Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Battle Creek, MI

About The Position

The Barista is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble Café team, welcoming customers, answering questions, recommending beverages and café items, and providing quick, friendly, professional service at the register. The role also helps maintain an attractive café presentation and efficient operations by stocking deliveries, tidying the bake case and dining area, preparing food and drinks, and completing cleaning tasks. Baristas are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility to help fill scheduling gaps when able, a positive and energetic approach, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. They work as part of a busy team and may support the bookfloor or other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and able. The position involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. The role requires learning café products, merchandising, food and beverage preparation and customization, promotions, café retail, safety and sanitation practices, and loss-prevention procedures. As baristas gain experience and demonstrate mastery of the role’s skills, they are expected to advance to Senior Barista. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs when able.
Positive, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Consideration for colleagues and willingness to help the team.
Cheerful, helpful customer-service approach.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Ability to use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them choose beverages and café items.
Provide quick, friendly, and professional service at the register.
Maintain an attractive, clean, and well-stocked café, including the bake case, dining area, counter, and retail fixtures.
Help receive, unpack, and accurately stock deliveries.
Prepare food and drinks accurately, using recipe guides, product information, and team knowledge as needed.
Complete daily and weekly café cleaning tasks and follow food safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures.
Apply First In First Out (FIFO) practices and date products consistently and correctly.
Learn café products and use that knowledge to support merchandising, promotions, sales objectives, and customer customization recommendations.
Use café training tools and technology, including registers, computers, tablets, and programs.
Support the bookfloor team and other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and able.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support or use de-escalation techniques as appropriate.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, and help fill scheduling gaps when able.
Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

Employee discount
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Sick pay
Paid time off, including paid maternity and parental leave, for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week
Company-paid holidays for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week
Transit benefits for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week
401(k) with company match for employees scheduled 20 or more hours per week
Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week
Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week
Disability benefits for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week
Life insurance for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week
Tuition reimbursement for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week