Starbucks/Barista

Kroger•Commerce City, CO

16d

About The Position

The Barista provides exceptional customer service in a safe and clean environment to encourage customers to return. The role promotes fair and ethical treatment, an inclusive work environment, community responsibility, and accurate pricing while demonstrating the company's values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position prepares beverages and food items according to recipes, standards, and customer requests; operates coffee shop and kitchen equipment; and maintains product quality, freshness, inventory, and department merchandise. The Barista also supports customers and coworkers, follows food and workplace safety procedures, and reports discrepancies, hazards, incidents, and equipment repair needs to management.

Requirements

Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
Ability to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Any previous comparable experience.

Responsibilities

Create a welcoming environment by answering customer questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Maintain product knowledge and answer questions or make product suggestions.
Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve company and store goals.
Prepare beverages according to recipes and standards and customer requests, using proper equipment; process transactions according to company best practices.
Offer product samples and inform customers about coffee shop specials.
Provide ordered products fresh and in the correct portion size, or as close as possible, to help prevent shrink.
Recommend coffee shop items to help customers find the products they want and need.
Use coffee shop equipment, including refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens, according to company guidelines; prepare, package, label, and inventory ingredients and merchandise.
Check product quality and freshness, review sell-by dates, and take appropriate action.
Properly use kitchen equipment, including an espresso machine, blender, computerized scale, and steamer.
Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
Report product ordering or shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
Stay current with present, future, seasonal, and special advertisements.
Follow safety procedures, identify unsafe conditions, notify store management, and comply with food safety regulations and guidelines.
Inspect equipment as part of preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager of items needing repair.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents and report safety risks, issues, or illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict reasonably and cooperatively without confrontation.
Handle customer and business information honestly and with integrity.
Follow directions and seek assistance when needed to resolve customer and business issues.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.