Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Bee Cave, TX

28d

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 bakery case and dining area, and serving customers at the register in a quick, friendly, and professional manner.

The Barista is expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility to help address scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. The position requires mastering café operations and may include supporting the bookstore floor team or working in other stores when needed and able.

With experience, the Barista builds knowledge of beverage, bakery, savory, and gifting products; maintains appealing product presentation; communicates promotions and sales objectives; recommends customizations; and applies café safety, hygiene, sanitation, and training guidance. The role offers a career path toward Senior Barista as skills develop. The employee must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including availability as needed for a store open early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.
• Positive, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned work.
• Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues and cheerful, helpful customer service.
• Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge.
• Comfort and efficiency using registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
• Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and substantial walking.
• Ability to make food and drinks accurately and follow applicable recipes, product information, and café procedures.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect them with appropriate beverages and café items.
• Maintain attractive café presentation, cleanliness, and efficient operations, including tidying the bakery case and dining area.
• Operate registers to serve customers quickly, accurately, and professionally.
• Support receiving, unpacking, and accurate stocking of deliveries.
• Prepare food and drinks correctly, using product knowledge, recipe guides, and other available tools.
• Complete daily and weekly café cleaning tasks and follow café safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures.
• Follow First In First Out (FIFO) practices and consistently date products.
• Maintain café counters, floor fixtures, and retail displays through merchandising and visual merchandising.
• Support the bookstore floor team when needed and, when able and needed, collaboratively support other stores in the wider Cluster.
• Learn café products and promotions, share relevant knowledge with customers and colleagues, and make food and beverage customization recommendations.
• Follow loss-prevention procedures, recognize theft or problematic behavior, and seek support or use de-escalation techniques as appropriate.
• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, help fill scheduling gaps when able, and support colleagues.
• 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 hours or more per week
• Company-paid holidays for employees scheduled 20 hours or more per week
• Transit benefit for employees scheduled 20 hours or more per week
• 401(k) with company match for employees scheduled 20 hours or more per week
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week
• Disability benefits for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week
• Life insurance for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week
• Tuition reimbursement for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed