Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Stockton, CA

24d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find suitable books and products. The role also supports the store’s efficient operation through merchandising, maintaining displays, receiving and shelving deliveries, and providing quick, professional service at the register. Booksellers are expected to be dependable, punctual, flexible in responding to store scheduling needs, positive and energetic, considerate toward colleagues, cheerful and helpful with customers, and willing to learn. They must develop proficiency in store operations, including using technology and registers, merchandising books and other products, receiving and shelving stock, locating products, supporting the café when needed, and following loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. The position involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may also work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As their experience grows, they develop product knowledge, maintain store sections and backstock, recommend books, assist customers, and support sales initiatives and new releases. Booksellers who demonstrate mastery of the role are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Be flexible and responsive to store needs, including scheduling needs.
Bring a positive, willing, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and cheerful and helpful with customers.
Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge.
Be comfortable and efficient using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Develop and apply merchandising, visual merchandising, and register skills.
Perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find books and other products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, including merchandising, displays, cleanliness, sections, and backstock.
Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Operate registers quickly, professionally, and reliably.
Use store technology and information tools to locate books and products.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support as appropriate.
Develop knowledge of books across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s categories, and use it to maintain sections and make recommendations.
Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, products, and new releases.
Build knowledge of educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand products.
Fill scheduling gaps when able and support other stores in the wider Cluster when needed and able.
Comply with company policies and procedures.