Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Mobile, AL

3d•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 helps maintain an attractive café presentation and efficient operations by stocking deliveries, organizing the bake case and dining area, and serving customers quickly and professionally at the register. Baristas learn and perform operational duties including using registers and other technology; merchandising café products and retail fixtures; preparing food and drinks accurately; receiving, unpacking, and stocking deliveries; completing daily and weekly cleaning; following FIFO and product-dating practices; and supporting the bookfloor team when needed. The role also includes understanding loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, and recognizing when to seek support for problematic behavior or issues. As their knowledge develops, Baristas learn about beverage, bakery, savory, and gifting products; maintain appealing displays; share information about promotions and limited-time offers; recommend customizations; use café training tools; and follow food safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures. The position involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and walking. Baristas may work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. This is a temporary role with a development path toward Senior Barista. Employees are expected to comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
A positive, willing, energetic, and dependable approach to assigned work.
Consideration for colleagues and willingness to help the team.
A cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge.
Ability to use varied technology, including registers, computers, and tablets, comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform physical activity including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Willingness to work schedules that may include early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays, and to fill scheduling gaps when able.
Enjoyment of working as a barista.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them select beverages and café items.
Help maintain café presentation and efficient operations, including tidying the bake case and dining area.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
Maintain café and retail-fixture merchandising and cleanliness.
Prepare food and drinks accurately using product information, recipe guides, and colleague knowledge as appropriate.
Receive, unpack, and accurately stock deliveries.
Complete daily and weekly cleaning tasks during shifts.
Follow FIFO practices and date products consistently and correctly.
Support the bookfloor team when needed.
Understand and follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior or store issues.
Build knowledge of beverage, bakery, savory, gifting, and café retail products.
Maintain interesting and appetizing product presentation and share information about promotions and limited-time offers with customers and colleagues.
Recommend food and beverage customizations to customers.
Use café training tools and follow café safety, hygiene, and sanitation standards.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, be flexible when able to fill scheduling gaps, and support colleagues.
Work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster.
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 schedules of 20 or more hours per week)
Company-paid holidays (for schedules of 20 or more hours per week)
Transit benefits (for schedules of 20 or more hours per week)
401(k) with company match (for schedules of 20 or more hours per week)
Medical, dental, and vision benefits (for schedules of 30 or more hours per week)
Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts (for schedules of 30 or more hours per week)
Disability benefits (for schedules of 30 or more hours per week)
Life insurance (for schedules of 30 or more hours per week)
Tuition reimbursement (for schedules of 30 or more hours per week)