Barista - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Marietta, GA

6d•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 attractive café presentation and efficient operations by stocking deliveries, maintaining the bakery case and dining area, preparing food and drinks, and serving customers at the register. Baristas are expected to provide cheerful, professional service and work positively and reliably with colleagues. The position involves learning and applying operational skills, including using registers and other technology, merchandising café and retail fixtures, receiving and stocking deliveries, following FIFO and product-dating practices, completing cleaning tasks, and following loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. Baristas may support the bookfloor team or other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and able. The work is physically active, involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. As they gain experience, Baristas build knowledge of café products, promotions, customization options, retail offerings, training tools, and food safety, hygiene, and sanitation practices. They are expected to comply with company policies and procedures and, as they demonstrate mastery of the role, advance along the career path to Senior Barista.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Positive, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Considerate, supportive teamwork and willingness to help colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Willingness to master café operations, including technology, merchandising, register use, food and drink preparation, stocking, cleaning, FIFO, and loss-prevention practices.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them select beverages and café items.
Serve customers quickly and professionally at the register.
Prepare food and drinks accurately using product information, recipe guides, and available support.
Maintain café presentation, including the bakery case, dining area, counter, and retail fixtures.
Receive, unpack, and accurately stock deliveries.
Complete daily and weekly café cleaning tasks and follow safety, hygiene, and sanitation procedures.
Follow FIFO practices and date products consistently and correctly.
Support the bookfloor team and, when able and needed, other stores in the wider Cluster.
Learn and share product, customization, promotion, and café retail knowledge with customers and colleagues.
Apply loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, and seek support for theft or other problematic behavior.
Maintain reliable attendance, respond flexibly to store scheduling needs when able, and support colleagues.
Comply with company policies and procedures.