Deputy Manager

Boots Opticians; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Boots Opticians is seeking a deputy manager for their Leeds flagship store. The role involves leading a team to enhance customer experiences, ensuring trading performance, and adapting to new business priorities. Successful candidates will have strong leadership skills and retail management experience.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counseling and support

Qualifications

• Experience leading managers in a retail environment is essential.
• Desirable experience in community pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a great customer and patient experience.
• Coaching and developing your team for performance.
• Interpret data to adjust to customer needs.

Skills

Leadership

Retail Management

Team Development

Job description

Job Description

About the role

As a deputy manager in one of our flagship stores you will help lead one of our biggest businesses to deliver a great customer and patient experience.

Our flagship stores have a broad customer offering across retail and pharmacy. Reporting to the General Manager and with a leadership team in your store to support you, you will be responsible for delivering a strong trading performance underpinned by an exceptional operational platform.

You will keep up to date and inspire your teams to engage with new priorities across the business, including Pharmacy services and New Product Development launches. You will interpret data, trends and insights to work at pace and react to the changing needs of the customer.

You’ll be responsible for the performance and development of your team which you will deliver through regular coaching and reviews

What you’ll need to have
These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role.

• Experience leading managers who lead teams within a retail environment

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don’t match these additional criteria.

• Experience working within community pharmacy.

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 including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• 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, it's 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, if you require any adjustments and assistance with this please contact us. Once you have completed the assessment, our team will review your application and be in touch to update you.

We are always open to discussing possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you, including job share and reduced hours. 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.

Business Area

Retail

Function

Retail Management, Store Colleagues

Keywords

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

Hours per week

37.5

Latitude,longitude 1

53.797252223,-1.545792208

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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

3 - North and NI

Area

658 - Sto 500 Leeds Trinity

Store

500 - LEEDS

Req Posted Date

23-Jun-2025

County

West Yorkshire

Country

UK

Address 1

19 Albion Arcade

Address 2

Leeds

Address 3

West Yorkshire