ROI Boots Beauty Specialist

Requisition Number

262422BR

We’re shaking up the beauty scene at Boots, and our Beauty Specialists are leading the charge. This isn’t your average retail role – it’s a unique position at the heart of our beauty halls, where you’ll connect with customers and guide them to the best skincare, makeup and hair products for their needs. From cult favourites to the latest viral must haves, you’ll share honest, expert advice and help customers find what really works for them – all whilst driving sales through genuine, feel-good service. Whether it’s a glow up or a game changing product, they’re after, you’ll be part of making every customer feel their absolute best.

About the role

Reporting to the Assistant Manager, you’ll work across all premium/luxury beauty brands, offering expert, unbiased advice to customers giving them the best experience in store.

This is a sales-based role. You'll have targets to meet and we're about working as a team (not competing against each other for sales!) so you won’t be on performance-based commission. Instead, we provide up to £1000* annual product allowance for you personally test, love and recommend our products.

This is a fun place to be, so you'll really get to use your sales and communication skills as you approach and interact with lots of customers with a variety of needs throughout the day.

We’re proud of our stores, so you will always keep the premium beauty hall and make up counters looking their best. You will take pride in ensuring all counters and testers are well stocked, cleaned and tidied throughout the day.

You'll have access to expert hands-on training with premium brands in store, plus a comprehensive learning programme through our online learning platform to keep building your beauty expertise.

You'll attend our famous virtual and in-person conferences where we bring our Beauty Specialists together for an immersive education experience.

As a Boots Beauty Specialist there may be opportunities to get involved with creating social media content, supporting with events or even the chance to be involved in some of our exciting campaigns.

What you'll need to have

Enthusiasm & passion for make-up, skincare and haircare

A warm, approachable manner and the confidence to start conversations with customers.

A passion for achieving and exceeding sales targets or goals

Ability to work at pace.

Good communication skills, with the ability to understand customer needs.

A proactive approach to learning about new products, techniques, and services

It would be great if you also have

Experience working towards sales or targets in beauty retail

A creative flair or interest in social contentCareer development

Are you thinking about your future career goals? There are plenty of opportunities to continue your career with us; whether you progress within beauty to become a Senior Beauty Specialist or Beauty Assistant Manager, move into store leadership as a Store Manager, or even join our Support Office.

Our benefits

Quarterly product allowance totalling up to €1000 per year* (*subject to number of hours worked per week.)

Generous employee discounts

Ongoing training from our amazing brands and beauty experts

Pension Membership (PRSA)

Discretionary annual bonus

Partial paid maternity leave

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance ProgrammeWe have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/ireland. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. 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 this sounds like the perfect role for you, we look forward to receiving your application. If your application is successful, you'll be invited to complete an online assessment before attending an in-store assessment.

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.

Job Title

Boots Beauty Specialist

Full or Part time

Full-time

Contract Type

Permanent

Information about the role

We are now recruiting Boots Beauty Specialists for our Laois, Portlaoise, Town Centre store.

We are looking for candidates to join us asap and who can be flexible to meet our customers’ needs.

Your basic hours will be 37.5 per week, and your days of work will be across the Company's working days of Monday to Sunday, together with such additional hours as may be required to meet the needs of the business. Your hours and days of work are variable based on business needs and operational requirements and such variability will be communicated to you in advance.

You will cover [AM, PM, Evenings, Weekend] shifts which may/will include weekends.

Possible shifts - Thurs Friday Sat Sun and another day mid week. The exact shift patterns will be discussed at interview stage

Closing date

31-Oct-2025

Business area

Retail

Function

Retail

Keywords

Beauty, Skincare, Cosmetics, Beauty Advisor, Sales, Retail, Beauty Consultant, Makeup Artist, Make-up Artist, MUA, Makeup, Beauty Specialist, Blogger, Vlogger, Influencer, Counter, Freelance, Skincare Consultant, Freelance Makeup Artist, Freelance Make-up Artist, Clinique, Fenty, Too Faced, Lancôme, Lancom, Huda, Huda beauty, Customer Advisor, Part time, Sales Assistant, Customer service

Hours per week

37.5

Shift Pattern to display to candidates (displayed externally). Please select one:

Weekdays and Weekends

Hours per week

Over 35 hours per week

Latitude,longitude 1

53.031627044,-7.297286248

Latitude,longitude 2

52.994295,-7.332301

Airport

No

Company

Ireland

Division

15 - Ireland

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

No

Area

905 - South & South East

Job Code

BIE_07107 Boots Beauty Specialist

Store

1779 - Portlaoise

Req Posted Date

02-Oct-2025