Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Princeton, NJ

16d•$16

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Barista welcomes customers, helps them choose beverages and café items, provides quick and friendly register service, and contributes to an attractive, clean, efficiently run Café. The role includes stocking deliveries, maintaining displays and dining areas, preparing food and drinks, and supporting the wider bookstore team when needed. Baristas are expected to demonstrate dependable attendance, flexibility, a positive and helpful approach to colleagues and customers, and willingness to learn. As experience grows, the Barista develops café product knowledge, supports sales and promotions, recommends customizations, and applies food safety, hygiene, and sanitation practices. The role offers a path to Senior Barista as skills develop. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking; employees may also work in other stores when needed and able.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including willingness to fill gaps when able.
Positive, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate teamwork, including willingness to help 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 physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them select beverages and café items.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Maintain café presentation, cleanliness, counter displays, retail fixtures, and the dining area.
Receive, unpack, and accurately stock deliveries.
Prepare food and drinks correctly using product information, recipe guides, and available assistance.
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 correctly.
Support the bookfloor team and other stores in the Cluster when needed.
Apply loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek help for problematic behavior or issues.
Build knowledge of beverage, bakery, savory, and gifting products, and use it to support customer recommendations, sales objectives, and promotions.
Use café training tools appropriately and comply with company policies and procedures.