Regional Manager (East Kentucky)

BibliU Ltd.; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Wellness days

Public holidays

Job summary

BibliU Ltd. is seeking a Regional Manager to oversee operations of multiple college retail bookstores within the assigned region, reporting to the VP of Retail Operations.

You will drive financial performance, operational excellence, and exceptional customer service while coordinating budgets, inventory, and staff across locations. Some travel to campuses is required as part of the role.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of management experience in a multi-unit college bookstore or retail operation.
• Proven success in retail management, including profitability, budgeting, merchandising, promotions, and staffing.
• Experience in textbook procurement and inventory management is a plus.
• Ability to travel extensively as needed.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent team-building and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the operations and personnel of multiple college retail bookstores within the region.
• Drive financial performance, operational excellence, and superior customer service.
• Manage store operations and inventory, including budgeting and monthly/weekly reporting.
• Public relations: meet campus administration several times a year, and recruit/hire/train staff.
• Collaborate with faculty, publishers, and university administration to optimize book orders and store appearance.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Budgeting

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Type of role: Hybrid - Work from home and travel to store locations in this area

Contract type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary range: £105k - £125k per year

About BibliU

BibliU is an award-winning, technology-led B2B company transforming the $65bn educational content industry. With a 90% CAGR the past 5 years, we are just getting started. We've cracked the code on Day 1 access to affordable digital course materials for students, while delivering comprehensive campus store solutions that foster human relationships, and increase our stickiness in the world of AI.

The result? Measurable impact: 10% higher student retention, 1-point GPA increases, and partnerships with 170 universities serving 600,000 students each year.

We've fundamentally changed how universities procure, distribute, and manage learning content. We partner with 4,000+ publishers, including Pearson, Oxford University Press, and Wiley to deliver content to universities, and provide rich engagement data and interactive tools like quizzes that help students actually learn.

Here's what makes our story compelling:

Founded in late 2015 as an Oxford University spin out, we've grown explosively with 90% CAGR over the last five years, including 65% in FY25, reaching $100m in annual revenue. Our Series B raised $23m led by Nesta Impact Investments (with Guinness Asset Management, Stonehage Fleming, and Oxford Sciences Enterprises). In late 2023, we acquired Texas Book Company (now 'BibliU Campus') to become the only fully vertically integrated player in the market, driving US organic growth which now represents 90% of our business.

We're hungry for more. We're actively building our M&A pipeline as we compete head-to-head against legacy bricks-and-mortar providers to improve the faculty and student experience while boosting the financial sustainability of universities.

Our culture is collaborative, high-growth, and agile. You’ll join an experienced and motivated executive team with backgrounds from Instructure (Canvas) and other successful edtech companies with exit experience. We operate as a distributed team across the UK and US, with offices in London.

Position Overview

The Regional Manager reports directly to the Vice President of Retail Operations and oversees the operations and personnel of multiple college retail bookstores within their assigned region. This individual will be responsible for driving financial performance, operational excellence, and superior customer service.

Key Responsibilities

Store Operations:

• Oversight of store managers in the designated region.
• Supervisory duties to procure and maintain sufficient textbook inventory levels throughout each school term.
• Supervisory duties to procure and maintain adequate inventory levels in general merchandise departments appropriate to budgetary needs.
• Supervisory duties to ensure correspondence and sufficient contact with department chairperson, faculty members and publishers as needed on book orders.
• Supervise the construction of budgets for stores in the designated region.
• Construct and analyze reports on a weekly and monthly basis to monitor financial fiscal return.
• Prepare weekly financial “snapshot” reports for each store.

Public Relations:

• Meet with the campus administration minimally four (4) times a year to build rapport, discuss service and customer expectations.
• Participate in outreach to prospective customers.
• Supervise store appearance and customer service integrity to ensure positive impressions of customers and potential customers.
• Recruit, hire, train and maintain staff at appropriate levels according to Company guidelines and budgets.

Qualifications & Requirements

Experience:

• 3-5 years of management experience in a multi-unit college bookstore or retail operation.
• Proven success in retail management, including profitability, budgeting, merchandising, promotions, and staffing.
• Experience in textbook procurement and inventory management is a plus.
• Ability to travel extensively as needed.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent team-building and leadership abilities.
• Effective mentoring and coaching capabilities.
• Strong administrative and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Basic accounting proficiency.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Education

• Bachelor's, associate's, or combined experience.

Schedule

• Full-Time, Monday through Friday.
• May require occasional weekend work based on business needs.

Our benefits are all aimed at supporting a healthy work-life balance and cultivating a company culture where you can bring your whole, human self to work.

Here's what we offer:

• Paid time off, wellness days and public holidays

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.