing high-quality products, developing craft expertise through learning and practice, and maintaining equipment and the store environment. The Barista works in assigned positions using appropriate routines and ensures food and merchandise are visually appealing, stocked, and signed appropriately. The role contributes to team success, supports fellow baristas, follows established policies and guidelines, and communicates important information to store leaders and the team in a timely manner. The Barista may operate a cash register and is responsible for proper cash handling. Duties also include department sanitation, following cleaning schedules and health and OSHA requirements, proper trash disposal, and potentially assisting with cardboard baling or receiving and storing deliveries if properly trained. The associate must use company-provided personal protective equipment and may be asked to assist in other departments. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Completed or working toward a high school diploma or GED.
Minimum age of 18 years to operate equipment and use knives.
Ability to pass a drug test.
No prior experience required.
Ability to read and follow simple verbal or written instructions and write short memos or messages.
Ability to communicate effectively one-on-one and in small groups with customers and coworkers.
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10s and 100s, including using American units of money, weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to simple one- and two-step instructions and standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
Commitment to customer service that makes internal and external customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated.
Ability to preserve confidentiality of information.
Ability and willingness to move with purpose and urgency.
Ability to work overtime occasionally.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to organize and prioritize a variety of tasks and projects.
Ability to work within strict time frames and deadlines.
Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with or without an accommodation.
Physical ability to walk long distances or between workstations; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb stairs or ladders; stand dynamically and statically; and reach in any direction.
Ability to lift and carry up to 40 pounds for 20 feet and push or pull up to 50 pounds for 20 feet.
Ability to talk, hear, and use hands for tasks requiring finger movement, grasping, feeling, picking, pinching, typing, holding, applying pressure, or turning.
Visual abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and adjusting focus.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with industry or technical terms and processes.

Responsibilities

Create personalized customer experiences by demonstrating knowledge of coffee, products, and offers.
Recognize, include, appreciate, support, and delight customers and fellow baristas.
Develop craft expertise and serve high-quality products while maintaining equipment and the store environment.
Work in assigned positions and use appropriate routines.
Ensure food and merchandise are visually appealing, stocked, and signed appropriately.
Contribute to team success, support coworkers, follow policies and guidelines, and communicate important information to store leaders and the team in a timely manner.
May operate a cash register and follow procedures for proper money handling.
Maintain department sanitation and follow cleaning schedules and guidelines to keep work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases clean and compliant with health and OSHA requirements.
Dispose of trash properly.
May assist with baling cardboard and related duties if properly trained.
May assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack if properly trained.
Use company-provided personal protective equipment.
May assist in other departments.