Store Manager, Full-Time

About the role

We're opening a brand-new SEE Eyewear boutique in Naperville, IL — and we're looking for a star to anchor it from day one. This isn't a "take over an existing store" opportunity. You'll be the founding leader — building the team, shaping the culture, and making SEE a name Naperville can't stop talking about.

Responsibilities

• Drive a high-touch, fashion-forward boutique experience from opening day.
• Model elite selling behaviors, build a VIP client book, and hit ambitious sales targets.
• Recruit, hire, coach, and develop top talent from the ground up.
• Elevate every styling conversation and maintain visual merchandising that stops people in their tracks.
• Own your store's performance — sales results, controllable expenses, payroll awareness, and profitability.
• Flawlessly execute on opening/closing, register, inventory, and compliance.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of retail store leadership experience preferred.
• Optical experience preferred; licensed optician a plus.
• Open availability including nights and weekends required.
• Comfortable with POS systems, Microsoft Office, Teams, and OneDrive.
• Licensing note: Illinois does not currently require a dispensing optician license, though prior optical experience or certification is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Life Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• HSA & FSA Programs
• SEE Perk Pack — complimentary eyewear and eye exams

Schedule

Open availability including nights and weekends required.

Qualifications

Professional: grace under pressure, integrity always
Entrepreneurial: creative, traffic-driving, growth-obsessed
Accountable: you own results and raise the bar
Fashion-passionate: eyewear is a statement, full stop
Open communicator: direct, confident, no surprises
Team player: you collaborate and lift everyone around you
Eager to learn: feedback is fuel

Skills

• Leadership
• Customer Service
• Team Management
• Visual Merchandising
• Product Knowledge
• Financial Management

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Life Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• HSA & FSA Programs
• SEE Perk Pack — complimentary eyewear and eye exams