Starbucks Barista

The Kroger Co.•Rosenberg, TX

23h

About The Position

The Starbucks Barista provides exceptional customer service in a safe, clean environment and helps create an inclusive, welcoming experience that encourages customers to return. The role supports the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety, while providing appropriate products with fair and accurate pricing. The Barista prepares beverages and other coffee shop products according to recipes, standards, and customer requests; operates coffee shop equipment; handles transactions; and maintains product freshness, quality, stocking, labeling, and inventory. The position also involves answering product questions, making recommendations, offering samples, supporting teamwork and store goals, and following food safety and workplace safety procedures. The employee must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
Ability to act honestly and with integrity regarding customer and business information.
Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
Ability to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Any previous comparable experience.

Responsibilities

Create a welcoming environment by answering customers’ questions about products sold in the department and throughout the store.
Maintain knowledge of department products and answer questions or make product suggestions.
Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve company and store goals.
Prepare beverages according to recipes and standards and customer requests, using proper equipment; process transactions according to company best practices.
Offer product samples and inform customers about coffee shop specials.
Provide customers with fresh products and correct portions, or portions as close as possible to the amount ordered, to prevent shrink.
Recommend coffee shop items to customers based on what they want and need.
Use coffee shop equipment, including refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens, according to company guidelines; prepare, package, label, and inventory ingredients and merchandise.
Check product quality and freshness, review sell-by dates, and take appropriate action.
Properly use kitchen equipment, espresso machines, blenders, computerized scales, and steamers.
Label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
Report product ordering or shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
Stay current with present, future, seasonal, and special advertisements.
Follow safety procedures, identify and report unsafe conditions, and comply with food safety regulations and guidelines.
Inspect equipment for preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager of items needing repair.
Notify management of customer or employee accidents and report safety risks, issues, or illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
Act honestly and with integrity regarding customer and business information.
Follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and older adults.
Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.