Overview
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Hours: Full-time | Contracted Hours: 39 | Reference: 34281 | Location: 7A, Altrincham Retail Park, George Richards Way, Broadheath, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14 5GR
Organisation: The Groom Room
Role
As a Head Stylist, you’ll play a pivotal role in the success of our Pets Grooming salon, combining hands-on grooming expertise with inspiring leadership. This is more than just a grooming role — it’s your opportunity to shape salon standards, mentor a talented team, and ensure every pet leaves looking and feeling their best.
What You’ll Do
* Deliver full, high-quality grooms with confidence and precision across a variety of breeds
* Set the benchmark for grooming standards within the salon through a hands-on leadership approach
* Support and guide your team, sharing advanced grooming techniques and developing their skills
* Create a welcoming, customer-focused environment that delights pet owners
* Work closely with the Store Manager to drive salon performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
Qualifications / Experience
* Experienced and confident in all aspects of dog grooming, from bathing and drying to breed-specific styling and finishing
* Customer-focused, with a friendly and professional approach
* Flexible and reliable, able to work a variable schedule across six days a week (minimum 24 hours/week with potential for more during busy periods). The Head Stylist role is a full-time vacancy.
* Team oriented, with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced retail environment
* Goal driven, with experience in target-led environments (preferred, but not essential) I would suggest this is key and must be essential
Benefits
* Attractive rates of pay plus commission, subject to targets
* 28 days paid annual leave, which will rise to 33 days after 2 years (includes 8 bank holidays and will be pro-rata calculated on contracted hours)
* Extra day off for your birthday
* Life Assurance - 4 times your annual salary
* Company pension contribution of 4%
* Colleague discount of 20% across the Group (Pets at Home, Pets Grooming, Vets for Pets), including 30% off on own bran
We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!
Together, we’re better with pets.
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Job details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
* Industries: Retail
Expiry Date: 26-08-2035
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