Receiving shipping assistant

Harvard Book Store is looking for an Assistant in the Receiving, Returns and Shipping (RRS) Department. The jobis full-time, 40 hours a week. It requires active communication, flexibility, and coordination with other RRS staff, the Store Managers, Customer Orders Staff, Controller’s Office, our Buyers, and Events staff.

The Assistant’s daily work consists of some combination of the following tasks. These responsibilities include but are not confined to:

• timely and accurate processing of regular stock and/or customer order shipments and preparation of inventory for the sales floor; the goal is to accomplish this within 24 hours of a shipment’s arrival
• daily acceptance (or rejection, when necessary) of shipments as they arrive; assisting in unloading shipments from trucks and in loading them into the store and sorting them preparatory to receiving
• receiving and easy identification of stock for author events, our Signed First Editions Club or other promotions
• daily accurate processing and routing of paperwork
• assisting Booksellers in locating specific items among those recently received
• regular contact with the department Supervisor, Store Managers, the Buying Manager, and the Director of Events, regarding any questions about the accuracy of the iMrchnt data base
• timely and accurate picking, boxing, shipping, and recording of returns, and routing the paperwork to the controller’s office
• working with both the controller’s office and our vendors to track and rectify errors in shipping, billing, or credit in receiving or returns
• in coordination with other RRS Staff, sorting and daily delivery of mail and packages within the store and to the Company’s offices
• the orderliness and cleanliness of all relevant work spaces
• coordination with the Store Manager and other RRS Staff of their vacation or other days away from work to plan that two RRS assistants are present during regular work hours
• other duties as requested

The successful candidate will be demonstrably reliable and punctual, and have an ability for detailed work at a pace meeting the requirements set by the Store Manager, with computer databases and Receiving and Returns programs and with paperwork; will be willing to work in coordination with all the other departments of the company; will be able to lift boxes up to 50 lbs.

The hours are regular, 9AM to 5PM Monday through Friday. Some overtime or weekend work may be requested as circumstances demand.

The starting wage will be $17.00 per hour. This full-time, hourly position includes health benefits, an employee discount, and 401K. This is a union eligible position represented by UAW.

If you’re interested in this opening, see our fillable-PDF application at You can email your completed application to [email protected], or print, fill, and mail it to Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. Note “Attention Manager” on the envelope. If it’s convenient, of course you can drop it off at the Store. Applications will not be accepted via Indeed.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person