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As a Store Manager Designate at Vision Express, You'll join us on a 6-month training and development programme, aimed to prepare you for the role of a Store Manager. The programme is designed to help participants understand our brand and equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge required to excel in the role of a Store Manager. You'll be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the store. This includes managing your colleagues in store, ensuring excellent customer service, maintaining store standards, and meeting sales targets. You'll also handle administrative tasks such as scheduling, inventory management, and financial reporting. You'll also manage the recruitment for your store with the support of your peers, including your Regional Manager and our Store Support Centre colleagues. You're responsible for creating a positive and productive work environment for your team, ensuring that all employees are trained and supported in their roles as we all play a key part in our mission of helping our customers to 'See More and Be More' by providing tailored and effective eyecare and eyewear solutions, 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? Monitor and analyse sales performance data to identify areas for improvement and encourage this within your team to meet or exceed sales targets and drive business growth Support your colleagues in store with your strong leadership and management skills Great communication and rapport building to translate professional terminology into language understanding to patients Exceptional attention to detail in maintaining accurate customer records, prescriptions, and requirements to provide them with the best service and product recommendations Teamwork with colleagues across the whole store team, including our Eye Care Professionals, Optical Assistants and Management The ability to work under pressure and handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm Support with the instore recruitment process Training and coaching sessions with your colleagues in store, to ensure everybody is working to the best of their ability and towards our mission to help customers 'See More and Be More'. Anything else you should know? Sales and performance-based bonus Targeted incentives Competitive pension scheme Private medical cover for you and your family Life Assurance - 4 x your basic annual salary 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!

We are looking for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join a Main Contractor, currently experiencing rapid growth and are leading their way in the market. The Assistant Quantity Surveyor will proactively support the QS/Senior QS on the successful commercial, financial and contractual control of all elements of the projects. To maximise the company's profitability, protect the companies' legal and contractual obligations under the contract and to manage proactively the control of all commercial issues. This is a fantastic opportunity to join this company, to support both their growth and your own. An insight to the role: Compliance and achievement of project, procedures, personal targets and initiatives. Build working relationships with supply chain, consultants and clients where appropriate. Work with project team to achieve or exceed budgeted target. Place supply chain orders in accordance with the procurement schedule/ systems and procedures. Ensure subcontract orders accurately reflect the main contract requirements and scope of works. Accurately value, certify and issue any relevant payment notices for the subcontract works in accordance with the conditions of their subcontract. Ensure that external valuations are submitted in accordance with conditions of the main contract and that payments are received by the due date. Assist in the preparation of CVR/Forecast reports, ensuring they accurately reflect the current position on site and the final profit projection. Manage and minimise non recoverable costs on projects. To work to the Company's Quality, Environmental and Safety Management System standards and performance criteria including delivering the objectives set. We are looking for someone who has: HND or working towards a Degree in Quantity Surveying or appropriate alternative. Industry experience in the role of an Assistant Quantity Surveyor. Valid driving licence. Proven experience of: Procurement management. Knowledge of relevant computer software such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Microsoft Project. Re-measurement. Financial/cost control. Up to date relevant knowledge of building legislation and construction industry. Reading and accurately interpreting drawings and specifications. An understanding of contract law. Ability to remain positive and focused at all times. Demonstrates an effective system of managing priorities and one's self. Good verbal communication and numerical skills. Playing an active role which positively contributed to a team. Interacting with site team. Ability to work under pressure. Working to deadline. Being organised. Post graduate experience within a surveying position reporting to either a senior surveyor or a commercial manager. Good level of education to include 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above, A Levels. Desirable: Working towards professional membership of MCIOB or RICS. Appropriate CSCS card. This is a site-based position. Please get in touch for more details. Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.