Dogwood is a natural pet grooming salon in our award-winning Pets Corner stores, we are looking for experienced, customer focused, friendly stylists who have a genuine enthusiasm for pets to join our Tadley salon.
Dogwood is dedicated to providing the best customer service in the industry. In this position you can enjoy working for a company where you really can make a difference!
The role of a stylist will include:
1. Able to groom and style all breeds of dogs to the highest standard.
2. Overseeing the running of the spa.
3. Leading by example by demonstrating a hands-on approach to motivate, train, and develop your team to Dogwoods high standards.
4. Responsible for the sales performance of the salon, identifying any improvements needed and implementing.
5. Booking and managing appointments.
6. Delivering high standards of customer service.
7. Ensuring first class spa presentation by our high level of housekeeping and maintenance of equipment.
Essential skills required for the role of dog grooming stylist:
8. A genuine interest in Dogwood, our vision, our products, and our values
9. Proven experience of dog grooming to a high standard
10. A confident and positive approach to handling dogs
11. Strong customer focus with a desire to get to know our customers and their pets, building strong relationships, we love our customers pets as much as they do!
12. A thirst for continued training and team development
13. The drive and determination to work equally well as part of a busy team and under own initiative.
14. Willingness to pass grooming knowledge to trainee stylists
Why join us? Pets Corner has become a larger company however it is still very much a family business at heart where you are a name and not a number. We quickly identify individuals who are keen to progress and will provide them with the necessary training and experience to do so.
Benefits of becoming a Stylist with Dogwood include:
15. The most extensive training and development plan in the industry with our Pets Corner curriculum containing over 900 different training documents and dedicated Academy classroom sessions.
16. Generous commission scheme.
17. Custom uniform and high quality equipment provided
18. Other reward systems in place to boost your wage!
19. Staff discount of 35% on accessories, 25% on food, 20% in Dogwood Grooming Salons
20. Holiday entitlement of up to 28 days
21. Tools, articles, and support to help manage mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
22. Offers across a large range of retail and wellbeing brands, including discounts on gym memberships and fun days out!
23. Salary Exchange Pension Scheme