Founding team · Store #1

Help us build a café people are proud to join.

Bean & Botanica is building its first premium coffee, tea and nature-led café in Tamil Nadu. We are looking for three people who value craft, hospitality and honest operating discipline.

Location notice: Trichy and Thanjavur are under consideration. The final location, opening date and joining date have not yet been confirmed.

The Bean & Botanica difference

High standards. Human leadership.

Store #1 is the foundation for everything that follows. Every founding employee will help prove the standards that future stores inherit.

01

Learn the craft

Controlled recipes, espresso calibration, tea preparation, service and food-safety routines.

02

Work with pride

Clear titles, clean uniforms, professional tools and standards that make good work visible.

03

Be treated fairly

Published salary bands, structured assessments, documented decisions and no recruitment fees.

Three founding opportunities

Choose the role that fits you best.

Final pay within the published band depends on verified experience, assessment results and the written offer.

01
Lead the first store

Store Leader – Café Operations & Coffee

₹25,000–₹30,000 monthly fixed pay

Manage daily café operations, service standards and assigned employee duties. Maintain operational readiness and beverage quality; oversee inventory, wastage and stock availability; review sales, POS reports, reconciliation records and operational exceptions. Follow opening, closing, hygiene and safety procedures, handle escalated guest issues, and support employee training. Prepare coffee and tea beverages competently whenever operationally necessary.

Preferred experience: 2–3 years, including café operations or team management. This is primarily a café management position; practical coffee preparation skills and readiness to work behind the counter when needed are essential. Structured training in Bean & Botanica’s POS, SOPs, and opening and closing procedures will be provided.

What will help you succeed

  • Café operations and people management
  • Hands-on coffee preparation and beverage quality
  • Inventory, wastage and authorized reconciliation reviews
  • Escalation, service recovery and team development
Applications opening shortly
02
Craft and step up

Barista – Shift Lead

₹18,000–₹21,000 monthly fixed pay

Prepare coffee and tea beverages to established recipes, maintaining espresso extraction, milk steaming and consistent quality. Supervise employees during assigned shifts, support guest service and resolve routine concerns. Follow POS, payment and cash-handling procedures; perform authorized opening and closing tasks; monitor ingredients, hygiene and equipment readiness, and report shortages, wastage and exceptions to the Store Leader.

Preferred experience: 1–2 years in a café or specialty coffee environment. Prior shift-supervision experience is an advantage. The Shift Lead manages assigned-shift execution; the Store Leader retains overall store-management accountability.

What will help you succeed

  • Espresso, milk steaming and recipe consistency
  • Assigned-shift supervision and guest service
  • Authorized POS, payment and opening/closing procedures
  • Ingredient monitoring and prompt escalation
Applications opening shortly
03
Make excellence possible

Café Assistant

₹15,000–₹17,000 monthly fixed pay

Assist with beverage preparation, customer order handling and service. Maintain counter cleanliness and hygiene, organize ingredients and supplies, support cleaning and daily operational tasks, and follow food-safety and workplace procedures. Learn Bean & Botanica’s beverage and service standards.

Experience: Freshers welcome. We value willingness to learn, reliability, teamwork and a helpful customer-service attitude.

What will help you succeed

  • Reliable attendance and teamwork
  • Cleanliness, food safety and careful stock organization
  • Friendly order handling and service support
  • Willingness to learn beverage standards
Applications opening shortly
Learning & development

Learning, Growth & Future Opportunities

Building skills today. Developing leaders for tomorrow.

At Bean & Botanica, we believe professional beverage preparation is a craft that develops through structured training, practical experience, and continuous improvement.

As we establish our first café and expand into additional locations, we aim to create opportunities for team members to progress from entry-level positions into experienced barista, shift leadership, and beverage training roles.

We also plan to explore collaborations with recognized barista training institutes and hospitality colleges to support graduate recruitment and future structured internship opportunities.

These programmes are currently in the planning stage and will be introduced as our operations develop.

What to expect

A clear, fair hiring process.

We assess role-related capability, service attitude, reliability and learning potential. Every hiring decision is reviewed by a person using the same role-relevant criteria.

  1. 01

    Mobile application

    Choose one role and complete a focused 6–8 minute application once applications open.

  2. 02

    Structured interview

    Discuss real examples using the same scorecard for every candidate.

  3. 03

    Practical assessment

    Show role-relevant skills after the final store location is confirmed.

  4. 04

    Checks and decision

    Role-appropriate references or checks, followed by a clear final decision.

Please read before applying

Store #1 location is still conditional.

The final city, address, opening date and joining date are subject to property confirmation. Submitting an application does not guarantee employment or constitute a job offer.

We will confirm the work location, schedule and proposed start date before any final offer.

Applications

Applications opening shortly.

We’re preparing applications for our founding Store #1 team. Opportunities for Store Leader, Barista – Shift Lead and Café Assistant roles will open here soon. Bean & Botanica never charges candidates an application, interview, recruitment or placement fee.

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We use application information only to assess suitability, contact candidates, arrange recruitment stages and maintain necessary recruitment records. We do not ask for Aadhaar, bank details, payment, photographs or sensitive identity documents at the application stage.

Access, correction or deletion requests: [email protected]. When applications open, the form will explain consent and how long recruitment records are kept.

Recruitment fee warning: Bean & Botanica does not charge candidates any recruitment, application, interview or placement fee.