At the Marbella Club Hotel, we are surrounded by lush botanical gardens and situated right in the heart of Marbella’s prestigious Golden Mile. This legendary resort was born in 1954 as a Mediterranean haven created by Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe. Today, as a proud member of The Leading Hotels of the World, we continue his legacy by promoting a workspace culture based on authenticity, excellence, and meticulous attention to detail. Consequently, we focus on delivering memorable experiences to our global guests and protecting a 70-year legacy of luxury. Therefore, we are seeking a dynamic, innovative Head Barista (Jefe/a Barista) to lead our specialty coffee and premium beverage operations in Marbella, Spain .

In this interactive leadership role, you won’t just craft standard espresso beverages behind a counter. Instead, you will act as a true taste innovator and brand storyteller, defining our overarching beverage strategy across multiple elite outlets. Specifically, you will combine your deep expertise in specialty coffee, tea ceremonies, and luxury service protocols with strong team management and operational cost controls. By doing so, you will elevate our gastronomic identity, mentor a high-performing service team, and ensure every guest enjoys an unforgettably personalized 5-star experience.

Job Description: Head Barista

Your Mission: Premium Beverage Strategy & Elite Guest Experiences

Your primary goal involves driving food and beverage operational success by designing an exceptional premium drink program and keeping all service stations beautifully aligned with 5-star hospitality standards. Therefore, you will develop specialty menus, manage supplier relationships, and oversee technical equipment calibration. Additionally, you will lead custom tasting events and collaborate with your team to hit profitability objectives. As a result, you will optimize beverage revenue. Consequently, you will eliminate service inconsistencies,



deliver highly personalized issue resolution, and protect our hotel’s integral creative image flawlessly.

Your Key Responsibilities:

- Strategy Formulation: Define and implement the hotel’s premium coffee and beverage strategy, aligning menus with luxury benchmarks.
- Menu & Supply Control: Manage beverage suppliers, inventory volumes, and product costs while designing signature coffee, tea, juice, and smoothie menus for various outlets.
- Operational Excellence: Guarantee consistency and quality through hands‑on supervision, technical equipment calibration, and strict standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance.
- Team Leadership: Lead, train, and mentor the barista and service staff, overseeing shift scheduling, performance reviews, and daily motivation.
- Guest Experiences: Design and drive premium guest activations, including specialized coffee pairings, tastings, tea ceremonies, and brand storytelling.
- Cross-Team Alignment: Coordinate closely with the kitchen, pastry, and alternative hospitality departments to optimize the broader gastronomic journey.
- Service Supervision: Oversee floor service directly, ensuring standard 5-star luxury execution, seamless reservations, and rapid, personalized issue resolution.
- Compliance Management: Ensure complete adherence to food safety policies, sustainability practices, cash handling guidelines, and internal controls.
- Annual F&B; Planning: Participate actively in annual departmental strategy reviews to identify new avenues for efficiency, market innovation, and profitability.





Who You Are: The Innovative & Detail-Oriented Beverage Master

- Proven Foundations: You bring deep, verified expertise in specialty coffee beans, advanced barista extraction techniques, and luxury service standards.
- F&B; Management Skills: You possess functional knowledge of gastronomy pairing, luxury hospitality protocol, operational management, and cost control systems.
- Natural Leadership: You display strong team-oriented leadership, clear decision‑making capacity, and an exceptional level of verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Dynamic Professionalism: You are a highly organized multitasker with a resolutive, detail-oriented mindset, showing flexibility and absolute professional integrity.
- Tech Proficient: You feel entirely comfortable working with modern hotel software suites, POS applications, and digital business tools.

What Marbella Club Hotel Offers You

- Legendary Industry Heritage: Form part of a globally revered luxury resort holding over 70 years of elite hospitality market leadership.
- Global Network Prestige: Elevate your professional background by joining a property linked to The Leading Hotels of the World alliance.
- Creative Operational Freedom: Take full creative ownership of a high-end specialty beverage program, testing innovative pairings and custom recipes.
- Professional Skill Value: Refine your executive capabilities in large-scale luxury F&B; management, international supply chain curation, and premium clienteling.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED?

If you have the operational grit to govern a high-traffic premium beverage program and the artistic spark to connect deeply with flavor-conscious guests, we want to hear from you. Therefore, if you are ready to bring our legacy to life in Marbella this season, we invite you to step forward.

Start your application here

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📌 Head Barista (Marbella)
🏢 MARBELLA CLUB HOTEL
📍 Marbella