Caring jobs in Croydon

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As a Retail Optical Assistant at Vision Express, you’ll assist our customers in finding and selecting eyewear that meets their needs. You’ll help with frame adjustments, repairs, and fittings. Additionally, you may perform some pre-screening eye examinations and administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, supporting the phone lines from customer queries and processing payments. Overall, your goal is to provide excellent customer service and ensure that our customers leave happy, with eyewear that fits properly and meets their vision needs. You’ll play a key part in our mission of helping our customers to ‘See More and Be More’ by providing tailored and effective service, to help customers maximise their visual potential and enhance their lifestyle. Although the hours of this role are advertised, if this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear about your ideal working week. Whether this is hours to fit around the school run or you prefer a compressed week - we are open to discussing flexible options with you further. Who are we? We are Vision Express - with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland, we have something for everyone. Whether you want to work in a busy city centre flagship, a smaller village store or in one of our coastal locations, we're sure we will have the perfect solution for you! Did you know, we are also part of the EssilorLuxottica family? EssilorLuxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses, frames and sunglasses! We are home to the most loved and widely-recognised vision care and eyewear brands in the world. Their priority eyewear brands include Ray-Ban, Oakley, Costa, Vogue Eyewear, Persol and Oliver Peoples, complemented by over 20 prestigious licensed brands. Who is the perfect candidate? Provide excellent customer service, with the ability to provide personalised assistance to customer and address their needs and concerns Great communication and rapport building to translate professional terminology into language understandable to patients Exceptional attention to detail in maintaining accurate customer records, prescriptions, and requirements to provide them with the best service and product recommendations Ability to work as part of a team, with colleagues across the whole store The ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm Knowledge and understanding of our optical products and services, including frames, lenses, and contact lenses, and the ability to inform customers about them and promote our products and services to help towards your store targets Arrange and maintain the stores look and feel, keeping it organised and stocked, to provide a visually appealing environment for our customers, in line with the store marketing guidance. Anything else you should know? Sales and performance-based bonus Targeted incentives Pension scheme Life Assurance - 2 x your basic annual salary Private medical cover for you and your family Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one of joining us! Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation Discounts throughout the year for your friends and family Employee Assistance Program offering confidential support and advice on everything from financial support and everything in-between 33 days annual leave - increasing with your length of service, plus the opportunity to buy or sell holiday Flexible health related benefits, such as Health Cash Plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover and Dental Plan Opportunities to join a company wide community with peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and collaborating through our internal channels Flexible lifestyle benefits, such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days and even discounted bicycles through our Cycle to Work Scheme And so much more!

Job description Kare Plus Croydon are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Sales individual to join our growing team, working withing the care industry and to become the face front of our organisation. The company is ideally looking for a bright individual, with previous experience in a sales role, to come in and hit the ground running. As this is a 3- 6-month contract we need someone who is adaptable, comfortable and wants to grow within the sales role. Your Roles and Responsibilities as a Field Care Supervisor will include: You will represent the brand,solely growing the business with the clients and getting through to the key decision makers by calling and visiting and booking meetings within your territory. This is an opportunity, to build this sales role from ground up, to drive distribution, visibility of the brand's core range. You will be responsible for managing enquiries and winning new business, as well as managing relationships with existing clients. Sales driven individual is a must. Monitoring the performance of care assistance. Facilitating recruitment process with the current team. Requirements: Previous experience within the Care Industry (not mandatory) Full and valid UK driving licence Access to a Car Strong organisational and communication skills Drive. A great salesperson needs to be passionate about what they do and have a drive to be successful. ... Patience. Similar to commitment, a good sales person must also have a great deal of patience Empathy Job Types: Part-time, Contract, Commission Based There is the potential for the role to turn permanent after the 6-month, however there is no guarantee at this stage. Salary: 17k – 19K Pro-rata plus Commission Job Types: Part-time, Contract, Commission Contract length: 6 months Benefits: On-site parking Referral programme Work from home Schedule: Flexitime Supplemental pay types: Bonus scheme Commission pay Loyalty bonus Work Location: In person Reference ID: Sales KP