Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Tuscaloosa, AL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping them find suitable books and products. The role also supports the store’s presentation and efficient operation by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers to provide quick, professional service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and dependable approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and a willingness to learn. They are trained to use store technology, maintain book and product presentations, operate registers, receive and shelve merchandise, locate products using available information tools, assist the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. As experience grows, Booksellers build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, recommend products, and support sales objectives such as Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, and preorders. The role may involve working in other stores within the Cluster when needed and when the employee is able. Booksellers who master the role are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
Positive, purposeful, energetic, and dependable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Ability to use varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools comfortably and efficiently.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Enjoyment of bookselling.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect readers with appropriate titles and products.
Maintain store presentation and cleanliness, including merchandising books, gifts, toys, and other product categories.
Operate registers quickly and reliably to provide professional customer service.
Support receiving and unpacking deliveries and accurately shelve merchandise.
Use store technology and information tools, including BookMaster, to locate books and other products.
Support the café team when needed.
Follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft or problematic behavior and seek support.
Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and other store categories, including educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
Maintain sections and backstock and present books and other products attractively.
Recommend books and products to customers and support sales objectives, products, and new releases.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, respond flexibly to scheduling needs when able, and support colleagues.
Comply with company policies and procedures.