If you searched Superstar Sourcing for Coffee Shop Manager (with 3 additional requirements) on December 21, 2025 you'd find 361 great candidates

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Store Manager at Starbucks

Perfect fit - fifteen years managing Starbucks stores in California directly aligns with all requirements, including implied espresso and inventory management. 15 years as Store Manager at Starbucks Coffee Company in CA. Excellent.

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Store Manager at Peet's Coffee & Tea

Exceptional match: 13 years managing a Peet's Coffee & Tea location, aligning perfectly with the role, expertise required, and location. Manager (Peet's Coffee & Tea) 13.2yr → Shift Supervisor (Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf) 7.1yr. Excellent.

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Store Manager at Starbucks Coffee Company

Long tenure as Store Manager at Starbucks clearly covers the required experience, the only minor deduction is the lack of explicitly listed skills (like inventory/espresso specifics), but the job title implies competence. Starbucks Store Mgr (14yr) → Shift Sup (3.5yr). Excellent.

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Store manager at Starbucks

This individual has spent nearly 25 years as a manager at Starbucks, strongly indicating coffee/espresso knowledge, leadership, and management experience within California, although specific inventory skills are not listed. Starbucks Manager (24 years). Excellent.

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Living courageously through the lens of Starbucks Missions & Values

Excellent fit with direct Starbucks Store Manager experience, explicitly mentioning inventory management and long tenure in coffee operations within the location range. Starbucks Store Manager (10 yrs total exp), explicitly lists inventory management skills. Excellent.

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Kelsey Clark

Strong candidate with direct Starbucks Store Manager experience, proven inventory control, leadership, and is located well within range. Target E.T.L. → Starbucks Store Manager → Target Team Lead. Excellent.

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Starbucks Coffee Company

This individual is a current Store Manager at Starbucks with 19 years at the company, explicitly mentioning perfecting hand-crafted espresso beverages, managing P&L ($3M), and building teams. This is an excellent proxy for the required role. Starbucks Store Manager (current) → Assistant Store Manager → Shift Supervisor. Excellent.

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Retail Store Manager at Starbucks Coffee Company

This candidate is an ideal fit, having served as a Retail Store Manager at Starbucks for over 16 years, indicating expertise, inventory/leadership, and California location, only missing explicit confirmation of 'Inventory management' and 'Espresso expertise' outside of the Starbucks context, but they are strongly implied for the role. Ex-Starbucks Barista → Shift Supv → Store Manager, 19 years total, 144 mi proximity. Excellent.

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Store Manager @ Starbucks

Excellent background with direct Starbucks management roles, explicitly listing inventory management, team leadership, and quality beverage crafting (implying espresso skills). Starbucks Store Operations Manager → Shift Supervisor → Barista, plus 7 years elsewhere. Excellent.

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Store Manager at Starbucks Coffee Company

Current Store Manager at Starbucks for nearly 11 years covers all experiential requirements including espresso expertise, team leadership, and management. Ex-Starbucks Grant Ambassador → Store Manager (10.9yr). Excellent.

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People leader | Culture keeper

Strong contender as this person spent over 12 years managing Starbucks locations, which implies espresso and coffee operations management skills. Starbucks corporate store manager roles for 11+ years total → Starbucks trainer/manager for 3+ years, BS Psychology. Excellent.

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Coffee House Leader at Starbucks

Excellent fit with 26 years in coffee/customer service, including 18+ years as a Starbucks Store Manager and recent Coffee House Leader role. Career: Java City → Devas Cafe → Starbucks Store Mgr (18.2 yrs) → Starbucks District Mgr (2.5 yrs) → Starbucks Coffee House Leader (2.4 yrs). Excellent.

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Store Manager at Starbucks

Exceptional duration of experience as a Store Manager at Starbucks directly aligns with the coffee shop management requirement. Starbucks Store Mgr (14yr) → Sleep Train Mgr (4.5yr). Very strong match despite location being slightly outside the target range. Excellent.

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Assistant Manager at Peet's Coffee & Tea

Twelve years as Assistant Manager at Peet's Coffee strongly implies management and coffee expertise, meeting all core role requirements except specific duration of overall management experience shown. Ex-Peet's Coffee Assistant Manager (12.9yr), Manager level. Strong California location. Excellent.

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Store Manager at Starbucks

This candidate is currently a Store Manager at Starbucks, hitting the management level, California location, and demonstrating experience in a high-volume beverage environment which strongly implies espresso and team leadership skills, though inventory isn't explicitly listed. Starbucks Store Manager → 7+ years managing a coffee chain location. Strong.

