Barista

ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: West Hollywood store

Status: Full Time, or Part Time

Compensation: $21.00-$22.00/hr + Tip(s)

Position Summary:

The Barista is an essential partner in the guest's dining experience. They will have an immediate impact on the overall experience, by not only directly servicing any guest(s) sitting around the bar area, but by also creating beverages that exceed all expectations. Using their bartending experience, they will execute all menu items, including but not limited to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The Barista will continuously partner with all Front of House, Back of House, and Management teams, to ensure a seamless dining 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:

• Welcomes all guests and informs them of any specials, new menu items, while answering any questions they may have.
• Preparing all ingredients required for all beverage options on the menu, including but not limited to coffee(s), tea(s), juices, alcoholic and non-alcoholic options.
• Maintaining a clean, organized, and sterilized countertop/bar area.
• Serve any guest(s) sitting around the bar/countertop area, while preparing all beverage orders placed by the Front of House team.
• Remain educated on all food and beverage offerings on our menu, including individual ingredients to ensure potential allergens are communicated with all guests.
• Continuously manage and maintain physical inventories of all beverage options as well as required ingredients, to prevent any possible sell-through.
• Immediately address any customer issues, questions, and overall comments. They will properly partner with the Management team to address any matters that they are unable to resolve on their own for the guest(s).
• Effectively communicate any inventory needs, maintenance issues or overall concerns with the Management team.
• Assist F&B leadership team with housekeeping responsibilities including but not limited to, dusting, sweeping, collection of trash, and other tasks traditionally associated with standard food & beverage operations.

Special Projects/Tasks:

• Assist with the planning and execution of any on/off-site events, including but not limited to pop-up events, private guests' events held outside of normal business hours.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and organized café, by completing any standard cleaning procedures commonly associated with a food & beverage outpost.

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 Food Handler License/Certificate or ServSafe License/Certificate is required

Experience:

• 2+ years in the Food & Beverage industry
• 1+ year(s) of Bartending experience
• 2+ years in a high-volume customer facing role
• 1+ years processing cash and card transactions through a POS system

Skills & Abilities:

• Multi-tasking while maintaining an upbeat and professional demeanor
• 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 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg's childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 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 anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.