Retail Assistant

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Oscar Wylee is hiring a fulltime Retail Assistant in Wellington to join a blended fashion retail and healthcare team. The role involves providing eye care and eyewear styling advice, dispensing lenses per prescriptions, building client relationships, and assisting with opening and closing. Benefits include a supportive team, vibrant culture, long term career progression, a free pair of glasses every six months, and monthly incentives. The ideal candidate has 1+ year in optical or 2+ years in retail, is detail oriented, a clear communicator, and available Sunday to Thursday. Optical Dispensing Certificate IV is a plus. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight patient care and dispensing success, indicate your availability, willingness to relocate if needed, and join our talent community.

The Benefits

• Supportive Team Environment
• Vibrant Culture
• Long Term Career Progression
• 1 FREE pair of glasses every 6 months
• Monthly Incentives

Oscar Wylee is a leading optometry company with 140+ stores located in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, employing 1000+ worldwide. We are committed to delivering exceptional patient care along with providing an affordable, unique and fashionable product to all. 

We are an ambitious, solutions focused and energetic group passionate about making a positive difference to communities needing access to this important service. Our inhouse designers are influenced by the latest global fashion trends and bring the product to the customer direct from our manufacturers.

About the role

We have a great blended fashion retail and healthcare experience to offer involving:

• Providing eye care and eyewear styling advice to patients and prospective clientele.
• Dispensing lenses and frames per prescriptions provided by our Optometrists.
• Build meaningful relationships with our clientele that gives them a reason to visit us again.
• Assist with opening and closing procedures.

About the person

• 1+ years experience in optical, or 2+ years retail sales experience
• Previously entrusted with store opening/closing duties
• Strong attention to detail and basic mathematical skills
• Confident, clear and effective communication skills
• Capable of building trusting and respectful relationships
• Self-motivated, positive and friendly manner
• Needs to be available Sunday to Thursday.

Optical Dispensing Certificate IV is highly desired, but not essential.

This is a great organisation for someone looking to continue to grow beyond a customer facing role and we are often able to support relocation to meet the work-life needs of our staff.

If you are interested in joining a growing global network of optometry service providers please apply. We look forward to reading your application.  

Due to the high volume of applications we typically receive for our roles we are only able to respond to shortlisted applications. However, by applying for this role you will have joined our talent community which will enable us to consider you for other opportunities with Oscar Wylee.