Bookseller - PT

Summary: Barnes & Noble, Inc. is a well-known bookstore chain, and they are seeking a part-time Bookseller to join their team. The role involves welcoming customers, assisting them in finding books, maintaining store presentation, and operating the cash register efficiently. Responsibilities: - Welcome customers in a cheerful and helpful way by saying hello, answering questions, and consistently going out of your way to connect readers with the right titles and products - Help unpack and shelve deliveries and tidy our displays - Work our registers in a quick and friendly manner, ensuring our customers receive a highly professional service - Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts - Fill scheduling gaps when you are able, being flexible and responsive to the needs of the store - Be positive and willing in your approach to work, performing assigned tasks with purpose and energy, working hard and reliably - Be supportive and considerate of colleagues, going out of your way to help others on the team and showing them kindness - Always be cheerful with customers, consistently going out of your way to help them - Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge in the store - Use varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs and other tools comfortably and efficiently - Develop strong merchandising skills to maintain the book presentation and cleanliness of the store - Develop effective visual merchandising skills to maintain the presentation in gifting, toys and our other product categories - Run a register competently to serve customers quickly and reliably - Support the receiving and unpacking of deliveries, and the efficient and accurate shelving that follows - Find books and other products with ease and accuracy, using a combination of your own knowledge or that of your colleagues, BookMaster and the available information tools - Support the café team willingly and effectively when needed - Understand loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, identifying theft, spotting and seeking support for problematic behavior and issues in the store - Build book knowledge of the subjects and categories we stock across fiction, nonfiction and children’s books - Use this knowledge to maintain the sections and present books in an interesting and attractive manner - Make effective book recommendations to customers throughout varied sections - Learn how to sell books in a positive way appreciated by customers, supporting the success of key sales objectives such as Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, etc. sharing this knowledge with customers and colleagues - Build knowledge and expertise in Educational Toys and Games, Specialty Games, Hobby and Collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand, learning new areas throughout the store - Use this knowledge to maintain all sections and backstock effectively, and to help customers with their shopping - Use this knowledge to support the success of key sales objectives, products and new releases Required Qualifications: - Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts - Fill scheduling gaps when you are able, being flexible and responsive to the needs of the store - Are positive and willing in your approach to work, performing assigned tasks with purpose and energy, working hard and reliably - Are supportive and considerate of colleagues, going out of your way to help others on the team and showing them kindness - Are always cheerful with customers, consistently going out of your way to help them - Show aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge in the store - Show that you enjoy being a bookseller! - Using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs and other tools comfortably and efficiently - Developing strong merchandising skills to maintain the book presentation and cleanliness of the store - Developing effective visual merchandising skills to maintain the presentation in gifting, toys and our other product categories - Running a register competently to serve customers quickly and reliably - Supporting the receiving and unpacking of deliveries, and the efficient and accurate shelving that follows - Finding books and other products with ease and accuracy, using a combination of your own knowledge or that of your colleagues, BookMaster and the available information tools - Supporting the café team willingly and effectively when needed - Understanding loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques, identifying theft, spotting and seeking support for problematic behavior and issues in the store - Physical activity which includes prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting and a lot of walking Required Skills: Register operation, Merchandising, Visual merchandising, Inventory receiving, shelving, Book knowledge, Product knowledge, Loss prevention procedures, De-escalation techniques, Use of technology registers, Use of technology computers, Use of technology tablets, Cheerfulness, Positivity, Supportiveness, Willingness to learn Benefits: Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay, Paid Time Off including paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Company Paid Holidays, Transit, 401(k) with Company Match, Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision), Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts, Healthcare Spending Account, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement