Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Mishawaka, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming and assisting customers, connecting readers with books and other products, maintaining attractive store presentation, and supporting the efficient operation of the bookstore. The role includes customer service, register operation, merchandising, shelving deliveries, and helping the café team when needed. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility, a positive and supportive attitude, a willingness to learn, and enthusiasm for bookselling. Booksellers are trained to use store technology and tools, maintain book and other product displays, receive and shelve deliveries, locate products, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. The position involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may also work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As they gain experience, Booksellers build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, recommend products to customers, and support sales initiatives and new releases. The role follows a career path toward Senior Bookseller as skills and expertise develop. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures. Benefits vary by scheduled weekly hours and location; the posting lists employee discounts, EAP, sick pay, paid time off and leave, holidays, retirement plan with company match, health and insurance benefits, transit, and tuition reimbursement for eligible groups.

Requirements

Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Be flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
Bring a positive, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and consistently helpful and cheerful with customers.
Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Be willing to use varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers and help them find books and other products by answering questions and making recommendations.
Maintain attractive store presentation, cleanliness, displays, sections, and backstock across books and other product categories.
Operate registers quickly, reliably, and professionally.
Receive, unpack, and shelve deliveries accurately and efficiently.
Use store technology and information tools to locate products.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior or store issues.
Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand products.
Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, key products, and new releases.
Work collaboratively with colleagues and, when able and needed, support other stores in the wider Cluster.
Comply with company policies and procedures.