Retail Partnership

If you're considering your next step and wondering whether Pathway is right for you, you're in the right place. The Pathway program is designed for team members who are ready to explore the journey toward becoming a Joint Venture Partner. To be eligible, candidates typically meet the following criteria:
- You’re working full-time in a Specsavers store in a leadership position.
- You’ve ideally completed both the Supervisor Program and MAP training.
- You’ve received a nomination from your Store Partner and Regional Relationship Manager.
- You’ve successfully completed the Pathway Pre-Assessment.
- You’re beginning to demonstrate early-stage leadership and commercial acumen.


If you're currently working in-store, speak with your store partner to express your interest in joining the Pathway program. If you're not currently part of Specsavers, that's absolutely fine. You can reach out to our SRS team to learn more about available in-store roles and how you can begin your journey.

To be eligible for a Joint Venture Partnership opportunity at Specsavers, candidates must be currently working in one of our stores and have successfully completed the Pathway program.

The cost of becoming a partner varies, as each store’s shares are valued differently. These details are only disclosed once you’ve been identified as the preferred candidate for the opportunity. To support aspiring partners, Specsavers offers accessible financial assistance through a dedicated Specsavers loan, helping to make ownership more achievable.

Specsavers operates under a unique Joint Venture Partnership model, where ownership is split between A and B shares. A shareholders, who are optometrists or retail professionals, are the partners in the business. B shares are held by Specsavers, which provides the brand, supply chain and business support.

Partners enter into a Shareholders Agreement with Specsavers that outlines their responsibilities. As A shareholders, they are entitled to receive dividends. They also take on multiple roles as shareholders, directors and employees of the store, with an employment contract that defines their day-to-day obligations.

This model has been successfully implemented across the globe and continues to offer partners the opportunity to run their own business with the backing of a trusted brand.

Becoming an Retail partner with Specsavers is simple, and you’re never on your own.

The back-office service provided from our Port Melbourne Support Office is the unsung hero of the Specsavers partnership model. Saving our store partners untold time, effort and headaches, we take a mountain of day-to-day administration work off their hands.

We have a collective support team of over 500 talented people who support our partners with an array of services, from recruitment, local area marketing and store design, retail consulting, training and development, back-office accounting – the list goes on.

We manage each business’s accounts payable and quarterly BAS; produce easy to read monthly P&L accounts and end of year financial statements which detail how each individual business is tracking. We manage the payment of all taxes and paydown of any business loans; and we also make a regular distribution of profits to all partners – while making sure there is a sensible buffer of cash left in the business to cover next month’s expenditure.

This support structure is what makes our partnership model truly unique, freeing our partners to focus on delivering exceptional care while we take care of the rest.

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