Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Dothan, AL

2d•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 store operations by maintaining attractive displays, unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying merchandise, 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 energetic approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and a willingness to learn. They are trained to use store technology, maintain merchandising and visual presentation, process transactions, receive and shelve deliveries, locate products using available information tools, support the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. 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 build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives and new releases. Booksellers who master the role’s skills are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Positive, energetic, purposeful, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues.
Cheerful, 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 prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Willingness to work flexible schedules as store needs require, including potential early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and most holidays.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find books and other products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, cleanliness, and merchandise sections.
Unpack and receive deliveries, then shelve products accurately and efficiently.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
Use store technology and information tools, including BookMaster, 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.
Maintain sections and backstock and present books and other products attractively.
Make effective book and product recommendations to customers.
Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, key products, and new releases.
Work flexibly to help fill scheduling gaps and support other stores in the Cluster when able and needed.
Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

Employee discount
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Sick pay
Paid time off, including paid maternity and parental leave (for eligible scheduled hours)
Company-paid holidays (for eligible scheduled hours)
Transit benefits (for eligible scheduled hours)
401(k) with company match (for eligible scheduled hours)
Medical, dental, and vision health benefits (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more)
Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more)
Disability benefits (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more)
Life insurance (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more)
Tuition reimbursement (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more)