Job Opportunity at ESSILOR

Background

Essilor is the world leader in the ophthalmic industry. Essilor is committed to providing solutions to correct and protect the visual health of the 7.7 billion people worldwide. Essilor began in 1849 as an artisanal spectacle-maker in Paris. The Essilor story is built on our history of continued excellence, which remains a part of the Group culture even to this day: innovation, partnerships, international openness, entrepreneurial spirit and human values.

What will I get from THE ESSILOR Graduate Program?

The answer is… experience is essential to help you grow professionally and continuous training to develop your skills for a career with Essilor. Right from the start, you’ll be given a challenging hands-on role, working in a diverse, global environment. You’ll be welcomed into Essilor and encouraged to make your contribution to an organization built around teamwork. You’ll be supervised and mentored with frequent reviews as part of a structured development program, agreed with you in advance. You’ll receive world- class training in our business and your role, tailored to your skills and what you’re hoping to do in your career.
There will be opportunities to develop your expertise and secure valuable professional qualifications. At the end of your time in the Program, a concise assessment of your performance and competence will confirm if you’re ready for a challenging career with us.

Benefits of Joining Essilor
Comprehensive Financial Rewards and Benefits:
On top of a competitive starter salary, you’ll be recognized and rewarded through performance related pay, the extent of which will depend on your role and location. Our benefits are aligned to local market practice. Some locations offer subsidized services such as medical/dental care and car parking. In some countries, you’ll have the chance to be share holder through Essilor Share Local Purchase Program.

Diversity and Inclusion:
We strive to maintain a work environment where everyone can apply and develop skills and talents consistent with our values and business objectives. This applies to every employee, regardless of location, gender, ethnicity and physical abilities. It’s important to live by our values and play an active role in communities by attracting all talents and offering opportunities to a diverse range of people. The varied skills and experience of people from different cultures, gender and ages benefits our business, helping us to better understand our customers across the world and to build stronger relationships
at a local level. Our focus on diversity and inclusion also means customers, employees and partners choose us more often.

Supporting Everyone:
Teamwork is vital to our projects. So it’s in our nature to work together towards common goals. Colleagues will always be able to help you solve day-to-day challenges. You will also be part of a connected global network. Someone, somewhere in the world of Essilor will have tackled a similar situation, problem or issue – more than that, they will be happy to share their experience.

Listening to What You Have to Say:
We check with our employees to ensure that Essilor is doing everything it can to be a great place to work. Senior leaders hold frequent webcasts and discussion forums to obtain feedback and ideas, reflecting the fact Essilor is genuinely interested in hearing what its employees have to say.

Ideal Candidate

Innovative:

We’re looking for people with the intellectual, analytical and creative ability to learn quickly, identify issues and propose solutions. Can you reach informed conclusions through broad thinking? Work
with incomplete or conflicting data and take well-calculated risks? Have you ever identified new ways of doing things based on an analysis of current conditions, data and feedback?

Colaborative:

Being able to work effectively as part of a diverse team and form mutually beneficial, long-term working
relationships will be essential. Can you recall situations where you’ve had to influence people by adapting your communication style? What positions of responsibility have you held over the last four years? What exposure have you had to different environments and cultures?

Ambitious:

We hope that the graduates we recruit will be future Essilor leaders, so we’ll ask you about achievements in any areas of your life as well as your academic qualifications. Have you ever had to overcome obstacles in order to achieve? Are you good at working by yourself or within a team? Do you enjoy taking on new and unfamiliar tasks?