Senior Beauty Specialist

274712BR

Senior Beauty Specialist

Edinburgh, St James Centre

Permanent

Full-time

Job Description

We're shaking up the beauty scene at Boots, and our Senior Beauty Specialists are leading the charge. As a Senior Beauty Specialist at Edinburgh St James Centre – one of the top 3 Boots beauty stores in Scotland and proud winners of Beauty Team of the Year 2025 - you will bring the energy, the passion, and the know-how to coach a team of 12 Boots Beauty Specialists to create personalised experiences for every customer who visit our Beauty Halls.

It’s a busy, high-energy shopping centre location with great transport links and parking, and a brilliant place to build your career in beauty.

What you’ll be doing

This is a hands-on, people-first role where you’ll support and energise a team of 12 Beauty Specialists, working closely with another Senior Beauty Specialist so you’ve always got that extra support on the floor.

You’ll report into the Store Manager and be guided by an experienced Beauty Assistant Manager, especially during your induction – so you’ll feel supported from day one.

Right now, the biggest opportunity is building confidence across the team – helping them feel comfortable approaching customers, starting conversations, and creating those personalised, seated experiences that naturally lead to sales and loyalty.

This is a sales-based role, but it's all about team success, not individual competition. You'll energise your crew to meet shared goals and celebrate wins together - and with up to £2000 annual product allowance*, you'll get to personally test premium products.

You will:

• Work across all premium and luxury brands, offering unbiased recommendations
• Lead by example, coaching and inspiring your team to bring fun, energy and passion to everything they do
• Drive collaboration across your team to meet sales targets, it’s a group effort (no commission pressure here!)
• Create standout experiences through confident customer conversations
• Bring new product and brand launches to life, creating buzz and excitement across the store
• Keep the beauty hall and counters stocked and spotless
• Attend brand training, immersive learning events and our famous virtual and in-person conferences
• Get involved in social content, events and campaigns

What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)

• A real passion for beauty, skincare, haircare and helping people feel their best
• Proven experience leading a team to success
• A warm, confident approach to starting conversations with customers
• Experience meeting and exceeding sales goals and influencing others to do the same
• Strong communication skills and an ability to understand people’s needs
• Curiosity and a proactive attitude to learning new techniques and products

It would be great if you also have

• Experience working in beauty retail or target-based roles
• An interest in creating social content

Where your brilliance can take you

There are endless possibilities here at Boots. Whether you’re ready to grow into a Beauty Assistant Manager role, step into store leadership, join our talented beauty training crew or explore opportunities in our Nottingham-based Support Office, the possibilities are wide open. Wherever you want to go, we’ll support you every step of the way to build a brilliant career you’re proud of.

Rewards designed for you

• Quarterly product allowance totalling up to £2000 per year* (*subject to number of hours worked per week.)
• Generous employee discount across Boots and our partner brands
• Ongoing expert training from leading beauty brands and experts
• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay, and a gift card for those expecting or adopting
• Flexible benefits scheme; holiday buying, gym discounts, life assurance and more
• 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme

There’s lots more in our rewards and benefits package, MyBoosts, our way of helping you get the most out of the good stuff. Find out more at http://boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only. Please note that any salary estimates provided on third-party sites are not endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

A bit about us

At Boots, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we’re committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

What’s next?

If this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear from you. If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options.

If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

Need To Know

We’re growing our award-winning Beauty Team at Edinburgh St James Centre – one of the top 3 Boots beauty stores in Scotland.

In this full-time, hands-on role, you’ll support and energise a team of 12 Beauty Specialists alongside another Senior Beauty Specialist, with strong support from experienced leaders from day one. It’s all about building your team's confidence the shop floor – helping them start conversations, create personalised experiences, and turn those moments into lasting customer loyalty and sales.

Store opening hours are:
Monday–Saturday: 9am–8pm
Sunday: 10am–6pm

You will be required work a mixture of weekdays and weekends.

Business Area

Retail

Function

Retail, Store Colleagues

Keywords

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Hours per week

37.5

Latitude,longitude 1

55.955136,-3.188867

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Weekdays and Weekends

Airport

No

Hours per week

Over 35 hours per week

Company

UK Stores

Division

16 - United Kingdom

Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?

No

Region

1 - Scotland

Area

104 - Edinburgh

Store

1993 - Edinburgh St James Centre

County

Midlothian

Country

UK

Address 1

Unit 1.16 St James Centre

Address 2

Edinburgh

Address 3

Midlothian

Post Code

EH1 3SS

Source

Boots