Bookseller - Part-Time

**Bookseller - Part-Time**

**Location**

NY - Poughkeepsie - Poughkeepsie - 2886 **Classification**

Part-Time **Description**

As a Bookseller, you are responsible for selling by providing exceptional customer service through our four core service principles. You make the shopping experience interactive and engaging by enthusiastically sharing your knowledge about our products and services and meeting the needs of the customer. You care about and value people and exemplify our core values. **Essential Functions**

Deliver exceptional customer service that ensures sales and high levels of customer satisfaction.

Execute on the four core service principles: put the book in the customers hand, offer to order, offer the Member program, and fast cashiering.

Greet and establish rapport with customers, proactively engaging them in conversations about our products, services and promotions to determine their needs and recommend the right products.

Ensure all customer transactions are processed accurately and in a timely manner.

Share knowledge and enthusiasm about all our products, services, and promotions, providing a personalized experience to multiple customers at the same time.

Respond to customers concerns and questions, and secure the sale.

Drive customer loyalty through successful selling of Memberships, gift cards, Kids Club and other sales initiatives.

Communicate specific product needs to managers to ensure the store is stocked appropriately with in-demand titles and customer requests.

Recover the selling floor during each shift by, gathering and restocking items, straightening bookcases, maintaining tables in the Caf, maintaining restroom cleanliness, and performing other store housekeeping tasks.

Support and promote business development sales and in-store events

Assist in any area of the store as needed.

Adhere to all inventory and loss prevention standards.

Help orient new booksellers, ensuring a smooth acclimation to the store and our bookselling culture.

**Qualifications**

Passion for selling

Strong communication skills

Spend the majority of time on the selling floor, which requires physical activity (i.e., prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, climbing)

Availability for early mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays to align with store needs