Cashier

Job Description

Job Description

Job Position : Cashier

Hours : Monday to Friday, 8am - 4 : 30pm

Wage : $18- $21 per hour

Location : Chicago Downtown, IL

Job Summary

As a Food for Thought Cashier, you will operate the cash register, while communicating effectively with customers and delivering an amazing service that is true to Food for Thought’s high standards; help getting the café ready for customers’ arrivals by preparing and re-stocking grab-and-go items and delivering food and beverages to various meeting rooms.

You will process cash payments as well as operate a Point of Sale (POS) system for transactions, balancing cash drawers and ensuring accuracy. You will be knowledgeable of FFT products and policies to resolve customer concerns and answer their questions.

Responsibilities

• Greeting guests in a friendly, approachable, and courteous manner.
• Preparing and serving beverages such as drip coffee, tea, and other specialty drinks per company recipe guidelines.
• Working on special events and taking on special projects.
• Ensure item pricing is accurate.
• Stock and refill inventory such as coffee cups, straws, napkins, and utensils; supervise inventory levels and communicate when necessary to ensure inventory is not low or out.
• Maintaining food service facilities and equipment by complying with the highest standards of safety and sanitation procedures.
• Engaging in additional supportive duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Why We’re the Leaders

Company Benefits & Perks

Assistance for you and household members

Company Values & Culture

Grow with us! - at Food For Thought, instruction, advice, and assistance are always readily available, which is why our average tenure is 5 years. The U.S. average is 4.3 years, while the Hospitality industry average is only 2 years!

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to reach at or below the shoulder; lift and carry items up to 40 pounds for a moderate distance. The employee is required to use their hands to handle tools, grasp, and control objects. Use fingers to grasp, move, or assemble items.

The employee is regularly required to talk, hear, move, reach, grab, and stand for long periods of time. As well as stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders.

EEO Statement

Food For Thought provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

E-Verify Participation

Food For Thought participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that your employer has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact DHS.