Stylist - Dog Groomer - Northwich

Pets at Home Limited; Northwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet care company in Northwich is seeking a skilled Dog Stylist/Groomer to deliver high-quality grooms and ensure exceptional customer service. The ideal candidate will have a grooming qualification, strong communication skills, and flexibility to work various hours. Attractive pay, commission, and benefits include generous leave and colleague discounts.

Benefits

Attractive rates of pay including commission

28 days paid annual leave

Extra day off for your birthday

Life Assurance

Company pension contribution of 4%

20% colleague discount across the Group

Qualifications

• Experienced in all aspects of dog grooming from bathing to breed-specific styling.
• Customer-focused with a friendly and professional approach.
• Flexible and reliable to work a minimum of 24 hours a week.

Responsibilities

• Lead grooming appointments with care and precision.
• Interact with pet owners daily to provide excellent customer service.

Skills

Dog grooming

Customer service

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

Grooming qualification

Job description

Overview

We're currently seeking a skilled and passionate Dog Stylist / Groomer to join our busy, vibrant salon. In this hands-on role, you'll take the lead on grooming appointments, delivering high-quality grooms with care, precision, and a personal touch. You'll be interacting with pet owners daily, so strong communication and customer service skills are a must. As a Stylist, you'll play a key role in ensuring pets not only look great but feel great too. We'll support your growth with comprehensive training and development opportunities, including our Earn as You Learn programmes and additional skill-based pay enhancements.

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!

Responsibilities

• Lead grooming appointments and deliver high-quality grooms with care and precision.
• Interact with pet owners daily to provide excellent customer service.

Qualifications

• Experienced, qualified and confident in all aspects of dog grooming, from bathing and drying to breed-specific styling and finishing.
• Hold a grooming qualification.
• 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).
• 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).

Benefits

• Attractive rates of pay plus commission, subject to targets.
• 28 days paid annual leave, rising to 33 days after 2 years (includes 8 bank holidays and 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 brand.