Barista

Join our team as a full-time Barista! The Barista collaborates closely with the Barista Supervisor to deliver an exceptional Kemin café experience for employees. This includes providing outstanding customer service, preparing high-quality beverages with efficiency, maintaining a clean and hygienic workspace, and—most importantly—fostering a welcoming atmosphere where colleagues can connect and exchange ideas.  

This position is scheduled to work Monday-Friday, 7:00AM-3:15PM.

In this barista role, you'll be engaging with both Kemin employees and visiting customers. To maintain a consistent and professional image, we ask that visible tattoos and piercings—other than ear piercings or small facial piercings—be covered during the scheduled shift.

Join the Kemin Team and Transform Lives!

We are a privately held, family-owned-and-operated global biotechnology company driven by curiosity and committed to transforming the quality of life for people, pets, and the planet. 

We create solutions that strengthen health and wellbeing, provide nutrition and immune support for pets and production animals, safeguard the planet’s natural resources, and protect the global food supply chain for generations to come.

We supply over 500 specialty ingredients for various industries, including human and animal health and nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, nutraceutical, food technologies, crop technologies, textiles, biofuels, and animal vaccines.

We employ 3,500 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Italy, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States.

As a valued member of our team, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial, physical, and professional well-being:

• Competitive Financial Package: Enjoy a rewarding salary, uncapped bonus opportunities, a 401k match program, and generous paid vacation and holidays.
• Career Development and Advancement: Unlock your potential with opportunities for growth and development throughout your entire career.
• Continued Learning Opportunities: Grow your skills with our in-house learning platforms, offering thousands of training resources both live and online, and take advantage of tuition reimbursement for external post-secondary pursuits.
• Service Opportunities: Make a positive impact with paid time off for volunteering in your community

• Usage of related equipment: cappuccino, coffee grinder, coffee brewers, and blender.
• Making coffee, coffee drinks and smoothies by adhering to all recipe standards.
• Replenishing and cleaning beverage-dispensing machines and areas.
• Knowledgeable in, and practicing food safety codes and governing standards; federal, state, local and accreditation agencies.
• Maintaining a clean and sanitary work area: the serving and seating areas, equipment, storage, counter tops and cupboards, tile, tables and chairs.  Cleaning and sanitizing utensils, tables and equipment.  
• Setting up for café sales – stocking food/beverages and paper products. 
• Practicing safety procedures.  Utilizing tools, equipment and protective equipment such as wet floor signs and informing manager of safety hazards and equipment failures.
• Following Kemin’s operational policies and procedures, including those for cash handling, and safety and security, to ensure the safety of all employees.
• Following cash management and cash register policies and ensuring proper cash management practices are followed.
• Storing cleaning chemicals properly, following MSDS rules, and using chemicals according to directions.
• Monitoring and documenting temperature of ice machine and refrigeration units.
• Maintaining refrigeration units in clean orderly condition, compliant with food codes and regulatory agencies.
• Replenishing food, beverages and supplies to café displays and inventory storage. Cleaning refrigerated display case inside and out.
• Inspecting items for integrity.  Rotating stock and disposing of outdated products or less than optimum quality or correct temperature.

• Kemin follows a Servant Leadership program and there will be other light duties associated with your regular work such as light office work, helping out at the reception area desk, very occasional weekend meetings, misc. light duties tasks when there is time.

• Education and Experience:
  • High School Diploma or GED with at least 1 year of food service experience.
• Barista experience highly preferred.
• Ability to build relationships with strong interpersonal skills and effective oral communication
• Ability to learn quickly and be flexible with additional responsibilities, as needed.
• Knowledge of several subjects in order to prepare reports, perform calculations and/or deal effectively with other people. 
• Microsoft Office skills preferred. 
• Ability to read and write.

A post-offer background check and drug screen is required.  Additional pre-employment requirements may be necessary based on position.

Kemin is an equal opportunity employer, and all reasonable accommodations will be considered.

Kemin is a drug-free and tobacco-free campus. 

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