# Market evidence report — eyewear-and-optical-equipment-shop-manager

Source: **42 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 42), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
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## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 35 | 83 % |
| junior | 4 | 10 % |
| lead | 3 | 7 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calculators | 6 | 14 % |
| 2 | computers | 6 | 14 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Excel | 6 | 14 % |
| 4 | cash register | 5 | 12 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inventory management | 27 | 64 % |
| 2 | customer service | 22 | 52 % |
| 3 | sales | 18 | 43 % |
| 4 | budgeting | 16 | 38 % |
| 5 | forecasting | 16 | 38 % |
| 6 | optical equipment maintenance | 16 | 38 % |
| 7 | prescription verification | 16 | 38 % |
| 8 | minor frame repair | 13 | 31 % |
| 9 | asset protection | 12 | 29 % |
| 10 | hiring | 5 | 12 % |
| 11 | safety control | 5 | 12 % |
| 12 | supervision | 5 | 12 % |
| 13 | training | 5 | 12 % |
| 14 | coaching | 4 | 10 % |
| 15 | team building | 4 | 10 % |
| 16 | team leadership | 4 | 10 % |
| 17 | data analysis | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | inventory control | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | loss prevention | 3 | 7 % |
| 20 | optical sales | 3 | 7 % |
| 21 | recruiting | 3 | 7 % |
| 22 | retail management | 3 | 7 % |
| 23 | team management | 3 | 7 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | community outreach programs | 16 | 38 % |
| 2 | open door policy | 10 | 24 % |
| 3 | EDLC (everyday low cost) | 4 | 10 % |
| 4 | EDLP (everyday low price) | 4 | 10 % |
| 5 | asset protection controls | 3 | 7 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | merchandise presentation | 16 | 38 % |
| 2 | compliance monitoring | 14 | 33 % |
| 3 | pricing accuracy | 13 | 31 % |
| 4 | performance improvement | 12 | 29 % |
| 5 | associate supervision | 11 | 26 % |
| 6 | member consultation | 9 | 21 % |
| 7 | customer issue resolution | 8 | 19 % |
| 8 | customer service delivery | 7 | 17 % |
| 9 | optical equipment maintenance | 7 | 17 % |
| 10 | team leadership | 7 | 17 % |
| 11 | product selection | 6 | 14 % |
| 12 | team training | 6 | 14 % |
| 13 | record keeping | 4 | 10 % |
| 14 | associate mentoring | 3 | 7 % |
| 15 | guest experience delivery | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | quality assurance reviews | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | safety program implementation | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | sales assessment | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | store operations management | 3 | 7 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 42 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

42 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- inventory management — 64 % (27 ads)
- customer service — 52 % (22 ads)
- sales — 43 % (18 ads)
- budgeting — 38 % (16 ads)
- forecasting — 38 % (16 ads)
- optical equipment maintenance — 38 % (16 ads)
- prescription verification — 38 % (16 ads)
- minor frame repair — 31 % (13 ads)
- asset protection — 29 % (12 ads)
- hiring — 12 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- calculators — 14 % (6 ads)
- computers — 14 % (6 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 14 % (6 ads)
- cash register — 12 % (5 ads)
- LC Dashboard — 5 % (2 ads)
- POS system — 5 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 83 % · junior 10 % · lead 7 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Licensed Optician - Manager | 11 |
| LensCrafters - Store Manager Columbia #518 | 3 |
| Store Manager / Lead Optician | 2 |
| (USA) Vision Center Manager NL 1 | 1 |
| General Manager - Optical | 1 |
| Lead Optician Assistant Manager — Flexible Hours & Growth | 1 |
| LensCrafters - Store Manager 4 - #452 Freehold, NJ | 1 |
| Licensed Optical Store Manager: Lead Guest Experience | 1 |
| Licensed Optician - Store Manager | 1 |
| Licensed Optician Assistant Manager — Lead Eyewear Team | 1 |
| Licensed Store Manager | 1 |
| Licensed Store Manager - Fairfax, VA | 1 |
| Licensed Store Manager- McLean, VA | 1 |
| Licensed Store Manager: Guest Experience & Team Growth | 1 |
| Manager - Optical Center | 1 |
| Managing Optometrist- Towson, MD- LensCrafters | 1 |
| Optical Center Manager | 1 |
| Optical Manager | 1 |
| Optical Store Lead for Growth & Guest Experience | 1 |
| Optical Store Manager: Grow KPIs & Lead Service | 1 |
| Optical Store Supervisor & Customer Experience Leader | 1 |
| Optical Supervisor - Christiana Mall | 1 |
| Pearle Vision - Licensed Store Manager 3 #6551 Issaquah WA | 1 |
| Store Manager - G Street | 1 |
| Store Manager - Optical Dept | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.