Retail Sales Associate at Specsavers
Are you curious about learning more about optics and eye health? Then we have the perfect job for you.
We are now looking for a retail sales associate who wants to be part of the team at Specsavers. This position is a temporary contract at 100% until March 30, 2027. Start date is flexible and by agreement, preferably between October 1 and November 1, 2026.
The store's opening hours are weekdays 08:00–18:00 and Saturdays 10:00–15:00. We follow the Handels collective agreement.
Work is conducted on a rotating schedule with shifts on weekdays and every other weekend.
Your responsibilities
You don't need any prior experience in optics – we provide you with a thorough introduction through practical training in the store combined with digital training. After the introduction, you become an important part of the customer experience in the store, where you welcome customers, explain the importance of eye exams and tell customers about Specsavers' concept and offers. You help customers find the right frames, lenses, or contact lenses based on the optician's recommendations and ensure that every customer leaves the store satisfied and willing to return, while you serve as an ambassador for Specsavers' mission to make better eye health accessible to all.
We are looking for someone who:
Is engaged, customer-focused, and ready to take responsibility
Has experience from the service industry, preferably in retail
Has experience from the optics industry, which is a merit
Is social and has an easy time building good customer relationships
Has a strong sales drive and enjoys actively working toward sales targets and results
Is flexible and thrives in a fast-paced environment
Learns new things easily and wants to develop in your role
Has good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
We offer:
Work days filled with many smiles, exciting challenges, and a fast pace
The opportunity to be part of a local team – and at the same time part of the world's largest optician chain
A job in a small and tight-knit team, where every employee contributes every day and makes a difference for both the community and the store's results
Access to a wide range of online training, product news, and industry inspiration
Free subscription to the health app Headspace
Application
Specsavers is collaborating with Retail Staffing in this recruitment. To meet GDPR requirements and ensure good communication, we accept applications digitally via the job posting, not via email or mail. Selection and interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before the final application deadline.
Being part of Specsavers also means sharing our vision of making better eye health accessible to all. We have more than 31 million customers worldwide, and over 30,000 partners and employees. And we are always looking for new employees who want to join us on our journey and make a real difference.
Specsavers is the world's largest privately owned optician company and was founded in 1984 by optician couple Doug and Mary Perkins.
Since its inception, Specsavers has continued its expansion and made the leap from being a British matter to first becoming European and then global. Today Specsavers is established in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand.
Currently, Specsavers has over 1,500 stores around the world with more than 30,000 employees, of which 500 people work at the headquarters on Guernsey and more than 200 employees at the various country offices.