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Vision Express
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Role overview As a Retail Optical Assistant at Vision Express, you’ll assist our customers in finding and selecting eyewear that meets their needs. You’ll help with frame adjustments, repairs, and fittings. Additionally, you may perform some pre-screening eye examinations and administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, supporting the p
Job Source: Vision ExpressVision Express
Sunderland
Role overview As a Retail Optical Assistant at Vision Express, you’ll assist our customers in finding and selecting eyewear that meets their needs. You’ll help with frame adjustments, repairs, and fittings. Additionally, you may perform some pre-screening eye examinations and administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, supporting the p
Job Source: Vision ExpressVision Express
Bishop Auckland
Role overview As a Retail Optical Assistant at Vision Express, you’ll assist our customers in finding and selecting eyewear that meets their needs. You’ll help with frame adjustments, repairs, and fittings. Additionally, you may perform some pre-screening eye examinations and administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, supporting the p
Job Source: Vision ExpressVision Express
Gateshead
Role overview As a Retail Optical Assistant at Vision Express, you’ll assist our customers in finding and selecting eyewear that meets their needs. You’ll help with frame adjustments, repairs, and fittings. Additionally, you may perform some pre-screening eye examinations and administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, supporting the p
Job Source: Vision ExpressZest Business Group
Newcastle Upon Tyne
A unique independent Opticians based in central Newcastle are looking for a full or part time Optical Assistant to join the team. This is a very well-known and well respected independent Optician with a loyal customer base. They pride themselves on offering patients something different with the focus on offering a personalised service and one of a
Job Source: Zest Business GroupZest Business Group
Consett
Opticians vacancies and Optical Assistant jobs based in Consett, County Durham. Zest Optical recruitment are working with a group of independent Opticians in the North East to hire a full time Optical Assistant in Consett. An expanding group of independent Opticians based in the North East are looking for a full time Optical Assistant at their bra
Job Source: Zest Business GroupZest Business Group
Newcastle upon Tyne
A unique independent Opticians based in central Newcastle are looking for a full or part time Optical Assistant to join the team. This is a very well-known and well respected independent Optician with a loyal customer base. They pride themselves on offering patients something different with the focus on offering a personalised service and one of a
Job Source: Zest Business GroupCastleview Group
Hartlepool
Job Responsibilities: * Stock replenishment * Assisting customers within the store * Till operation * Be working on the salesfloor, in the stockroom, or both * Offer fast and friendly service to all our customers * Help get stock to the salesfloor as quickly as you can * Keep the salesfloors looking fantastic and easy to shop from No experi
Job Source: Castleview GroupDurham
Role overview
As a Retail Optical Assistant at Vision Express, you’ll assist our customers in finding and selecting eyewear that meets their needs. You’ll help with frame adjustments, repairs, and fittings. Additionally, you may perform some pre-screening eye examinations and administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, supporting the phone lines from customer queries and processing payments.
Overall, your goal is to provide excellent customer service and ensure that our customers leave happy, with eyewear that fits properly and meets their vision needs. You’ll play a key part in our mission of helping our customers to ‘See More and Be More’ by providing tailored and effective service, to help customers maximise their visual potential and enhance their lifestyle.
Although the hours of this role are advertised, if this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether this is hours to fit around the school run or you prefer a compressed week - we are open to discussing flexible options with you further.
Who are we?
We are Vision Express - with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, we have something for everyone. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store or in one of our coastal locations, we're sure we will have the perfect solution for you!
Did you know, we are also part of the EssilorLuxottica family? EssilorLuxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses! We are home to the most loved and widely-recognised vision care and eyewear brands in the world. Their priority eyewear brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 prestigious licensed brands.
Who is the perfect candidate?
Provide excellent customer service, with the ability to provide personalised assistance to customer and address their needs and concerns
Great communication and rapport building to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients
Exceptional attention to detail in maintaining accurate customer records, prescriptions, and requirements to provide them with the best service and product recommendations
Ability to work as part of a team, with colleagues across the whole store
The ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment
Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm
Knowledge and understanding of our optical products and services, including frames, lenses, and contact lenses, and the ability to inform customers about them and promote our products and services to help towards your store targets
Arrange and maintain the stores look and feel, keeping it organised and stocked, to provide a visually appealing environment for our customers, in line with the store marketing guidance.
Anything else you should know?
Sales and performance-based bonus
Targeted incentives
Pension scheme
Life Assurance - 2 x your basic annual salary
Private medical cover for you and your family
Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one of joining us!
Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
Discounts throughout the year for your friends and family
Employee Assistance Program offering confidential support and advice on everything from financial support and everything in-between
33 days annual leave - increasing with your length of service, plus the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
Flexible health related benefits, such as Health Cash Plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover and Dental Plan
Opportunities to join a company wide community with peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and collaborating through our internal channels
Flexible lifestyle benefits, such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days and even discounted bicycles through our Cycle to Work Scheme
And so much more!
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