About the Role
As a Bailey Nelson Manager in Training (MIT), you will play a key role in delivering seamless, joy-filled customer experiences, from clinic to frame styling to final dispense. This is your pathway to running your own store.
Responsibilities
- Support with store operations, including running the store 2 days a week
- Support the Store Manager & Optometrist to drive performance
- Own the customer journey and make every interaction exceptional
Requirements
- Proven experience at a supervisor or management level within a fast-paced retail, hospitality, or customer-centric environment
- Ability to lead from the front, manage shifts, and keep a team motivated
- Alignment with company culture and values (down to earth, tight knit, constantly striving to improve)
- Proven experience at a supervisor or store management level with a track record of smashing sales budgets and driving retail KPIs (Multipairs, ATV, Conversion)
- Passion for delivering world-class optical experiences, mastering the customer journey, and prioritizing the customer above all else
- Experience running daily store operations, managing rosters, and taking full ownership of store performance
- Ability to lead by example and coach/upskill team members
- Ambition and resilience to upskill and step into a BN Store Manager role within 6–12 months
- Available to work full time 38 hours, Sunday–Thursday roster
Skills
- Leadership
- Customer service
- Sales
- Retail operations
- Team motivation
- Coaching
- Upskilling team members
- Optical dispensing
Location
- Flagship Pitt St, Sydney CBD
Work Type
- Full time
- 38 hours
Experience Level
- Supervisor or management level
- 6-12 months to Store Manager role
Salary/Compensations
- OTE $90,000 (Base + Super + Monthly + Annual Bonus + Profit bonus)
Benefits
- Monthly & annual incentives
- Fast-track to leadership - Own your own store in 6-12 months
- Real career growth - New stores opening across AU & NZ in 2026
- Hands-on training - Learn optical dispensing + leadership skills
- Mentorship - Coaching from Store, Regional & Area leaders
- Build your own customer base with strong local marketing support
- 2 free pairs of glasses per quarter
- Product allowance
- Year's supply of contacts
About the Company
- Bailey Nelson is on a mission to change how people see the world and how the world sees them.
- We are a down-to-earth team that’s obsessed with improving every day, and we’re growing fast.
Equal Opportunity
- Bailey Nelson is proud to be an inclusive, diverse workplace.
- We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities.
