Part Time - Starbucks Barista

Aztec Shops•San Diego, CA

2d•$20•Onsite

About The Position

Providing support to create an environment that promotes teamwork, continuous improvement, learning, customer satisfaction, and high standards of service. This role involves welcoming and connecting with every customer to provide excellent customer service, discovering customer needs, and appropriately suggesting products to enhance service and meet sales goals. The Barista will assist customers in the selection and purchase of specialty coffee beverages and whole bean sales, respond to customer needs with a 'just say yes' attitude, and maintain quality store operations. Responsibilities include preparing a variety of customer beverage orders to Starbucks standards, following store policies and procedures, performing cleaning tasks, presenting professionally, and following standards for merchandising, stocking, and storing products. The role also involves performing equipment maintenance, following cash handling and register procedures, adhering to inventory guidelines, and learning to create the Starbucks Experience. This includes completing initial store training, passing barista certification with a score of 90% or better, and learning seasonal Starbucks promotional drinks and merchandise. Compliance with all company policies and federal, state, and local laws/regulations is mandatory.

Requirements

High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) degree equivalent is required.
Related experience and/or advanced training or any equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required.
Must be able to read, write and understand English.
Requires the ability to follow verbal and written instructions, guidelines and objectives.
Requires the ability to read, comprehend, and interpret general business information.
Requires the ability to effectively communicate with customers and employees using a well-modulated voice.
Requires good voice quality that is conversational and professional.
Requires the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees, subordinates, vendors, other departments, customers and the general public.
Requires the ability to apply basic math concepts; calculating figures and amounts such as discounts, portions, percentages, and volume.
Requires the ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out general written or oral instructions.
Must be able to multi-task, prioritize work and pay attention to detail.
Requires good analytical and quantitative skills.
Must be able to utilize a computer.
Requires the ability to use a variety of office machines and food service equipment.
Must have the ability to talk/expressing and/or exchanging ideas and hear/perceiving sounds.
Must be able to operate food service equipment (to include but not limited to) slicers, mixers, knives, ovens, and steamers, as well as cash register and office equipment such as computers, copy machines, and fax machines.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk/move, sit, and stand for prolonged hours; handle objects, cooking tools and controls.
Specific visual abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral visions, distance vision, and color vision.
Work is regularly performed in a food production area where there is frequent exposure to food fumes or airborne particles.
The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to humid and hot conditions as well as cleaning chemicals.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
This position requires on-site presence due to the scope of the duties, and it would not be eligible for remote work.
Candidates must be available to work a flexible schedule based on operational needs. This may include opening, mid-day, and closing shifts, as well as night shifts, weekends, and holidays throughout the year.
A background check will be conducted after a conditional offer of employment is extended by the company and accepted by the applicant and must be satisfactorily completed prior to any applicant beginning work in a full-time, part-time non-student, or sensitive student capacity with Aztec Shops Ltd.
Background checks will include, at minimum, verification of education and employment histories, criminal records, national sex offender registry check, and references.
Additionally, based on the nature and scope of the position, the background check may also include a credit report, motor vehicle report, and verification of professional licenses.
Failure to answer background check questions honestly, and satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the employment status of applicants or continued employment of current Aztec Shops employees who apply for promotional positions which require a background check.
Aztec Shops Ltd. complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws, including California Fair Chance Act, when conducting background checks.
Aztec Shops will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act.
You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you.
After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Aztec Shops is concerned about criminal history that is directly related to the job, you will be given notice and an opportunity to respond and provide additional information such as rehabilitation efforts or mitigating circumstances, or information pertaining to the accuracy of the background report.
Aztec Shops will consider all evidence of rehabilitation and mitigating circumstances.
Aztec Shops is a diverse community representing many perspectives, beliefs, and identities. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful culture that promotes open communication, mutual respect, and a sense of belonging, to support the success of both our employees and students.
All Aztec Shops programs and activities are open and accessible to all individuals, regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, and other characteristics protected by law.
Consistent with California and federal civil rights laws, Aztec Shops maintains a Nondiscrimination Policy that prohibits discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation, and all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all programs, policies, and practices.
Aztec Shops is dedicated to providing equal opportunity in employment and ensuring that no employee or applicant faces unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin or any other characteristic protected by law.
This commitment applies to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, job assignments, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
Our commitment to equal opportunity ensures that every employee has access to the resources and support needed to thrive and succeed.
Aztec Shops complies with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws.

Nice To Haves

Food Handler certificate from the County of San Diego preferred.

Responsibilities

Welcomes and connects with every customer to provide excellent customer service.
Discovers customer needs and appropriately suggests products with every customer to enhance service and meet sales goals.
Assists customers in the selection and purchase of specialty coffee beverages and whole bean sales if applicable.
Responds to customers’ needs and says thank you to every customer.
Demonstrates “just say yes” behavior when taking care of customer needs.
Maintains quality store operations.
Prepares a variety of customer beverage orders such as espresso drinks and coffee of the week to Starbucks standards.
Follows store policies and procedures for operational flow at each station.
Performs cleaning tasks in accordance with the duty rosters and cleaning standards and works as a team player.
Presents oneself professionally and demonstrates clear communication by using star skills with all customer and partner interactions.
Follow standards for merchandising, stocking, rotating and storing all products.
Performs equipment maintenance in accordance with preventive maintenance checklist.
Follows cash handling and register procedures.
Follows inventory stocking and recording guidelines.
Learns and demonstrates creating the Starbucks Experience.
Learns and demonstrates all performance standards by completing initial store training and passing barista certification with a score of 90% or better.
Learns seasonal Starbucks promotional drinks and merchandise.
Must comply with and ensure continued, consistent compliance with all company policies, and federal, state, and local laws/regulations including but not limited to: employment, safety, and health.
Other duties as assigned.