Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Temecula, CA

12d

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Barista welcomes customers, answers questions, and helps them select beverages and café items while contributing to a friendly, professional customer experience. The role supports the efficient operation and attractive presentation of the Café by maintaining displays and dining areas, stocking deliveries, preparing food and drinks, and operating registers. Baristas are expected to work positively and reliably with colleagues, learn new skills, follow company policies, and help the bookfloor team when needed. The position involves learning café operations and product knowledge, including beverage, bakery, savory, and gifting options; maintaining café merchandising and cleanliness; following food safety, hygiene, sanitation, FIFO, and product-dating procedures; and supporting sales objectives and promotions. As experience and skills develop, the Barista is expected to progress toward the Senior Barista career path. Work may involve supporting other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and when the employee is able. The work requires prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. The store is open from early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays, and employees are expected to be flexible in responding to scheduling needs. The hourly rate starts at $20.00, depending on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other legally permitted factors. Benefits vary according to scheduled hours and location.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including the ability to fill scheduling gaps when able.
A positive, energetic, reliable, and purposeful approach to assigned work.
Consideration and support for colleagues, including willingness to help others.
A cheerful, helpful, and customer-focused approach.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
Comfort using technology such as registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Willingness to work in other stores when able and needed to support the wider Cluster.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find suitable beverages and café items.
Maintain an attractive café presentation, including the bakes case, dining area, counter, and retail fixtures.
Operate registers quickly and reliably while providing professional customer service.
Receive, unpack, and accurately stock deliveries.
Prepare food and drinks accurately using product knowledge, recipe guides, product specification sheets, and other tools.
Complete daily and weekly cleaning tasks and maintain café cleanliness.
Follow FIFO practices and date products consistently and correctly.
Support the bookfloor team and, when needed and able, collaborate with other stores in the wider Cluster.
Build knowledge of beverage, bakery, savory, gifting, and café retail products and use it to support merchandising and customer recommendations.
Share knowledge of new limited-time-offer items and café promotions with customers and colleagues, and support sales objectives.
Follow café safety, hygiene, sanitation, loss-prevention, and de-escalation procedures; identify theft or problematic behavior and seek support as needed.
Use café training tools appropriately and comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

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