Starbucks Barista

About the role

Provide exceptional customer service in a safe and clean environment to ensure the customer's return visit. Treat customers and employees in a fair and ethical manner, promoting an inclusive work environment, being a responsible member of the community, and providing the right products at the right time with fair and accurate pricing. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important, and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve company/store goals.
• Prepare beverage selections to recipe and standards and to customer’s requests using proper equipment; tender transactions using company best practices.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products for which they inquire about; inform customers of coffee shop specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered and the correct portion size (or as close as possible to the amount ordered) to prevent shrink.
• Recommend coffee shop items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Use all equipment in the coffee shop such as refrigerators, freezers, slicers, ovens, espresso machines, blenders, computerized scales, and steamers according to company guidelines; prepare, package, label, and inventory ingredients in merchandise.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness; review “sell by” dates and take appropriate action.
• Properly label, stock, and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal, and special ads.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions; notify store management; adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents; report all safety risks, issues, or illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud to store management.
• Work cooperatively in a high-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
• Act with honesty and 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/or older adults.
• Perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Excellent customer service skills.
• Desired: Any previous comparable experience.