Question
Full-time
5-10

Licensed Optician - General Manager

11/23/2025

Oversee daily operations of the store, ensuring high levels of customer service and achieving sales and performance goals. Manage personnel, including hiring, training, and motivating associates to exceed performance standards.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
National Vision is one of the largest optical retail companies in the United States with over 1,200 stores in 38 states and Puerto Rico. We help people see their best to live their best through our optical products and services. For more than 30 years, we have been improving lives by providing eye care and eyewear for value-seeking and lower-income consumers. Retail brands include America’s Best, Eyeglass World, and Vista Optical inside select Fred Meyer stores and on select military bases, and an e-commerce website DiscountContacts.com, offering a variety of products and services for customers’ eye care needs.
About the Role

Company Description

America's Best is part of National Vision, one of the largest optical retailers in the United States. The America’s Best brand continues to grow, with 1000 stores and counting. Each location combines both parts of the optical equation – eyewear and eye care – into one excellent experience at a single low price.

For more details about America's Best, visit AmericasBest.com.

At National Vision, we believe everyone deserves to see their best to live their best. We help people by making quality eye care and eyewear more affordable and accessible.

By overseeing the daily operations of our stores, including personnel management and inventory control, our General Managers keep customers coming back by providing a positive experience from start to finish – and keeping associates happy, too.

How would you like Sundays off? Yes, every Sunday we’re closed!

Job Description

What would you do? – The Specifics

  • Achieve and maintain the highest level of customer service.
  • Monitor and achieve profit, sales and performance goals (i.e. reviewing the P&L).
  • Monitor sales results against budgeted.
  • Ensure all store associates achieve and maintain the highest level of customer service.
  • Investigate and compile competitive information.
  • Provide daily and weekly statistics to District Manager and corporate office.
  • Ensure store promotions, advertising, and visual merchandising are in place and all associates and doctors are aware of current promotions.
  • Hire, supervise and train all store associates.
  • Motivate associates to exceed performance standards.
  • Interface and maintain appropriate professional relations with the doctor, other National Vision associates and customers.  

Qualifications

 Are you the right fit? – The Suitable Talent

  • Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
  • Maintain license as required by state.
  • Management experience in retail and/or optical industry.
  • ABO & NCLE Certified
  • Proficient computer skills.

Additional Information

Taking care of our people

We understand the importance of financial health and security, and because of that, we provide competitive compensation to all Associates – including bonus potential for every position in the store! We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including health and dental insurance, 401k retirement savings with company match, flex spending account, paid personal time off, paid company holidays, parental leave, employee eyewear discount and much, much more. At National Vision, we strive to deliver opportunities for professional growth and long-term career fulfillment. We provide training programs, access to educational courses and pride ourselves on the ever-increasing amount of promotions from within.

Please see our website www.nationalvision.com to learn more.

We are an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Key Skills
Customer ServiceProfit MonitoringSales PerformanceInventory ControlPersonnel ManagementTrainingMotivationProfessional RelationsData AnalysisProblem SolvingABO CertificationNCLE CertificationComputer Skills
Categories
HealthcareManagement & LeadershipRetail
Benefits
Health And Dental Insurance401k Retirement Savings With Company MatchFlex Spending AccountPaid Personal Time OffPaid Company HolidaysParental LeaveEmployee Eyewear Discount
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