Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Carle Place, NY

21d•Onsite

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Bookseller is an integral member of the bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find books and other products. Booksellers help maintain an attractive, clean, and efficiently run store by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and operating registers in a quick, friendly, and professional manner. The role requires reliable attendance, flexibility to support store scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. Booksellers are trained to use store technology and tools, maintain book and other merchandise presentations, operate registers, receive and shelve deliveries, locate products, support the café team as needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. Booksellers may support other stores in their Cluster when able and needed. As they gain experience, Booksellers build knowledge across fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand. They use that knowledge to maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, assist customers, and support sales objectives and new releases. With demonstrated mastery of the role’s skills, Booksellers are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. They must comply with all company policies and procedures. The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including availability during the store’s operating hours, which include early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays.
Positive, purposeful, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Considerate, supportive collaboration with colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Comfort using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store displays and cleanliness, including merchandising books and other product categories.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve products accurately and efficiently.
Use store technology and information tools to locate books and other products.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, and seek support when appropriate.
Build knowledge of books and other product categories to maintain sections and backstock and assist customers.
Make effective book recommendations and support sales objectives, promotions, memberships, preorders, and new releases.
Support colleagues and fill scheduling gaps when able and as store needs require.
Comply with company policies and procedures.