Assistant Manager - Optical

National Vision Inc.; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

401k retirement savings with company match

Paid personal time off

Job summary

A leading optical retailer is seeking an Assistant Manager - Optical in Harrisburg, PA to oversee daily operations, manage staff, and ensure outstanding customer service. The right candidate will have previous optical sales and supervisory experience, strong leadership skills, and the ability to analyze operational efficiencies. Competitive compensation and extensive benefits package provided.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead, coach and build associate relationships.
• Sound understanding of store operations and standards for success.
• Ability to analyze, create, and understand financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and achieve profit, sales and performance goals.
• Optimize and oversee the eyeglass department.
• Ensure quality standards are met and compliance is enforced.

Skills

Optical sales experience

Supervising experience

Strong communication skills

Exceptional customer service skills

Strong organizational skills

Job description

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Company Description America's Best is part of National Vision, one of the largest optical retailers in the United States. The America’s Best brand continues to grow, with 1000 stores and counting. Each location combines both parts of the optical equation – eyewear and eye care – into one excellent experience at a single low price.

At National Vision, we believe everyone deserves to see their best to live their best. We help people by making quality eye care and eyewear more affordable and accessible.

By overseeing the daily operations of our stores, including personnel management and inventory control, our Assistant Eyeglass Managers keep customers coming back by providing a positive experience from start to finish – and keeping associates happy, too.

How would you like Sundays off? Yes, every Sunday we’re closed!

What would you do? – The Specifics

• Monitor and achieve profit, sales and performance goals (i.e. reviewing the P&L).
• Optimize and oversee the eyeglass department to ensure efficiency and compliance with company’s policies and operational guidelines.
• Convey a commitment to providing outstanding customer service and ensure all associates do the same.
• Ensure quality standards are met. Review remakes and enforce policies to ensure compliance.
• Communicate with the General Manger, District Manager, and Corporate Office and provide store reporting as required.
• Ensure store promotions, advertising, and visual merchandising are in place and all associates and doctors are aware of current promotions.
• Supervise and motivate Opticians and CL Sales associates (in some stores the Receptionist) and ensures the timely completion of day-to-day functions.
• Assist the General Manager with forecasting staffing needs, recruiting, selecting and retaining a high caliber staff.
• Motivate associates to exceed performance standards.

Qualifications

• Optical sales experience. Supervising experience is preferred.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and build associate relationships.
• Sound understanding of store operations and standards for success.
• Strong communication skills (both oral and written) for effective management of teams.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Strong organizational skills for planning work and continuously monitoring progress towards goals.
• Ability to analyze, create, and understand financial reports.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems of varied scope.

Taking care of our people

We understand the importance of financial health and security, and because of that, we provide competitive compensation to all Associates – including bonus potential for every position in the store! We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including health and dental insurance, 401k retirement savings with company match, flex spending account, paid personal time off, paid company holidays, parental leave, employee eyewear discount and much, much more. At National Vision, we strive to deliver opportunities for professional growth and long-term career fulfillment. We provide training programs, access to educational courses and pride ourselves on the ever-increasing amount of promotions from within.

Please see our website www.nationalvision.com to learn more

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Retail

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