Lead Barista

Inspired by the colorful, aromatic markets spanning the Mediterreanean and Middle East, Orla delivers an elevated, ever-evolving experience that awakens the senses and enlivens the imagination. With a focus on seafood, Orla brings creativity to life in unexpected ways- including fresh techniques to timeless classics and cross-pollinating regional flavors.

The Lead Barista is responsible for ensuring all recipes and procedures are consistently adhered to in the outlet. In addition, the Lead Barista is responsible for selling, preparing and serving all beverages, wine and food.Duties include overseeing coffee bar maintenance, making menu suggestions, delivering food and drinks, describing the offerings to guests, recommending wine selections, monitoring guest satisfaction, and managing inventory.Must be pleasant, conscientious, and professionalwith an extensive knowledge of coffee and tea, product,and alcoholic beverage selections. Must be able to operate effectively as part of a team, communicate clearly, and ensure smooth service operations and quality service. Must be pleasant, conscientious and professionalwith excellent hospitality instincts & drive to provide customer service.Must be able to operate effectively as part of a team, communicate clearly, and ensure smooth service operations and quality service.

Our Ideal candidate is:

Reporting to the Senior Outlets Manager, every day is different, but you'll mostly need to:
Understand and perform job duties to the expectations of Regent Santa Monica Beach Ensure all side work applicable to assigned station is completed each shift Lead Pre-Shift meetings and educate the team on new recipes and trends in the industry. Maintains clean and organized workstations that are cohesive with the outlets philosophy, culture, and standards of excellence. Recognize or seek areas for staff and outlet improvement and offer positive solutions for change. Operate within the outlet on a daily basis with efficiency, respect, friendliness, professionalism, teamwork, knowledge, patience, awareness, compassion, courtesy and initiative. Understand completely all programs, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, and training programs. Understand philosophy of management and owner. Displays consistent attention to detail and follow through of all outlet policies. Represents Regent professionally through effective communication, cooperation and relationships with all business partners. Stocking all supplies as needed Maintain a clean, safe environment all times Fully understand and comply with all federal, state, county and municipal regulations that pertain to health, safety and labor requirements of the restaurant employees and guests. What you bring to the table:

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of knowledge, skills and abilities: Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace. Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process. Must have at least 2 years' experience as a barista in a high volume cafe, luxury hotel and or fine dining experience a plus Must have good understanding of classic coffee and tea drinks Must be eager to constantly learn in regards to trends in coffee and tea. Knowledge of spirits and wine a plus Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written. Must possess basic computer skills. Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space Must be able to must be able to exert well-paced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously Pay Rate - $20.50/hr.

Mina Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas and experiences and will consider candidates with criminal histories in accordance with all local, state, and federal laws. Mina Group offers reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.