Sandwich Artist/Barista

$29,120 - $35,360/Yr

CJ Coffeehouse - Orange, CA

Part-time,Full-time - Entry Level

Onsite - Orange, CA

About the position

CJ Coffeehouse is seeking a dedicated Sandwich Artist/Barista to join our team in Orange, CA. This role involves preparing and serving a variety of coffee drinks and sandwiches while providing excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will be hardworking, flexible with hours, and willing to work on weekends.

Responsibilities

• Welcomes customers by determining their coffee interests and needs.
• Educates customers by presenting and explaining the coffee drink menu; answering questions.
• Sells coffees and coffee grinding and brewing equipment by explaining differences in coffee beans and coffee preparation machines; demonstrating how brewing equipment operates.
• Prepares and sells coffee drinks by following prescribed recipes and preparation techniques for coffee drinks, such as espresso, espresso lungo, caffe latte, and cappuccino.
• Generates revenues by attracting new customers; defining new and expanded services and products.
• Maintains inventories by replenishing coffee bean supply; stocking coffee brewing equipment; maintaining supplies, pastries, and cookies for coffee bar.
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by following organization standards and sanitation regulations.
• Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes; maintaining and improving the appearance of the store and coffee bar.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading coffee, retail trade, and food service publications; maintaining personal networks.
• Enhances coffee shop reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Makes and serves the entire menu of sandwiches as ordered, including special catering orders.
• Follows all FIFO rotation and keeps product fresh.

Requirements

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)
• Food handler's card and ServSafe certification.
• Basic math: 1 year (Preferred)
• Food industry: 1 year (Preferred)
• Listening, Verbal Communication, Customer Focus, Customer Service, Basic Safety, People Skills, Action Oriented, Organization, Selling to Customer Needs, Attendance, Client Relationships.

Nice-to-haves

• Hard worker and leader with a constant willingness to learn new things.
• Extremely organized.
• Fantastic customer service skills and upbeat attitude.
• Strong ability to multitask and work in fast-paced, high volume environments.

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid training
• Retirement plan