Retail Optical Assistant

VISION EXPRESS; Sunbury-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Retail Optical Assistant, where your passion for customer service will shine. You'll assist customers in finding the perfect eyewear, ensuring they leave satisfied and confident. With opportunities for flexible working hours and a supportive environment, this role is perfect for those looking to make a difference in people's lives. Enjoy a range of benefits, including annual leave, pension schemes, and discounts for friends and family. If you're enthusiastic and eager to learn, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Sales and performance-based bonus

Pension scheme

Life Assurance - 2x your basic annual salary

Free eyewear annually

Employee Assistance Program

33 days annual leave

Flexible health benefits

Discounts for friends and family

Flexible lifestyle benefits

Opportunities for community involvement

Qualifications

• Exceptional attention to detail in maintaining accurate customer records.
• Knowledge of optical products and services, including frames and lenses.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers in selecting eyewear and perform frame adjustments.
• Provide excellent customer service and handle administrative tasks.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Knowledge of Optical Products

Job description

Role overview

As a Retail Optical Assistant at Vision Express, you'll assist our customers in finding and selecting eyewear that meets their needs. You'll help with frame adjustments, repairs, and fittings. Additionally, you may perform some pre-screening eye examinations and administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, supporting the phone lines with customer queries, and processing payments.

Overall, your goal is to provide excellent customer service and ensure that our customers leave happy, with eyewear that fits properly and meets their vision needs. You'll play a key part in our mission of helping our customers to 'See More and Be More' by providing tailored and effective service, helping customers maximize their visual potential and enhance their lifestyle.

Although the hours of this role are advertised, if this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether this is hours to fit around the school run or if you prefer a compressed week, we are open to discussing flexible options further.

Who are we?

We are Vision Express - with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, we have something for everyone. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store, or in one of our coastal locations, we're sure we will have the perfect solution for you!

Did you know, we are also part of the EssilorLuxottica family? EssilorLuxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of lenses, frames, and sunglasses! We are home to the most loved and widely-recognized vision care and eyewear brands in the world. Their priority eyewear brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 prestigious licensed brands.

Who is the perfect candidate?

• Provide excellent customer service, with the ability to provide personalized assistance and address customer needs and concerns.
• Great communication and rapport-building skills to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients.
• Exceptional attention to detail in maintaining accurate customer records, prescriptions, and requirements to provide the best service and product recommendations.
• Ability to work as part of a team with colleagues across the store.
• The ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Confidence, passion, drive, and enthusiasm.
• Knowledge and understanding of optical products and services, including frames, lenses, and contact lenses, with the ability to inform and promote these to customers to help meet store targets.
• Maintain the store's look and feel, keeping it organized and stocked to provide a visually appealing environment, in line with marketing guidance.

Additional information

• Sales and performance-based bonus
• Targeted incentives
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance - 2x your basic annual salary
• Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one
• Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
• Discounts for friends and family throughout the year
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and advice
• 33 days annual leave, increasing with service, with options to buy or sell holiday
• Flexible health benefits, including Health Cash Plan, Life Cover, Critical Illness, and Dental Plan
• Opportunities for community involvement and peer-to-peer sharing
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, Travel Insurance discounts, Experience Days, and Cycle to Work Scheme
• And much more!