Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Boca Raton, FL

About The Position

A Barista is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble Café team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping them find beverages and café items. The role supports efficient café operations by maintaining attractive presentation, unpacking and stocking deliveries, tidying the bake case and dining area, and serving customers professionally at the register. Baristas are expected to learn and perform operational tasks including using registers and other technology, merchandising café and retail fixtures, preparing food and drinks accurately, completing cleaning tasks, following FIFO and product-dating practices, and supporting the bookfloor team when needed. The role also involves understanding loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, and following café safety, hygiene, and sanitation standards. As their experience develops, Baristas build product knowledge across beverages, bakery, savory options, and gifting; support café promotions and sales objectives; recommend customizations; and help maintain appealing displays. The role is physically active, involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Baristas may work at other stores when needed and able, supporting the wider Cluster. With demonstrated mastery, employees are expected to advance to Senior Barista. The position 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.
Bring a positive, willing, purposeful, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and willing to help the team.
Be cheerful and helpful with customers.
Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge.
Enjoy working as a barista.
Be able to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them select beverages and café items.
Maintain attractive café presentation, cleanliness, and efficient operations.
Unpack and stock deliveries, and tidy the bake case and dining area.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
Merchandise café products and maintain counter and floor retail fixtures.
Prepare food and drinks accurately using product information and recipe guides.
Complete daily and weekly café cleaning tasks during assigned shifts.
Follow FIFO practices and date products consistently and correctly.
Support the bookfloor team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support when needed.
Build knowledge of café beverage, bakery, savory, gifting, and retail products.
Maintain interesting and appetizing product presentation and support café promotions and key sales objectives.
Recommend food and beverage customizations to customers.
Use café training tools and follow safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures.
Comply with company policies and procedures.