Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Tuscaloosa, AL

28d•Onsite

About The Position

A Barista is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble Café team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping them choose beverages and café items. The role supports efficient café operations by maintaining attractive presentation, stocking deliveries, tidying the bake case and dining area, and providing quick, professional service at the register. Baristas are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility, a positive and energetic approach, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. They are trained to use store technology and registers; maintain café and retail presentation and cleanliness; receive, unpack, and stock deliveries; prepare food and drinks accurately; follow FIFO and product-dating practices; and complete cleaning tasks. They may support the bookfloor team, follow loss-prevention procedures, and seek help with theft or problematic behavior. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and substantial walking. Employees may work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider cluster. With experience, Baristas build knowledge of café products, customization recommendations, promotions, retail options, training tools, and safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures. The role offers a career path to Senior Barista as skills develop. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures. Benefits vary according to scheduled hours and location. The posting describes employee discounts, EAP, sick pay, paid time off, paid maternity and parental leave, company-paid holidays, transit benefits, 401(k) with company match, health benefits, spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, and tuition reimbursement, with eligibility depending on hours worked and plan terms.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including the possibility of shifts during early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays.
Positive, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Comfort using registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and substantial walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them select beverages and café items.
Maintain attractive café presentation, cleanliness, and efficient operations, including tidying the bake case and dining area.
Operate registers quickly, accurately, and in a friendly and professional manner.
Receive, unpack, and accurately stock deliveries.
Prepare food and drinks properly and accurately using product information and recipe tools.
Complete daily and weekly café cleaning tasks and follow food safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures.
Follow First In First Out (FIFO) practices and date products consistently and correctly.
Maintain counter and floor retail fixtures through merchandising and visual merchandising.
Support the bookfloor team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support when appropriate.
Develop product knowledge and use it to make customization recommendations and support promotions and sales objectives.
Support café retail options and use café training tools appropriately.
Support other stores in the wider cluster when able and needed.
Comply with company policies and procedures.