Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Bellingham, WA

6d • $19 - $21 • Onsite

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Barista welcomes customers, helps them choose beverages and café items, prepares food and drinks, operates registers, and helps maintain an attractive, clean, and efficiently run café. The role includes stocking deliveries, tidying the bake case and dining area, supporting sales objectives and promotions, and helping the bookfloor team when needed. Baristas are expected to provide friendly, professional customer service; work reliably and cooperatively; and develop their product knowledge and operational skills. As their expertise grows, they are expected to advance to Senior Barista.

The position involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Employees may work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. The role is temporary.

Requirements

• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Be flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
• Approach work positively and reliably, completing assigned tasks with purpose and energy.
• Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and helpful to customers.
• Show willingness and aptitude to learn new skills and knowledge.
• Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, recipe guides, product specification sheets, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
• Develop and maintain effective merchandising, register, stocking, food-preparation, cleaning, and café operations skills.
• Understand and follow loss prevention procedures, de-escalation techniques, and café safety and hygiene standards.
• Be able to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them select beverages and café items.
• Prepare food and drinks accurately, including customized orders.
• Operate registers quickly and reliably while providing professional customer service.
• Maintain café, counter, and floor-fixture presentation and cleanliness.
• Unpack and receive deliveries, stock products accurately, and follow First In First Out (FIFO) and product-dating practices.
• Complete daily and weekly cleaning tasks and follow café safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures.
• Support café sales objectives, promotions, and retail options by sharing product knowledge with customers and colleagues.
• Support the bookfloor team and, when needed, other stores in the wider Cluster.
• Follow loss prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behaviors, and seek support or use de-escalation techniques as appropriate.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick pay
• Paid time off, subject to eligibility and scheduled hours
• Paid maternity and parental leave, subject to eligibility
• Company-paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match or 401(k), depending on scheduled hours
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for eligible employees and dependents, subject to eligibility
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts, subject to eligibility
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Transit benefits
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed