Food & Beverage, Retail, Coffee

Training Coordinator | New York City

New York, NYOnsiteFull Time$70,000–$75,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

Is this role right for you?

Upload your resume and get a skill-by-skill breakdown — see exactly where you match, where you're close, and what to highlight. Not a mystery percentage.

Get a tailored resume highlighting what this role needs.

Required skills

Training Coordinator
product quality
training completion
coffee knowledge
customer experience
employee experience
training content
action plans
cross functional

Role summary

Blank Street is seeking a Training Coordinator to support training initiatives and ensure high product quality across its stores in NY, DC, Boston, and other locations. This role involves coaching the field team on Blank Street standards, conducting product quality assessments, creating actionable reports for improvement, and monitoring training completion. The Training Coordinator will also lead orientations, in-store training, and barista assessments, provide area training support, and assist with new product launches. The position requires strong coffee knowledge, a passion for the craft, excellent communication skills, and the ability to foster a learning culture. This is a full-time role requiring flexibility and frequent travel.

About Blank Street

At Blank Street, we’re on a mission to become the defining food and beverage brand of our generation. From the very beginning, we’ve set out to add a spark to ordinary experiences through elevated products, attention-to-detail, and a commitment to making every moment memorable. We’re motivated by the millions of customers we serve across cities, and know that our potential is unlimited. It all starts with our people and their commitment to make magic happen each and every day.

Start Something Extraordinary…

As Blank Street’s Training Coordinator, your primary responsibility will be supporting the team on all training initiatives ensuring high product quality performance across NY, DC, Boston stores among others! This role will coach the field team on Blank Street standards, conduct product quality assessments, and create actionable reporting that helps field teams continue to develop and improve their product quality. The Training Coordinator will also be responsible for monitoring and tracking training completion across all markets. This role reports to the Training & Product Quality Manager and will require frequent travel to different Blank Street stores across NY, DC, Boston, Philadelphia and more!

What You’ll Own

Oversee, validate, and track each barista’s journey through the new hire training program, and work with our ops partners to ensure a positive experience for all.

Support the new hire training process in the field by leading group orientations when necessary, leading in-store training, and facilitating the barista final assessment.

Provide area training support as needed by conducting shift lead training certifications, and assisting with new product launches and key initiatives.

Manage and track compliance across multiple platforms for training completion, accreditation velocity, daily store performance, and more.

Conduct robust quarterly product quality assessments for all Boston, DC and NYC stores and assist in the development of unique, actionable reporting that will enable field leaders to implement necessary improvements.

Develop and foster cross functional relationships to provide insight into store performance.

Be an inspirational leader full of coffee knowledge and passion for the craft, knowing how to tailor training approaches to individuals to ignite passion and the desire to pour love into every cup of coffee made.

Find creative ways to build and foster a learning culture at Blank Street, keeping teams motivated, engaged, and excited to learn.

Who We’re Looking For

Coffee knowledge and expertise

Customer & employee experience obsessed

Experience training within an established brand

Ability to create thoughtful and detailed training content and action plans

Product quality obsessed

Strong multitasker with proven ability to balance multiple priorities

Excellent communicator, written and verbal

Proven ability to work cross functionally with multiple departments

Availability Requirements:

This is a full time role (50 hours per week, 5 days a week) and requires flexibility to work outside of store operating hours, including weekends, as necessary.

Benefits & Perks

$70,000 - $75,000 annual base salary

Blank Street, in good faith, believes that the posted salary range is accurate for this role at the time of posting. Our salaries are rooted in the desire to pay competitively relative to our organization size and industry, reflecting just one part of the total compensation package. Additional components include equity, healthcare benefits, paid time off and various work perks (commuter benefits, free coffee). Details will be discussed during the interview process. Blank Street may pay more or less than the posted range based on factors such as relevant experience and skills, qualifications and location, among others. This range may be modified in the future.

15 days of paid annual leave (on top of company-observed holidays and sick time)

Three health plan options, with full coverage available for two employee-only tiers

Commuter benefits

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Exclusive access to our coveted Regulars program – yes, that means free coffee, matcha and more! ☕️

Regular social outings with the team

Free Blank Street swag

Ready to apply?

You'll be redirected to Blank Street's application page.