Assistant Store Manager

BibliU•Lake Charles, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

BibliU is an award-winning education company that provides Day 1 access to affordable course materials, making learning more equitable and effective, in addition to providing campus store management. They partner with over 3,000 educational publishers, including Pearson, Oxford University Press, and Wiley, to offer a wide range of high-quality content to students. Their platform provides rich engagement data to academics and allows students to find information faster. Founded in late-2015, BibliU is a rapidly growing company transforming the way students and educators access and interact with learning materials, with revenue growth of 90% CAGR in the last three years to $100m per year. They raised $21m in a Series B funding round. In late 2023, BibliU acquired Texas Book Company (now ‘BibliU Campus’) to deliver a more complete solution of products and services to higher ed students, faculty, and administrators across the US, which has led to significant US organic growth. BibliU is a diverse and inclusive team passionate about education and technology, with a fast-paced, innovative, and dynamic culture. The Assistant Store Manager helps plan, organize, and manage all areas in a retail location. This role is responsible for meeting or exceeding budgeted goals and works closely with the regional manager to communicate needs in order to maintain appropriate inventory levels in textbooks and general merchandise.

Requirements

Three (3) to five (5) years’ in a college bookstore or retail operation
Two (2) years: supervisory capacity
Excellent team building skills
Demonstrated administrative skills
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent use of Microsoft Office Software

Nice To Haves

Two (2) years of college or its equivalent.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a good working relationship with the faculty to obtain key information in the text area and general merchandise areas.
Schedule regular appointments and meet with the appropriate administrative personnel to build rapport, discuss situations and avoid potential problems.
Recruit, hire, train and maintain staff at appropriate levels according to company guidelines and budgets.
Daily cash register operations, daily data entry of textbook information, textbook receiving and stocking as well as end of day balancing.
Answering telephone and email, all areas of customer service.
Traveling to and operating remote locations during each semester.