Opticians Manager

284431BR

Franchise Standards and Operations Manager

Nottingham, Nottingham Support Office

Secondment

Full-time

Job Description

Contract: Full-Time, 12-Month Secondment
Location: Field-Based (North-West & North Birmingham)
Closing date: 22/10/26
Recruitment Partner: Daniel White, Daniel.White1@Boots.com
Are you ready to make a difference? Join Boots as a Franchise Standards & Operations Manager in Nottingham, Beeston and be part of a team that is dedicated to delivering care, confidence, and connection in communities across the UK and Ireland.

What you’ll be doing
The role will build relationships across franchise stores, developing the operational skillset & capability of partners and supporting the attraction, pipeline, recruitment and performance of partners.

You will work with Franchise, Retail, Finance and support office colleagues to develop and deliver company Operational plans

Key responsibilities

• Accountable for +45 Opticians stores ensuring we protect our Brand in clinical, commercial, GOC, legal and people governance, and securing sizeable investments to property and technology.
• Develop the capability of Franchise Partners ensuring they deliver to the terms of their contract
• Support the Franchise Regional Manager to deliver operational excellence across the region, including patient safety, clinical, commercial and retail standards.
• Develop the regional plan to deliver our ambition around operations, standards, clinical compliance and optical business registrant compliance, debt and BEST Customer Journey
• Support delivery of the recruitment, succession, and development plans to enable the Franchise business to achieve its potential
• Take a critical role ensuring each Franchise partner has a clear 5 year performance, investment and location plan
• Coach franchise partners, removing optionality, and share best practice across all Regions
• Ensure full adherence to Store Operating Model requirements in store and on track progress for store action plans
• Upskill store teams across the Region to meet operational goals

What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)

• Experience in leadership roles across a geography. Exposure to Optical, Franchise, JV and Company owned business models
• Commercially astute; strong financial understanding of Finance, P&L, cash-flow, business development, ROI and business management
• A zero-tolerance mindset for non-compliance and optionality to follow processes
• A coach who can get to the root of an issue and then identify ways to solve them.
• Experience identifying trends in data and implementing improvement and next steps

It would be great if you also have

• Experience with Opticians store operational process, KPIs and loss levers
• Experience influencing and supporting change within a cross-functional team

Where your brilliance can take you
At Boots, we are committed to your professional growth. You will have opportunities to learn, develop, and progress within our organisation, shaping the future of our operations and making a real difference in the lives of our customers.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Generous employee discounts for you and a family member
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through Health Heroes, our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Flexible benefits scheme including options for additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, and much more.

There’s lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts – there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more at http://boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only.

A bit about us
At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported, and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

What’s next?
If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon. Be brilliant with Boots.

Business Area

Opticians

Function

Corporate Functions & Business Support

Keywords

Franchise, Standards, and, Operations, Manager

Hours per week

37.5

Latitude,longitude 1

52.927182,-1.183948

Is this a Global Brands req?

No

Airport

No

Should this appear on the No7 Beauty Company website?

No

Company

Non Stores

Division

Non Stores

Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?

No

Region

East Midlands

Area

East Midlands (non stores)

Store

Nottingham Support Office

Req Posted Date

08-Oct-2026

County

Nottinghamshire

Country

UK

Address 1

Recruitment Service Centre (D94)

Address 2

Thane Road

Address 3

Nottingham

Post Code

NG90 1BS

Source

Boots