Manager

Our store   

Based in Sauchiehall Street.  

What’s on Offer?  

As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:    

• Salary up to £30,000 (depending on experience) 
• Bonus potential
• Hours 40 per week (weekend working required) 
• We will auto-enroll you into the pension scheme with an employer contribution when you contribute too
• Specsavers Perks - a portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings
• WeCare - our employee support service to help you and your immediate family when you need it most
• Complimentary subscription to the Headspace app 
• Eyecare and hearcare discounts for you and your family
• Enjoy an additional paid day off on your birthday to celebrate you!
• Enhanced family leave and company sick pay
• Development opportunities

Your role:

• Lead by example by championing a customer first mind and a world class customer experience
• Flex your leadership style to ensure you effectively motivate and inspire every member of the team to achieve their fullest potential
• Create a continuous improvement culture in store through influencing, challenging and involving others
• Ensure you maintain a commitment to continually develop yourself to strengthen your performance and leadership in an ever-changing business
• Encourage and lead others so that every member of staff feels valued, so they give their best, enjoy their job and contribute to running a superb store
• Manage the recruitment of new staff members and take responsibility to ensure they have the best possible induction into the busines
• Host regular team meetings and training and development sessions for your team to foster the continuous improvement mindset throughout the business
• Help people understand their role, what’s expected and how they fit in by creating opportunities for regular discussion and manage performance of the team through regular 1-2-1’s, performance reviews and setting goals and development opportunities

Required experience: 

• Optical field experience, ideally in a retail setting
• Optical dispensing at all levels
• Experience with managing coaching and developing teams
• Adherence to employment law and HR guidelines
• Able to communicate and influence at all levels
• Be self-driven and be able to effectively deliver through teams

Find out more 

We do need you to have a few skills to get started in this role. You’ll need to have previous people management experience, be a great communicator, have an eye for detail, be flexible and adaptable, a passionate people person, organised, and hard-working. Ideally, we’d love for you to have previous experience working in an Optics business, but don’t worry if you don’t.    

Got all of these? We can’t wait for you to apply!