Sarah Shahvandian, our Head of Planning tells us about her career journey around the world – starting with a Graduate Placement leading to dancing Gangnam style with Finnish Partners, chartering planes for events and finding herself in New York on a photoshoot with Helena Christiansen
Our People Operations team exists to provide a positive people experience for all of our colleagues through an effective and consistent HR service; easy to navigate HR support and information that helps to upskill our people and makes it easier for them to do their jobs. Kate Skilton tells us more about exciting projects and […]
Helen Curran, Audiology Relationship Manager, will celebrate her 10th anniversary with Specsavers this year and through that time, has worked in a number of different departments and roles. Helen tells us about her Specsavers career and the development she has received as part of that…  “I started with Specsavers as an Optical Assistant in Dun Loaghaire Specsavers during a break from […]
Recognition as one of the top 15 learning and development departments in the world by LPI
John Carlisle, our Head of European Logistics Operations, talked to us about the challenges and changes of managing logistics for Specsavers during the pandemic. Tell us about your role at Specsavers and how this has been affected by Covid 19? My role manages imports from Asia and Europe into our UK and European manufacturing & distribution sites. I […]
February is LGBT History Month in the UK. It’s an annual celebration that provides education and insight into the issues that the LGBTQIA+ community faces and here at Specsavers, we’re making our own history by launching PRISM – our first-ever employee network that is for employees, and led by employees. The PRISM network is […]
Our very own Director of Global Data Management, Helen Mannion, has been chosen as one of the most influential people in data and analytics in the 2021 DataIQ 100. Our global data team, led by Helen, helps Specsavers be more data-driven by using analytics to inform future strategy, as well as helping teams to achieve […]
The last six months have been strange for us all, with working-from-home and new demands on our jobs in situations which we never would have thought possible a year ago.
The last six months have been strange for us all in different ways, whether it be working-from-home or additional demands on our jobs, encountering circumstances we never thought possible a year ago.
It is estimated that 1 in 6 people in the past week experienced a common mental health problem. Mental health is about how we think, feel and behave and includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being; and so, at Specsavers we believe that looking after people’s mental health is just as important as physical health. […]
