Bookseller

Barnes & Noble • Baytown, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find books and other products. The role also contributes to the store’s presentation and efficient operation by maintaining displays, unpacking and shelving deliveries, and operating registers with speed and professionalism.

Booksellers are trained to use store technology and tools, maintain book and product sections, provide recommendations, support sales objectives, and assist the café team when needed. They learn about a broad range of merchandise, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and newsstand products. The position involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may also support other stores in their wider Cluster when able and needed. As they gain experience and demonstrate mastery of the role’s skills, they are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Positive, energetic, reliable, and purposeful approach to work.
• Supportive and considerate teamwork, including willingness to help colleagues.
• Cheerful and helpful customer service.
• Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire store knowledge.
• Comfort using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
• Ability to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
• Flexibility to fill scheduling gaps when able; stores are open early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.
• Willingness to support the café team when needed.
• Ability to understand and follow loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help them find suitable books and products.
• Maintain attractive store presentation, including merchandising, displays, cleanliness, sections, and backstock.
• Unpack and receive deliveries and shelve products accurately and efficiently.
• Operate registers quickly, competently, and professionally.
• Use store technology and information tools, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and BookMaster, to locate products and perform work.
• Develop knowledge of books and other merchandise and use it to make recommendations and help customers shop.
• Support sales objectives and promote products and initiatives such as Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, and new releases.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Follow loss prevention procedures, identify theft or problematic behavior, use de-escalation techniques, and seek support for store issues.
• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and be flexible in responding to store scheduling needs.
• Support colleagues and, when able and needed, other stores in the wider Cluster.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick pay
• Paid time off
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Company-paid holidays
• Transit benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
• Healthcare spending account
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed