274631BR

Edinburgh, The Gyle Centre

Permanent

Full-time

As an Assistant Manager you will support your Store Leader to deliver excellent customer care and operational standards every day by connecting with customers to gain a deep understanding of their needs.
Working across both retail and pharmacy, you will lead and inspire your team by demonstrating your leadership skills on the shop floor, showcasing how to provide brilliant service and care.

Key responsibilities:

• You will lead your team to deliver business growth by providing care to our customers and patients
• You’ll be responsible for the performance and development of your team which you will deliver through regular coaching and reviews
• Deliver a sustainable and efficient retail and pharmacy business in your store to ensure stock availability, control costs, minimise loss and meet our customers’ expectations
• Conduct regular reviews, audits and risk assessments to protect patient and public safety
• Interpret data, trends and insights to work at pace and react to the changing needs of the customer

What you’ll need to have

• Experience leading a team within a customer facing setting
• An understanding of how to achieve performance goals through inspiring and coaching a team
• A collaborative personality and able to succeed in a team-centred environment

It would be great if you also have

• Experience working within community pharmacy
• Confidence with navigating and embracing new technology

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

If you apply for this role, you will be invited to take a timed online assessment. Once you have completed the assessment, our team will review your application and be in touch to update you.
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

Retail

Retail Management, Store Colleagues

Retail, Stores, Management, Customer, Assistant Manager, Customer Service, Manager, FMCG, Store Leadership, Sales, Retail Sales, Trainee

37.5

55.938547718,-3.314329313

Weekdays and Weekends

No

Over 35 hours per week

UK Stores

16 - United Kingdom

No

1 - Scotland

104 - Edinburgh

6009 - EDINBURGH GYLE CENTRE

22-May-2026

Edinburgh Lothian

UK

Unit 10

South Gyle Broadway

Edinburgh

EH12 9JR

Boots

This is a permanent role, and we request that you only apply for the position if you can commit to the advertised hours on a permanent basis;, We are looking for candidates who will be flexible to work a variety of shift patterns throughout the week;, This role includes evening shifts;, This role includes weekend shifts;, We can only consider candidates who are over 18 due to age restrictions for this role;

No

No