Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Coral Gables, FL

18d•Onsite

About The Position

A Barista is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble Café team, welcoming customers, answering questions, helping them choose beverages and café items, and providing quick, friendly, professional service at the register. The role also helps maintain an attractive, clean, and efficiently operating Café by stocking deliveries, arranging the bake case and dining area, and supporting café merchandising. Baristas learn and perform the operational tasks required to run the Café, including using registers and other technology, preparing food and drinks accurately, completing cleaning tasks, following FIFO and product-dating practices, and supporting receiving and stocking. They also learn café products, promotions, customization options, safety and sanitation practices, and training tools, and may support the bookstore floor team or other stores when needed. The position involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and frequent walking. As skills develop, the role offers a career path toward Senior Barista.

Requirements

Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Be flexible and responsive to store needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
Bring a positive, willing, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and cheerful and helpful with customers.
Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
Perform physical tasks including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and frequent walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, recommend beverages and café items, and provide helpful service.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
Maintain Café presentation, cleanliness, and efficient operation, including tidying the bake case and dining area.
Unpack deliveries and accurately stock products.
Prepare food and drinks accurately using recipe guides, product specifications, and other available resources.
Complete daily and weekly café cleaning tasks and follow café 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 effective merchandising and visual presentation.
Build knowledge of beverage, bakery, savory, gifting, and café retail products and use it to support sales, promotions, and customer customization recommendations.
Support the bookfloor team and, when needed and able, other stores in the wider Cluster.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support or use de-escalation techniques as appropriate.
Maintain punctual attendance, be flexible when scheduling gaps arise, and support colleagues and customers.
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 benefits for employees scheduled 20 hours or more per week.
401(k) with company match for employees scheduled 20 hours or more per week.
Comprehensive 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 and life insurance for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week.
Tuition reimbursement for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week.