# Central Operations Manager - Boots Opticians

Contract: Full-Time, PermanentLocation: Nottingham (Support Office) Recruitment Partner: Daniel White, Join our Nottingham-based team as a Central Operations Manager, leading key operational support activities across Boots Opticians. You'll drive operational excellence, supplier management, governance, business continuity, and field support processes, ensuring our practices receive the tools, guidance, and support needed to deliver outstanding customer experiences. What you’ll be doing Reporting to the Head of Retail, the Central Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing operational processes, supplier relationships, governance reporting, and business continuity activities across the estate. This role acts as a key link between support office functions and practices, ensuring operational guidance is clear, effective, and consistently implemented. Key responsibilities Managing the travel expenditure budget Negotiating and managing relationships with external suppliers to achieve best value and service. Producing monthly performance and cost-saving reports, identifying opportunities and supporting best-practice adoption. Overseeing the creation, maintenance, and communication

- **Id**: 3807786
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/boots-central-operations-manager-boots-opticians-2>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Nottingham, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T13:57:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-08
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T17:18:09Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-10T17:18:09Z
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4295
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Gym membership, Retirement plans, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Optometry & Optical Stores, Cosmetics & Makeup, Pharmacies

## Company

- **Id**: 1757026
- **Name**: Boots
- **Domain**: boots.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/boots-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: BrassRing

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 122
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.344
- **Repost share**: 0.074
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 10
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T13:57:53Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-07T15:17:06Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-07T23:32:23Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-08T03:50:39Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-08T07:54:11Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-08T12:09:19Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-08T16:11:55Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-10T17:18:09Z

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