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Area Manager (Temporary Developmental Opportunity)
Reports to: Regional Manager
Location: Field Operations
Are you a leader who is eager to coach train and motivate competitive teams to consistently exceed expectations As a Now Optics Area Manager you will be responsible to develop high performing teams that maximize profits and deliver outstanding customer service. In this role you will leverage our retail brands Stanton Optical/My Eyelab and will support your Regional Manager to drive company sales by ensuring that your home store as well as the assigned stores within a specific region operate smoothly while maintaining high quality brand and service standards. The Area Manager will embody and endorse our company mission of making eye care easy for all patients and customers in their home store location and additional set of stores assigned.
About us:
Our retail brands My Eyelab and Stanton Optical are among the nations fastest growing fullservice retail optical centers. We are dedicated to offering customer service and quality eyewear at affordable prices to our patients and customers. As a leading optical retailer we offer some of the nations most desirable optical brands.
At Now Optics our team members share and support our Vision Mission and Values. These include:
Vision: Modernizing the eye care experience for all people
Mission: Making eye care easy
Values: iCARE
Integrity: We see integrity as building a foundation of trust with our customers employees and stakeholders by communicating honestly ensuring consistency and delivering on our commitments.
Collaboration: We see collaboration as combining the talents of a diverse group offering proactive communication and being openminded to new ideas.
Accountability: We see accountability as taking initiative delivering our best in all we do accepting responsibility for our actions and taking ownership of results.
Respect: We see respect as prioritizing human relationships being present connecting with transparency and empathy.
Empowerment: We see empowerment as making purposedriven decisions to support the company vision showing appreciation for others and taking care of the individuals we serve.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Through effective talent scouting and development the Area Manager leverages the Stanton Optical/ My Eyelab brands (SO/MEL) and drives company sales by ensuring that their home store as well as assigned stores within a specific region operate smoothly while maintaining high quality brand and service standards. The Area Manager will strengthen the SO/MEL brands by ensuring we make eye care easy for all patients and customers in their home store location and additional set of stores assigned.
Development is a key part of the expectation of the Area Managers role; using tools provided the Area Manager will hold the management team accountable for setting expectations and providing continuous development to their staff. It is the Area Managers responsibility to partner with the support centers resources and seek guidance from the Regional Manager they report to in order to accomplish business expectations. The Area Manager will strengthen the SO/MEL brands by living our values and delivering to our mission of Making Eye Care Easy. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Driving top line revenue and overall controllable contributions of home store & own set of stores.
Reviews and analyzes diverse business reports and data to propose strategic plans to overcome opportunities. Trains Store Managers on financial management skills.
Demonstrates a clear understanding of the factors which build both the cost and the revenue side of the Profit & Loss Statements proposing sustainable improvement strategies for home store as well as for each assigned location.
Talent Acquisition
Talent scouting for existing and new store staff. Finding the right candidate to meet brand standards.
Develop Brand Managers to effectively recruit and train their employees to the standard of our organization.
Talent Development
Lead initiatives to successfully develop associates while ensuring daily operations are executed in compliance with brand standards.
Provides leadership mentoring support and coaching to develop a successful withstanding business model in each assigned location.
Stores Continuous Improvement
Conducts regular PAR visits (Performance Accelerator Review) for assigned locations.
Ensure that all assigned locations are providing quality product merchandising.
Supporting their Regional Manager in driving company initiatives and rootcause focuses to strategize solutions with the goal of driving sales and team engagement.
Support Retail Lab and Professional Services
Train store staff to review and interpret Lab reports understand escalation channels and possible resolutions based on reports findings.
Foster and facilitate a collaborative environment by creating a strong partnership with professional services.
Key Qualifications
You have demonstrated multiunit retail leadership ability with at least 3 years of experience in a fast paced retail environment at a management capacity.
Youre knowledgeable on talent acquisition talent development and HR processes.
You display superior verbal written presentation coaching and facilitation skills to effectively partner with diverse teams across the organization.
You are selfdirected with excellent time management skills and ability to multitask and effectively prioritize projects.
Career progression within the organization is preferred.
Are you the perfect fit
Do you share our vision of modernizing eye care for all people and making eye care easy
Do you have a Bachelors degree (B. A.) from a fouryear college or university; or two to four years of relative experience
Are you able to travel 6070% of the time
Are you consistently promoting high work standards while empowering others to have an entrepreneurial mentality with our company
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
