Assistant Store Manager

Job Summary

A Barnes & Noble bookstore is a gathering place for readers and the community. As an Assistant Store Manager (ASM), you ensure the smooth running of your store through leadership and deployment of the store team. In this role, the effectiveness of your team is a direct reflection of your ability to lead and motivate that team to deliver expected results.

Skills

• Demonstrate effective ownership of key responsibilities to support and lead the store team and operations, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
• Support developmental priorities within the team, ensuring well-rounded abilities to meet the demands of the store and the potential of individual booksellers is realized, working with the Store Manager, People Cluster Support and/or RC to do so.
• Hold the store team accountable for consistent standards appropriate for their position, addressing opportunities promptly and fairly.
• Support the store team, acting with kindness, fairness and respect and encouraging this with the team, creating a positive working environment.
• Communicate and deliver appropriate company messages to the store team in a clear, consistent way, sharing necessary feedback and questions with the Cluster or Home Office resources.
• Demonstrate integrity and personal credibility, inspiring engagement and performance within the team and Cluster.
• Be resilient and determined when under pressure, remaining equitable and consistent while focusing and achieving goals and objectives.
• Run the store effectively in the absence of the SM; enabling them to fulfill a Cluster role, stepping in to support the team or other Cluster stores.
• Drive your own development, showing enthusiasm to listen, learn and be open to feedback, reflecting on it and applying it to improve and fulfill career goals.

Benefits

• Employee Discount
• EAP
• Sick Pay
• Paid Time Off including paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• Company Paid Holidays
• Transit
• 401(k) with Company Match

Location

Schererville, IN