Optical Sales Associate

Optical Sales Associate

West Tennessee Eye, PLC

Full-Time or Part-Time | Optical Department

Locations: Memphis and Millington, Tennessee

2070 Whitney Ave, Memphis

8120 US Hwy 51 N, Millington

A Better Optical Opportunity — Without the Corporate Retail Pressure

Are you an experienced optical sales associate, frame stylist, optical technician, or optician who enjoys helping patients find the right eyewear, but you are tired of late nights, Sunday work, rushed sales pressure, or carrying the workload for people who do not pull their weight?

West Tennessee Eye may be the right next step.

We are a private eyecare practice looking for a dependable, patient-focused Optical Sales Associate who understands that eyewear is both a medical need and a personal decision. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys consultative optical sales, wants to work in a more supportive healthcare environment, and takes pride in doing the job correctly.

This role does not require a Tennessee dispensing optician license or ABO certification. Optical experience is strongly preferred or proven sales experience. ABO certification, Tennessee licensure, or formal optical training is welcome, but not required.

You May Be a Strong Match If You

• Have optical sales, frame styling, optician, optical technician, or eyecare experience
• Want to use your skills in a private-practice environment instead of a corporate retail sales driven setting
• Are looking for no routine late-night retail hours
• Want a position with no Sunday work
• Value a workplace where patient care, quality, accuracy, and teamwork matter
• Enjoy helping patients select eyewear that fits their prescription, face, lifestyle, visual needs, and budget
• Can explain frame and lens options clearly, and confidently
• Are comfortable discussing insurance benefits, patient copays, and out-of-pocket costs
• Take accuracy seriously when measuring, ordering, adjusting, repairing, and dispensing eyewear
• Follow through on daily responsibilities without needing constant management oversight
• Communicate well with patients, doctors, managers, and coworkers
• Stay calm and professional with unhappy or frustrated patients
• Want to be part of a team where coworkers are expected to help one another and carry their share
• Appreciate doctors and managers who work with the team instead of managing from a distance
• Want the opportunity to keep growing your optical skills in a medical eyecare practice

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role

The right person for this position is not just someone who has worked in optical. The right person is a patient advocate, problem-solver, teammate, and professional.

Education and Experience

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Retail sales experience
• Dependability, professionalism, and attention to detail
• Ability to work well in a busy, patient-focused healthcare environment

Preferred:

• At least one year of optical, dispensary, frame styling, optical retail, eyecare, medical sales, or related customer service experience
• Knowledge of managed vision care plans and optical insurance benefits
• Experience with frame selection, lens options, adjustments, repairs, dispensing, lensometry, PDs, and segment measurements
• Knowledge of retail operations, merchandising, inventory control, and optical sales goals
• ABO certification, Tennessee dispensing optician license, or formal optical training

ABO certification and licensure are preferred but not required for this position.

Schedule

• Day shift
• 8-hour shift with a 30-minute lunch
• Full-time or part-time options may be available
• Monday through Saturday schedule
• No Sunday work
• No routine late-night retail hours

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation depends on experience, skill level, dependability, and performance.

Benefits may include:

• Dental insurance
• Vision benefits
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee optical benefits
• Training and future career-growth opportunities
• Supportive private-practice team environment

Our Team Values

We work as one team. We believe patients deserve quality and heartfelt care, and we believe team members deserve a workplace where effort, professionalism, and accountability matter.

Our Team Values-

• We will win it as ONE team.
• We will provide quality and heartfelt care that patients rave about.
• We will each be extraordinary in all we do.
• We will constantly be obsessed with finding a better way to serve the patients and people of West TN Eye.

Be Extraordinary. Join Us Today.

If you are an experienced optical professional who wants a better work environment, a stronger team, and a more patient-centered way to practice optical sales, we encourage you to apply.

West Tennessee Eye, PLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We make employment decisions based on qualifications, merit, business needs, and valid job requirements. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religio…