The posting
ABOUT THE ROLE
Location: Kith Women's Cafe
Status: Full Time or Part Time
Compensation: $18.00-$20.00/hr + Tip(s)
ABOUT THE ROLE
Position Summary: The F&B Barista is an essential partner in the guest’s dining experience. The Barista will continuously partner with all MOD and management teams, to ensure a seamless experience for all our guests. The Barista will not only become an expert on all in-house beverage options, but they will also familiarize themselves with all menu items, to address any guest inquiries.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary Responsibilities:
- Maintain coffee station cleanliness, organization, and inventory levels.
- Uphold quality control standards and ensure proper recipe execution across the coffee program.
- Maintain accurate maintenance and equipment logs and communicate repair or support needs to the MOD and management team
- Receive coffee inventory, and FIFO rotation of coffee products.
- Maintain thorough knowledge of all coffee products and confidently educate guests and sell branded coffee from behind the counter
- Regularly conduct deep cleaning and proper maintenance of all coffee equipment.
- Operate the POS with positive energy and maintain knowledge of the full bar menu.
- Complete prep work and other operational tasks as directed by the MOD and management team
- Support the team by cleaning and stocking other stations and customer-facing areas as needed.
- Assist with dishes, sampling, and other F&B needs
- Uphold all food safety, sanitation, operational, and company standards
- Provide exceptional customer service and contribute to a positive, efficient team environment
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by MOD and management
Special Projects:
- Participate and assist in Physical Inventories as required by the business.
- Assist the Merchandising team during visual initiatives as required by the business.
REQUIREMENTS
Availability:
- Open & flexible availability, including but not limited to evenings, overnights, and weekends as well as Holidays.
- Availability to consistently work weekends, special projects, drops/releases or as the business’ needs require.
Licenses/Certificates:
- Valid and current Food Handlers License from the Department of Health or ServSafe Food Handlers Certificate is required
Experience:
- 1+ years in the Food & Beverage industry as a Barista on a manual machine
- 1+ years in a high-volume customer-facing role
- 1+ years processing cash and card transactions through a POS system
Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to multi-task
- Efficient communication
- Ability to lift and move 30lbs.
- Ability to perform standard tasks that are related to retail operations including but not limited to, bending, twisting, and climbing ladders/step stools.
- Ability to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time.
WHO YOU ARE
Professional Characteristics:
- Strong written and verbal communicator
- Team-Orientated
- Professional
- Guest/Customer focused
- Organized
Personal Characteristics:
- Outgoing and upbeat
- Friendly
- Continuously positive
WHO WE ARE
Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.
Kith operates 19 standalone boutiques around the world, and 2 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 18 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering any work type other than full on-site, is fraudulent.
