Coffee Shop Barista

Hy-Vee Food Stores

Ottumwa, IA

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JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Ottumwa, IA
POSTED
30+ days ago


Additional Considerations (if any):


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At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.






Job Description:




Job Title: Barista


Department: Coffee Shop


FLSA: Non-Exempt




General Function:


As a Coffee Shop Barista, this position will be responsible for reviewing and filling customer orders for the day, handling food in a safe manner and ensuring the work area is always clean and neat. Additionally you will ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members.




Core Competencies



+ Partnerships


+ Growth mindset


+ Results oriented


+ Customer focused


+ Professionalism





Reporting Relations:


Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers of; Store Operations, Perishables, and Health Wellness Home; Food Service Director; Coffee Shop Department Manager




Positions that Report to you: None




Primary Duties and Responsibilities:



+ Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.


+ Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee’s designated department or elsewhere in the store.


+ Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.


+ Assists customers by: (examples include)


+ escorting them to the products they’re looking for


+ securing products that are out of reach


+ loading or unloading heavy items


+ making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests


+ performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.




+ Answers the telephone promptly when called upon, and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call including taking customer orders.


+ Takes customer orders at the counter.


+ Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.


+ Handles food in a safe manner and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.


+ Reviews the status and appearance of the food for freshness.


+ Ensures that an adequate food supply is ready and on hand and develops or follows a production list.


+ Anticipates product needs for the department on a daily basis


+ Prepares and replenishes product as necessary.


+ Checks in product, puts product away, and may review invoices.


+ Runs the department registers and receives payment, makes change, etc., where applicable.


+ Removes trash in a timely manner.


+ Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.


+ Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.


+ Reports to work when scheduled and on time





Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:



+ Washes dishes as necessary.


+ Orders product and supplies as necessary.


+ Prices products for customers as necessary.


+ Assists in other areas of store as needed.


+ Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.





Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics:



+ Must have the ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or verbal instructions; deal with a few concrete variables.


+ Ability to do simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting and recording.


+ Possess the ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions; write identifying information; request supplies orally or in writing.





Education and Experience:


Less than high school or equivalent experience and six months or less of similar or related work experience.




Physical Requirements:



+ Must be able to physically perform medium work: exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, 20 pounds of force frequently, and 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.


+ Visual requirements include clarity of vision at a distance of more than 20 inches and less than 20 feet with our without correction, color vision, depth perception and field of vision.


+ Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.





Working Conditions:


The duties for this position are normally conducted in a store environment. There is significant pressure to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities. There is exposure to noise, equipment movement hazards, cleaning chemicals/solvents, and possible electrical shock and temperature extremes.




Equipment Used to Perform Job:


Standard tools and equipment used in a coffee shop environment including disposal, trash compactor, dishwasher, register system, ice machines, pop machine, scales, and knives.




Contacts:


Has daily contact with the general public and customers. Has contact with federal/state governmental or regulatory agencies regarding inspections.




Are you ready to smile, apply today.


Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.

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Hy-Vee Food Stores