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POSITION FOCUS
The Barista is the foundation of the café. The Barista is responsible for honoring each and every customer by providing excellent customer service and a high quality product. The Barista is a true professional that displays a positive attitude at all times to ensure the return of our customers who are the reason for our business.

SERVICE CULTURE FOCUS
To support Sage’s Vision of being recognized by our customers as the best in our business through ensuring a culture that “makes the ordinary extraordinary!” You should champion this culture in every touch point of our business from our associates, guests, owners and communities. The service and courtesy you extend and promote on a daily basis will ensure a healthy and productive culture of serving others with excellence.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Develops enthusiastically satisfied customers all of the time.
• Welcomes and connects with every customer.
• Discover customer needs and appropriately suggests product with every customer to
• enhance service and meet sales goals.
• Offers customer demonstrations and samples using brewing equipment.
• Customers creates opportunities for customer to interact with the product.
• Responds to customer needs and says thank you to every customer.
• Demonstrates the "Just Say Yes" behavior by taking care of customer needs.

2. Provides quality beverages consistently for all customers
• Prepares Starbucks beverages to standards.
• Follows health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.

3. Maintains Quality store operations
• Follows store policy and procedures for operational flow at each station.
• Follows standards for merchandising, stocking, rotating and storing products.
• Performs cleaning tasks in accordance with the duty rosters and cleaning standards and
• works as a store team member.
• Presents oneself professionally and demonstrates clear communication by using Star
• Skills with all customer and partner interactions.

4. Contributes to store profitability
• Follows cash handling procedures and cash register policies.
• Follows inventory stocking and recording guidelines.
• Contributes to store goals for increasing sales and improving profits.

5. Takes responsibility to learn all aspects of the barista position
• Is responsible for self-initiated learning.
• Learns and demonstrates creating the Starbucks Experience.
• Learns and demonstrates all performance standards listed in the Core Learning Journey
Guides.

OTHER DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
? Honors themselves by taking pride in their appearance while adhering to Company dress code.
? Follows all cash management policies and procedures to ensure accountability of Company funds.
? Adheres to appropriate standards of behavior in the workplace
? May perform other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY DUTIES
None

This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the associated with the position. May perform other duties as assigned.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and criminal background checks.

Competencies

Energy and Drive
Energetic and takes initiative, persistent in pursuing and completing tasks, strives to exceed expectations

Strategic Skills
Proficient in required job skills and knowledge. Intelligent in grasping and integrating new information. Active learner with strong curiosity. Natural instincts and insight for finding the best solution to unclear issues and problems. Considers multiples resources and methods for analyzing problems. Makes great decisions

Personal and Interpersonal Skills
Welcoming and warm personality, engages easily, actively connects with others, genuinely caring and compassionate, visibly demonstrates desire to understand others, creates confidence and trust with others, socially aware of self and others, is known for communicating the right message at the right time, utilizes a variety of approaches and communication techniques tailored to each situation, facilitates consensus in groups, comfortable in conversing with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and at all organizational levels. Is direct yet tactful and considerate of audience, Positively accepts and provides feedback.

Operating Skills
Is effective in prioritizing work, consistently budgets time and processes to create maximum efficiency with minimum disruption or redundancy, is time sensitive, understands how work and processes fit in with other departmental or organizations priorities or objectives, is able to adjust work to accommodate expected and unexpected changes. Is able to gauge progress with respect to overall impact and results

Courage
Can think and act independently with confidence. Has personal fortitude and integrity when faced with challenges.

Knowledge/Skills
Must have excellent customer service skills.
Must have minimal hearing to hear timers; coordinate with other baristas.
Must have moderate vision to check food quality.
Must have speech communication skills to read production charts/recipes.

Abilities
Ability to interact with guests in a positive, hospitable manner.
Ability to read, understand and follow written instructions.
Numerical ability to use the cash register/collect money with accuracy.
Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks.
Ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
Position regularly involves lifting product cases weighing up to 70 lbs. Pushing and pulling carts is required.
Regular bending to lift items and supplies. No kneeling.
Mobility - regularly moves all around the coffee shop.
Continuous standing

Education/Formal Training
High school education or equivalent experience.

Experience
Previous experience in a customer service role strongly preferred.

Material/Equipment Used
Chemicals/Agents: Bleach, Lime Away, grease cutter, all purpose, floor cleaners
Protective Clothing: Hair restraint/hat, gloves, apron and safety shoes as required by State
Knife, cutting board, toaster, slicer, blenders, coffee and espresso machines
Standard restaurant equipment including but not limited to coffee machines, ice machines, toasters and beverage dispensers. Broom, mop, vacuum and carpet shampooer. Continual exposure to hazardous chemicals used for cleaning.

Environment
Physically strenuous -prolonged standing, walking, lifting and carrying throughout entire shift in indoor environment.