We are looking for a proactive and organized Team Manager to oversee daily operations and ensure smooth coordination between departments. The ideal candidate will be both a people leader and a systems thinker—someone who can manage and motivate the team while also helping to identify, streamline, and optimize business processes across the company.
This is a part-time position with a minimum-hour requirement. Please only apply if you can commit to 30 hours a week or more.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and support day-to-day activities of the sales, customer service, and fulfillment teams.
- Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and ensure high standards of performance and professionalism.
- Develop and maintain efficient workflows for order management, inventory, and customer communication.
- Coordinate on-the-ground schedule changes
- Serve as a bridge between management and staff, ensuring clear communication and alignment with company goals.
- Foster a positive, solution-oriented, customer-focused work culture.
- Collaborate with management to identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies in internal systems and help implement improvements.
Must Have
- 2+ years of experience in team leadership, operations, or retail management (book industry a plus)
- Experience in a retail environment
- Tech-savvy, with experience using or optimizing systems such as POS, CRM, or project management software
- Problem-solving mindset and ability to balance big-picture goals with day-to-day details.
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Fluent in English
- Hebrew Proficient
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate and mentor staff.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Strongly developed multi-tasking skills
- Experience with using AI to optimize workflows, or the ability to independently learn how.
- Israeli Citizenship or Work Visa for Israel
Nice to Have
- Experience in a bookstore, publishing, or e-commerce environment.
- Understanding of process improvement methodologies
- Interest in books, Judaica, or academic publishing.
- Learning experience in a seminary or yeshiva environment
- Fluent Hebrew
What's great in the job?
- Be part of a mission-driven bookstore with a respected name in the community.
- Work in a warm and supportive environment with a fun team.
- Opportunity to make a real impact by improving internal systems and shaping team culture.
- Collaborative, book-loving environment in the heart of Jerusalem.
- Plenty of room to grow, with a company that is scaling up.