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A diligent barista with managers experience required The shop is both a coffee and wine shop, so wine knowledge favored Must have good admin skills for rotas, ordering, invoicing Ideally should live local to Haggerston, or less than 30 min commute Should be comfortable with working independently Will be managing a team of 6 people Prepared to work in SHED’s other coffee shop at least once per week ( Haggerston, Leyton, Clapham South ) Recruit and interview future staff
Must have skills
Be likable by your team Must have a passion for wine and coffee Be polite, friendly, and smiley to customers Be able to make high-quality coffee Be able to dial in a coffee machine and weigh shots correctly Be able to clean grinders Must be one time and punctual Must be well-presented, clean, and hygienic.
SHED is a dynamic creative company founded by two creative directors in London, after studying art and design they decided to start a company that reflects their taste and value by offering inspirational places across London for locals to purchase exceptional produce. Both directors still practice their creative passions alongside the day-to-day running of SHED.
We expect you to excel in making sure you and your team deliver on training your staff so that you can both generate good sales for the company whilst delivering exceptional service. You should be able to train your team so they know how to upsell, how to make the best coffee and how to be welcoming to customers. You should be able to make their environment easy to operate so they can sell more products. This is the starting point for your job and is what we expect from you as a good manager to help drive sales.
SHED Directors and Operational team have worked very hard to create the relevant systems to run a successful cafe. It’s the cafe managers main responsibility to ensure that these are followed to the finest detail. This includes managerial practises such as recruitment, staff rotas and organisation, Staff motivation, training and discipline, as well as working alongside the team as a Barista/ Salesman.
SHEDs ultimate goal is to provide the best curated product and experience to every customer who comes through the door, the cafe manager is an extension of SHEDs directors and is therefore responsible for making this happen.
A strong understanding of the coffee product that we are selling, this includes all aspects from the coffee beans themselves to the different milks used to mix. Confident at dialing in the coffee machine to a specific recipe. Ability to train others to do the same. Motivate staff to execute an exceptional level of service leading to a direct increase in loyal, repeat customers. Provide training to employees using the SHED Handbook and monitor their work in relation to Job Specification. We are really excited to meet you, we have a relaxed but professional working culture and looking forward to building a stronger and exciting team with you along side us?