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Store Manager @ Starbucks | Leading High-Performing Teams

Excellent match with 5+ years as a Store Manager at Starbucks, meeting all leadership, location, and experience requirements; coffee background implies espresso knowledge. Starbucks Store Manager 5+ yrs → Jamba Juice GM → Specialty's Store Manager. 24+ yrs total exp. Excellent.

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MBA Candidate at San Francisco State University

Excellent direct industry experience at a known coffee chain, strong management tenure, in range, and mentions training/service quality; Philz Store Leader (4yr) → Shift Lead (4.1yr) → Barista (11mo). Strong on leadership and coffee environment, missing explicit management tenure number but relevant. Strong.

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Store Manager at Starbucks

This candidate has substantial, direct experience as a Starbucks Store Manager (17 years) and District Manager, covering all managerial and likely coffee/inventory needs. Starbucks SM (17 yrs) → DM, extensive retail/cafe management. Excellent.

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Starbucks Department Manager at Safeway

As a Starbucks Department Manager for 9 years, this candidate clearly possesses the coffee management, team leadership, and California location requirements, strongly implying espresso and inventory skills relevant to coffee. Starbucks Dept Manager at Safeway (9 years). Strong.

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Store Manager at Starbucks

Perfect fit - currently managing a Starbucks for over 10 years, clearly possessing coffee shop management and likely espresso expertise. Starbucks Store Manager (10+ years). Excellent.

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Store Manager at Equator Coffees

Extremely long tenure managing Starbucks stores, providing excellent coffee shop management and implied espresso/inventory skills, though location is just out of range. Equator Coffees Mgr (4.3yr) → Starbucks Mgr (19.7yr). Strong.

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Sr Retail Manager Southwest Multi-Unit Nestlé Nespresso SA

Excellent fit due to 9+ years managing retail boutiques for Nespresso (a premium coffee brand), alongside general retail management experience, strongly suggesting required expertise across all listed areas. Career: Bose Manager → Williams-Sonoma GM → Nespresso Boutique/Sr Retail Manager (9+ years). Strong.

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Store Manager at Starbucks

Excellent fit based on tenure and company—over 12 years as a Store Manager at Starbucks implies strong performance across all required domains, including management, leadership, and likely inventory/espresso mastery. Starbucks Store Manager (12+ years total in management) in California. Strong.

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Starbucks ASM | Focused on People, Performance, and Growth

This individual is an experienced Starbucks ASM with significant time as a Barista Trainer and Shift Supervisor, implying strong operational and leadership skills, though the 'Manager' title is ASM. Starbucks Trainer (8yr) → ASM (7mo) → Shift Supervisor. Strong.

M**** M****

Strong fit with direct experience managing coffee operations for several years, though total management duration is just under 5 years (2.5 store manager + 1.5 assistant). Peet's Coffee → Store Manager (2.5 yrs); total 7 years in coffee roles; 10.9 years total experience. Yes.

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Store Manager at Starbucks

Excellent alignment: Store Manager at Starbucks, deep experience in high-volume food service operations, team development, and likely espresso expertise given the recent role. Recent Store Manager at Starbucks → Shake Shack, focused on development and operations. Strong.

T**** D****

Excellent background at Starbucks with proven expertise as a certified Coffee Master and managing inventory, though tenure is as Shift Supervisor, not Manager. Starbucks Shift Supervisor (9+ yrs) → Certified Coffee Master, skilled in inventory optimization. Strong.

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Store Manager at BevMo!

Very strong match showcasing management, inventory, ordering, and team leadership in a retail environment, suggesting transferable skills highly relevant to coffee shop management, though the specific product (BevMo!) isn't coffee. Store Manager at BevMo! (4.2yrs) → hiring, inventory, ordering, coaching 10-15 staff. Strong.

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Store Manager at Peet's Coffee & Tea

Excellent fit as they have 12 years as a Retail Manager at Peet's Coffee & Tea, hitting most required attributes except explicit confirmation of inventory skills or leadership structure detail. Retail Manager at Peet's Coffee & Tea (12.1yr). Strong.

E**** S****

Excellent fit for management level, tenure, leadership, and location, with long-term General Manager experience in the restaurant space, which strongly implies inventory skills, but no explicit mention of coffee/espresso. Nick The Greek (GM) → Sushi Confidential (GM) → Panera Bread (AGM, 13+ years). Strong.