Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Hoover, AL

19d•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 presentation and daily operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers to provide professional, efficient service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility when scheduling needs arise, a positive and energetic approach, consideration for coworkers, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. They are trained to use store technology, maintain merchandise presentation and cleanliness, operate registers, receive and shelve deliveries, locate products using available tools and colleagues’ knowledge, support the café when needed, and follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques. The role involves physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As they gain experience, they develop knowledge of books and other store products, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales objectives. The position offers a development path toward Senior Bookseller as skills and mastery grow.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs, including availability across early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays.
A positive, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
Consideration for colleagues and willingness to help the team.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and store knowledge.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Ability to use varied technology and store tools comfortably and efficiently.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and other products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, and cleanliness, including book, gifting, toy, and other product areas.
Unpack and receive deliveries, then shelve products accurately and efficiently.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
Use store technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Locate books and other products using personal knowledge, colleagues, BookMaster, and available information tools.
Support the café team when needed.
Understand and follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior or store issues.
Build knowledge across fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
Maintain store sections and backstock and make effective product recommendations.
Support sales objectives and products, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, and new releases.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, be flexible when scheduling gaps arise, and support colleagues.
Comply with company policies and procedures.