Job Description

About the role

As an Opticians Store Manager you will be responsible for the leadership of your store to provide an exemplary customer experience to every patient and customer.

With the wide range of products and services offered in store, you will be working alongside a diverse team of varying clinical expertise and knowledge. You will empower your team to nurture customer relationships to deliver sales through service. Inspiring your team daily to deliver exceptional results, you will create a thriving store environment.

Working within your store you will work alongside your team to assist customers and find the products and services that best meet their needs. This may include offering solutions such as frame styling, clinical pre-testing, dispensing and much more, tailored to individual needs and preferences.

We will support you in completing our industry leading ‘Step into Optics’ training programme along to help you to develop your professional and clinical knowledge.

Reporting to the Regional manager, you will work collaboratively with the regional team and the Support Office to influence and drive change to optimise business performance. You will use your commercial knowledge of your local community to develop great external relationships to help shape your store specific strategy to optimise patient care and profitability.

What you’ll need to have

• Experience leading a team

It would be great if you also have

• Experience working within a clinical or Optical environment
• Experience leading a team within a customer facing setting

Our Benefits

• Discretionary Quarterly bonus
• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Generous employee discounts for you and a second person (terms and conditions apply)
• Clinical and Non-Clinical Career development opportunities
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

Why Boots Opticians

At Boots Opticians, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. Join our team and let’s see what’s possible when we change for the better.

What's next

Thank you for taking the time to visit our careers page and read about this exciting opportunity. If you choose to apply, your application will be reviewed by our team and we will contact you as soon as we can. If successful, we will contact you to arrange an interview with the hiring manager.

We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

Closing date

22-Apr-2025

Business Area

Opticians

Function

Opticians

Keywords

Optometry, Optometrist, Optom, Optician, Clinical, Glasses, Healthcare, Health, clinician, , Optom jobs, Optical Jobs,

Hours per week

37.5

Latitude,longitude 1

50.7689786,0.284686223

Shift Pattern to display to candidates (displayed externally). Please select one:

Weekdays and Weekends

Airport

No

Hours per week

Over 35 hours per week

Company

Optics

Division

300 - South

Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?

No

Region

OPT108 - South East England

Area

OPT108 - South East England

Store

3381 - Eastbourne - Arndale Centre

Req Posted Date

01-Apr-2025

County

East Sussex

Country

UK

Address 1

15 Eastbourne Arndale Centre

Address 2

Eastbourne