Lab Manager

Specsavers; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers, a leading optical retailer, is seeking a Laboratory Manager to lead a skilled team in Hull city centre. The role requires excellent communication skills, a passion for customer service, and the ability to manage multiple stores while ensuring quality and profitability. With a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and various perks, this opportunity focuses on both professional development and a commitment to customer care.

Benefits

Friends and Family discount

Specsavers Perks - discounted benefits scheme

Free parking

Extra day off for your birthday

WeCare - confidential employee helpline

Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities

Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits

Enhanced company sick pay scheme

Qualifications

• Passionate about providing excellent customer service.
• Ability to manage and train a lab team.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the lab team to maintain high standards.
• Provide high-quality glazing service to maximize sales.
• Support and develop the in-store lab team across 3 stores.

Skills

Customer service

Teamworking

IT confidence

Communication

Attention to detail

Training and support

Job description

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As a Laboratory Manager, you'll be managing the lab team to the highest standards, ensuring the leadership vision in the lab is in line with the stores and Specsavers visions and values.

Our store

Based in Hull city Centre, our store is easy to get to via car, train and bus!

What's on Offer?

As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:

• Salary - £30,000 - £35,000 DOE
• Bonus - Up to £5000 - based on performance
• Friends and Family discount
• Full time 39.5 hours a week - Will include 1 weekend day
• Specsavers Perks - our discounted benefits scheme
• Free parking
• Extra day off for your birthday
• WeCare - UK confidential employee helpline
• Outstanding clinical and professional development opportunities
• Discounted hearing and eyecare benefits
• Enhanced company sick pay scheme

One day you could be repairing spectacles. The next, you could be glazing and tinting single vision lenses. The important thing is that you'll be learning all the time - building on your knowledge, with a can-do attitude and ready to take the team to the next level.

What we're looking for?

Some of the skills we're looking for include:

• Passion for providing excellent customer service
• Teamworking
• IT confident
• Excellent communication and listening
• Ability to adapt and develop
• Take control of training and supporting staff.
• To provide the highest quality glazing service to the stores in order to achieve maximum sales and profitability through management of the in-store lab team.
• Being able to manange the lab over 3 stores

An eye for detail is a must. You should also be good with people and able to work as part of a team. You'll be friendly and organised too, presenting a professional image to customers at all times. Most importantly to be an ambassador for the Specsavers brand at all times.

If you are interested, please click Apply as this vacancy will close once we have filled all available places. We therefore highly recommend early applications

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