Assistant Sales Manager

Stanton Optical; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a fast-growing optical retailer as an Assistant Sales Manager, where you will lead a dynamic team in a vibrant retail environment. This role involves driving sales performance, supporting the Sales Manager, and ensuring exceptional customer service. With a commitment to empowering employees and fostering innovation, this company offers a flexible work environment and numerous benefits, including free eyeglasses and professional development opportunities. If you are passionate about sales and customer satisfaction, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career in the optical industry.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Prescription Drug Coverage

Company-Paid Life and Short-Term Disability Coverage

Free Eyeglasses

Paid Time Off

Professional Development Opportunities

Employee Recognition Programs

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Friends and Family Discounts

Competitive Variable Compensation

Commission on Sales

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of retail management experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to multitask and communicate effectively with diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales to exceed revenue goals while ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Support training and development of retail associates and resolve customer issues.

Skills

Retail Management

Sales Performance

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Multitasking

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting others to achieve their highest level of performance when assisting customers in a fast-paced retail environment? Are you a role model and leader that advocates for your sales team? As a Stanton Optical Assistant Sales Manager, you would be a sales leader, assisting the Sales Manager and Brand Manager in executing action plans to drive sales performance within a team environment. Our Assistant Sales Managers assist customers while maintaining a positive attitude to achieve the highest quality customer satisfaction. As part of our team, you will be developed and empowered to take on additional responsibilities to prepare you for the next step in your career.

About Us

Stanton Optical is among the nation's fastest growing, full-service retail optical centers. We are dedicated to offering customer service and quality eyewear at affordable prices to our patients and customers. As a leading optical retailer, we offer some of the nation's most desirable optical brands.

Our team members share and support the Vision, Mission, and Values of our parent company, Now Optics. These include:

1. Vision: Modernizing the eye care experience for all people
2. Mission: Making eye care easy
3. Values: iCARE

• Integrity: Building a foundation of trust with our customers, employees, and stakeholders by communicating honestly, ensuring consistency, and delivering on our commitments.
• Collaboration: Combining the talents of a diverse group, offering proactive communication, and being open-minded to new ideas.
• Accountability: Taking initiative, delivering our best in all we do, accepting responsibility for our actions, and taking ownership of results.
• Respect: Prioritizing human relationships, being present, connecting with transparency and empathy.
• Empowerment: Making purpose-driven decisions to support the company vision, showing appreciation for others, and taking care of the individuals we serve.

Why Join Our Winning Team?

• We are the fastest growing, founder-led, and privately owned eye care provider in the United States. We believe quality eye care should be easy, accessible, and affordable for all people. Stanton Optical consistently ranks among the nation's top optical retailers.
• We offer a flexible, dynamic work environment where we foster innovation and creativity. We encourage you to be proactive in sharing the great ideas you have to improve the business.
• Eligible employees enjoy great benefits such as medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage, company-paid life and short-term disability coverage, and free eyeglasses. We also offer identity theft protection, pet insurance, and much more.
• Paid time off that increases with seniority.
• Professional development and promotion opportunities.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employees get 2 free eyeglasses (no dollar limit) every year, and Friends and Family discounts on our products!
• We offer competitive variable compensation opportunities and commission on sales.
• Work with an amazing team!

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Drive sales to exceed personal and store daily, weekly, and monthly revenue goals while delivering outstanding customer service experience.
• Support Sales Manager duties frequently acting as Manager on duty to accomplish the following objectives:
• Support training, coaching, and development of retail associates.
• Analyze daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly reports to ensure all staff members are achieving desired goals.
• Resolve customer issues and increase customer satisfaction.
• Communicate and execute company standards and directives to staff.
• Assume responsibility for other duties as developed.
• Execute simple customer repairs, assemble lenses into frames, and edge stock lenses to expedite delivery of eyeglasses, ensuring customer orders are delivered accurately and on time.
• Ensure brand standards are met in the lab area, and notify management of equipment malfunctions, incomplete orders, incorrect lenses, etc.
• Keep track of delivery time commitments to patients (Now Service, Ready When Promised) to ensure 100% compliance.
• Other duties as assigned and required.

Key Qualifications:

• You have retail management experience of at least one year in a fast-paced retail environment.
• You have experience in a secondary leadership role or managed small sales teams.
• You have demonstrated outstanding sales performance throughout your retail career.
• You have the ability to multitask, prioritize, and be flexible with changing business needs in a team environment.
• You have the skills necessary to communicate effectively with a diverse group of people.
• You have a high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Optical experience is a plus.

Now Optics d/b/a Stanton Optical and My Eye Lab Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at our company are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or certain classifications based on genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances.