Barista

Rise n Grind • Wheeling, IL

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Barista prepares and serves beverages and food items while providing a welcoming, guest-focused customer experience. The role includes maintaining store cleanliness and food-handling standards, keeping products and supplies stocked, and helping ensure consistent product availability. Baristas may also perform opening and closing duties, assist with administrative and inventory tasks, receive deliveries, resolve customer concerns, and occasionally work sign-waving shifts. The position is with a Scooter’s Coffee franchisee, which is the employee’s employer and independently sets its employment terms, wages, and benefits.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passion for working with people.
• Energetic, fast-paced, and flexible work style.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Honesty, integrity, a positive attitude, and a guest-focused mentality.
• Willingness to learn and embrace change.
• Strong problem-solving, multitasking, and administrative skills.
• Ability to anticipate and respond to customer needs.
• Availability and assessment are required when applying.

Nice To Haves

• Customer service experience is preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Perform assigned shift opening and closing duties.
• Greet customers, take orders, and prepare and serve beverages and food items according to established service standards.
• Clean, sanitize, and maintain store standards.
• Follow proper food-handling procedures.
• Stock and replenish food, beverages, and utensils as needed.
• Maintain adequate inventory and communicate shortages.
• Serve customers efficiently by staying knowledgeable about offerings.
• Assist with administrative duties, including ordering products, organizing stockrooms, and coordinating vendors.
• Research and resolve quality and service complaints or issues.
• Receive, unload, and distribute deliveries.
• Work occasional sign-waving shifts as scheduled.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid training
• Meal and drink discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed