Barista Lead

Description

Be part of something new! Join our new Clifton Park store as a Barista Lead and help bring the new store experience to life!

The Barista Lead provides day-to-day direction and support to the Barista team, helping create a welcoming, energetic, and beautifully presented café. This hands-on role leads by example, supports training and task coordination, and helps deliver exceptional guest service and quality beverages.

Requirements

Experience:

• At least 2 years in a retail environment; preferably in a café/food service
• Previous leadership experience
• Previous cash handling & POS experience
• Previous buying, inventory management or equivalent experience
• Previous guest service experience
• Previous Barista experience preferred

Job Type: Barista Lead

Schedule: Full-time hourly position, 40 hours/week including weekend availability.

Rate: $20-$23.44, previous experience will be taken into consideration 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day direction, support, and motivation to Baristas.
• Helps maintain department policies, service standards, register procedures, and food safety practices.
• Supports daily task coordination, break coverage, and staffing needs.
• Assists with training and onboarding of Baristas.
• Completes replenishment ordering and maintains accurate inventory and cycle counts.
• Maintains strong vendor relationships and communicates product or inventory concerns.
• Shares product performance, sales trends, and guest feedback with the Category Manager and leadership team.
• Monitors product availability, shelf and backstock levels, and department presentation.
• Provides friendly, knowledgeable, and exceptional guest service.
• Completes register transactions and maintains accurate cash handling.
• Prepares espresso drinks, teas, smoothies, fresh juices, and other menu items as applicable.
• Maintains a clean, organized, well-stocked, and inviting Barista station.

Benefits we're proud of!

Generous store discount: 20% off center store items and cafe, 30% off wellness, 20% off wine, and 10% off beer

Full-time staff accrue 2 weeks PTO, 3 weeks after 1 year of service

Part-time staff accrue up to 56 hours of sick time a year

Health Insurance, for single health benefits employee pays 25%, company pays 75%. For employee plus one or family the split is 50/50

For full-time staff - 401(k): 100% vested from day one! Employer match: 100% match of the first 3% of the staff member’s contribution. 50% match on the staff member’s contribution above 3% and up to 5%.

Well Being Program

Premium Membership access to Insight Timer app

Employee Assistance Program

Celtics Tickets

Health Spending Accountsime off!

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Life Insurance

Flex Spending Accounts

Health Spending Accounts

Income advance program with North Country Federal Credit Union - AKA a loan program, another way we help you get money!

Plus many more!

Healthy Living's Essential Behaviors  

Make Someone’s Day

You’re here because you’re a true 51%er and we want you to bring genuine enthusiasm to work daily. You get that warm, fuzzy, tingly-from-head-to-toe feeling when helping others – staff and guests! You see getting to “yes” as a super-fun challenge! You readily and freely interact with every guest. There’s nothing you like more than seeing guests leave happier than when they arrived. When your teammates are having a tough day, you use positive energy to bring them up. When you smile, everyone smiles.

Move fast and be thorough

You work with a purposeful sense of urgency. You will be trained to achieve excellence in your job to complete tasks quickly, efficiently, and with great skill, and at the same time remembering to look up and connect with each guest. You LOVE getting the job done and doing it well.

Create a team people want to stay on

Your genuine, positive energy contributes to an upbeat, effective team where you and your co-workers thrive and express a desire to stay and to grow together. You treat your teammates with respect and kindness every single day. You offer empathy and an open ear. You bring special skills to the team that are respected by your teammates and in turn you see the value in others’ skills and talents.

Show Up

You show up to work. You are fully present for your teammates, our guests, and our trade partners. You’re a reliabl