Starbucks Store Receiver - BW Campus

Reports To: Store Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Summary

A BW Starbucks Store Receiver manages the daily operations of the back of house, including stockroom organization and cleanliness, inventory counts, and weekly ordering. This position requires strong administrative accuracy to handle tracking orders, checking deliveries, and planning weekly stock behind the scenes, while remaining a hands-on presence on the floor as a barista when needed. This is a full-time, non-exempt position at a Starbucks licensed coffeehouse on the Baldwin Wallace campus.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Monitor store stock levels and use store software to place accurate, timely weekly orders for food, beverage, retail, and operational supplies.
• Meet delivery drivers, verify incoming physical stock against purchase orders/invoices, inspect product quality, and log any shorted or damaged items for management review.
• Prepare and process purchase orders while ensuring accuracy, obtaining appropriate approvals, and adhering to established purchasing procedures.
• Verify all invoices against purchase orders, note discrepancies, and accurately maintain all receiving and purchasing documentation for supervisor review.
• Conduct weekly and monthly physical inventory counts and report differences between system stock and actual stock to management.
• Keep the stockroom, refrigerators, and freezer neat, organized, clean, and properly labeled.
• Rotate all items using First-In, First-Out rules to prevent expiration and ensure local health department standards are met.
• Count and log daily product waste or broken items so the store can actively reduce unnecessary losses.
• Assist as barista when needed, helping craft beverages, serve customers, and keep lines moving.

Position Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• One year of operational or leadership experience within a hospitality, food and beverage or retail environment.
• Experience working with digital inventory systems, tracking product waste, and management cash/payment transactions on point-of-sale systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a high degree of accuracy when auditing delivery invoices and submitting weekly stock orders.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly responsible and able to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, and willingness to learn and build relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with procurement and inventory management and control practices (such as FIFO rotation) is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a high-volume retail, food service, hospitality, distribution, or coffee shop environment, especially as a barista.
• Prior successful completion of ServSafe certification, barista training, and certification in beverage preparation standards and commercial beverage equipment operation, or ability to obtain certification within a specified training period.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Work is performed in a fast-paced retail environment requiring standing for extended periods and frequent walking, bending, twisting, and reaching. Must be able to lift, carry, and move items weighing up to 50 pounds. Work may involve exposure to confined spaces and high customer traffic. Shifts may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, nights, and holidays. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Conditions of Employment

• Must successfully pass a background check.
• Successful completion of ServSafe certification, barista training, and certification in beverage preparation standards and commercial beverage equipment operation, or ability to obtain certification within a specified training period.

How to Apply

Review of completed applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates should submit a resume via the "To Apply" link on Baldwin Wallace University's Employment and Careers webpage. We appreciate all applicants; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Additional Information

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, meeting applicable pre-employment requirements, and compliance with University and departmental policies, including completion of required training.

Baldwin Wallace University is an EEO employer and educator. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. At BW, we support and encourage diversity in a variety of forms. We value and appreciate inclusive excellence in the classroom, within extracurricular activities and as we engage our community partners.