Starbucks Team Lead - Full Time

Buehlens Fresh Foods•Wadsworth, OH

About The Position

The Starbucks Lead supervises, prepares, and serves specialty coffee and other beverages, working closely with the Starbucks Barista team to create a special experience for each customer. The role supports the company’s aim to be the best in food service and provide fresh foods by ensuring a positive customer experience each day. The lead’s key responsibility is maximizing profitability through expense control, ordering, shrink control, and efficient production. The position includes preparing beverages and organizing the work area according to established production procedures and systems. It also involves ensuring sanitation, food handling, equipment-cleaning, and food-storage standards are followed; serving customers and processing payments; ordering and stocking supplies; and helping schedule, recruit, onboard, and train the team. The role requires a flexible schedule to accommodate customer and staffing needs, including weekends and nights. Team leads must be able to work in a deli or kitchen environment with exposure to heat, steam, fire, and noise, and to meet the listed physical demands, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

Must be 21 years of age or older.
Must be available to be scheduled 35 or more hours per week, including nights and weekends, based on department needs.
Able to occasionally stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, and climb; perform repetitive lifting up to 20 pounds and occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.
Manual dexterity and auditory and visual skills.
Ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures and perform simple math problems.
Ability to work in a deli or kitchen environment and tolerate frequent exposure to heat, steam, fire, and noise from equipment.
Able to work with minimal supervision while remaining productive.
Able to read recipes and follow exact measurements.
Flexible and dependable, with availability to accommodate staffing needs and customer demand.
Able to manage stress and remain composed during busy periods, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

Supervise, prepare, and serve specialty coffee and other beverages.
Prepare hot or cold beverages, including coffee, espresso drinks, blended coffees, and teas.
Set up, organize, and prepare beverages using established production procedures and systems.
Maximize profitability through expense control, ordering, shrink control, and efficient production.
Follow sanitation, health, personal hygiene, housekeeping, and food-handling standards.
Check temperatures of freezers, refrigerators, and heating equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Follow daily cleaning procedures to maintain equipment in good working order.
Store food safely and mark items with dates and descriptions.
Describe menu items to customers and suggest products that may appeal to them.
Order, receive, and stock supplies or retail products.
Receive and process customer payments.
Assist in scheduling the team to ensure proper coverage.
Assist in recruiting, onboarding, and training team members.