Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Plantation, FL

13d•Onsite

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Barista is a member of the café team who welcomes customers, answers questions, helps them choose beverages and café items, and provides quick, friendly, professional service at the register. The role also supports attractive café presentation and efficient operations by stocking deliveries, maintaining the bake case and dining area, preparing food and drinks, and completing cleaning tasks. Baristas may support the bookfloor team or other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and able. The role involves learning and applying operational competencies, café product knowledge, merchandising, register use, delivery receiving and stocking, food and beverage preparation, FIFO and product dating, loss prevention, and safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures. As experience grows, the Barista contributes to café sales and promotions, recommends customizations, and supports café retail options. The position offers a career path to Senior Barista as skills develop. The work includes prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
Positive, energetic, purposeful, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate teamwork, including willingness to help colleagues.
Cheerful and helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Enjoyment of working as a barista.
Ability to use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform physical activity including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them select beverages and café items.
Provide quick, friendly, and professional service at the register.
Maintain café presentation and cleanliness, including the bake case, dining area, counter, and retail fixtures.
Receive, unpack, and accurately stock deliveries.
Prepare food and drinks accurately using product information and recipe guides.
Complete daily and weekly cleaning tasks and follow food safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures.
Follow First In First Out (FIFO) practices and date products correctly.
Support the bookfloor team and other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and able.
Apply loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support when appropriate.
Build knowledge of café beverage, bakery, savory, and gifting products, and use that knowledge to support product presentation, sales, promotions, and customer recommendations.
Use café training tools and support café retail options.
Comply with company policies and procedures.