Sales Associate - Optical

National Vision - Bethel Park, PA

Full-time - Entry Level

Bethel Park, PA

51-100 employees

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The position involves providing exceptional customer service in a retail optical environment, ensuring that customers receive quality eyewear products in a timely manner. The role includes greeting customers, meeting sales objectives, and maintaining store cleanliness and organization. The optician will assist with dispensing eyeglasses and contact lenses, handle customer service complaints, and ensure adherence to quality standards and inventory control procedures.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers in a friendly manner and ensure high quality customer service.
• Meet National Vision's sales objectives.
• Maintain awareness of same day service using the 'Ready When Promised' production board.
• Ensure customers receive quality products in a timely manner.
• Assist with answering phones efficiently in accordance with National Vision telephone protocol.
• Ensure all customer service complaints are handled effectively and efficiently.
• Review reasons for redos and implement practices to correct.
• Ensure quality standards are met.
• Check on status and notify customers when orders are in or of any delays.
• Ensure all intra-web functions are done daily including cancelled job status, backorder list and problem jobs.
• Assist with dispensing eyeglasses and contact lenses to customers, if permitted by state law.
• Perform insertion and removal training of contact lens as directed by management and permitted by state law.
• Ensure store cleanliness policies are adhered to at all times.
• Complete inventory count and replenish stock as necessary.
• Ensure all visual merchandising is implemented and maintained.
• Ensure that the eyeglass department is kept clean and organized at all times.
• Ensure that inventory control and loss prevention procedures are followed at all times.

Requirements

• Previous retail experience preferred, but not required.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to present and sell eyeglass features and specialty lenses.
• Must possess strong customer service skills.
• Ability to learn optical knowledge.
• Must be able to work and interact effectively within a store environment, adhering to and promoting all store policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time that may average 6-8 hours.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including bonus potential.
• 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.