Summary
Assistant Store Manager at BibliU manages retail operations across two campus bookstore locations at Mississippi College, supporting inventory, budgeting, and staff management. The role directly impacts student access to affordable educational materials while driving campus bookstore profitability.
Job Description
Position Title: Assistant Store Manager
Reports to: Store Manager
Location: Mississippi College, 200 Jefferson St, Clinton, Mississippi 39058
Contract type: Full-Time, Permanent
Contracted hours: 40 hours per week
About BibliU
BibliU is an award-winning education company that provides Day 1 access to affordable course materials, making learning more equitable and effective, in addition to providing campus store management. We partner with over 3,000 educational publishers, including Pearson, Oxford University Press, and Wiley, to offer a wide range of high-quality content to students. Our platform provides rich engagement data to academics and allows students to find information faster. We have disrupted the textbook industry by reducing the cost of education significantly and increasing publisher sales.
Founded in late-2015, we are a rapidly growing company transforming the way students and educators access and interact with learning materials. Our revenue has grown rapidly, with 90% CAGR in the last three years to $100m per year. Our last significant fundraise was $21m in a Series B funding round led by Nesta Impact Investments, with participation from Guinness Asset Management, Stonehage Fleming, and Oxford Sciences Enterprises.
In late 2023, we acquired Texas Book Company (now ‘BibliU Campus’) in order to deliver a more complete solution of products and services to higher ed students, faculty and administrators across the US. Since the addition of BibliU Campus, our US organic growth has exploded and is now 90% of our business. We are very excited about our growth and are expanding the team to meet our new market potential!
We are a diverse and inclusive team of professionals who are passionate about education and technology. Our culture is fast-paced, innovative, and dynamic, and we are always looking for talented individuals to join our team. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in edtech and campus store management, BibliU is the perfect place for you. Join us and help revolutionize the way students and educators access and interact with learning materials.
Position Overview
The Assistant Store Manager helps plan, organize and manage all areas in a retail location. The Assistant Store Manager is responsible for meeting or exceeding budgeted goals and works closely with the regional manager to communicate needs in order to maintain appropriate inventory levels in textbooks and general merchandise. This Assistant Manager will support both campus bookstore locations. The main campus bookstore in Clinton, Mississippi and the Law School campus bookstore in Downtown Jackson, Mississippi. In addition to supporting the two campus bookstore locations, the Assistant Manager will support the store manager in pop-up events supporting the college's athletic program.
What you will be doing:
- Develop and maintain a good working relationship with the faculty to obtain key information in the text area and general merchandise areas.
- Schedule regular appointments and meet with the appropriate administrative personnel to build rapport, discuss situations and avoid potential problems.
- Recruit, hire, train and maintain staff at appropriate levels according to company guidelines and budgets.
- Daily cash register operations, daily data entry of textbook information, textbook receiving and stocking as well as end of day balancing.
- Answering telephone and email, all areas of customer service.
- Traveling to and operating remote locations during each semester.
What we are looking for
Must have:
- Three (3) to five (5) years’ in a college bookstore or retail operation
- Two (2) years: supervisory capacity
- Excellent team building skills
- Demonstrated administrative skills
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent use of Microsoft Office Software
Good to have:
- Two (2) years of college or its equivalent
- Accounting experience
- Data entry skills
We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds, experiences and identities to apply. Each new hire is an opportunity for us to bring in a different perspective and BibliU is committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone can do rewarding work.