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Assistant Category Manager - Haircare
Role summary
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The Assistant Category Manager – Haircare supports the development and performance of Boots’ haircare category. Requirements typically include experience in retail, category management, merchandising, buying, or supplier management, along with strong analytical, commercial, and communication skills. The role requires interpreting sales and market data, monitoring competitor activity, supporting range and promotional planning, and working with suppliers and internal teams. Candidates are expected to be organised, commercially aware, customer focused, confident with spreadsheets and presentations, and able to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment. An understanding of beauty or personal-care retail, consumer trends, and product performance would be advantageous.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Shop-floor, till and stock jobs are below degree level and on no list read, so they cannot be sponsored; only youth schemes remain.
Before you apply: Shop-floor jobs need no professional licence. Pharmacists do: they must register with the local regulator, and one qualified abroad often has to pass local exams first. Selling alcohol can need a short course and certificate, for example in Australia.
Watch for: Only degree-level head-office roles (finance, IT, data) can be sponsored. Youth schemes are the usual way in for Canadians, Australians and Indians under the age limits.
Official source: GOV.UK: Skilled Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Retail & Consumer jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Shop jobs cannot be sponsored; for head-office hires the visa fee is yours unless the employer pays |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Pay and discount | Minimum GBP 12.71 an hour from age 21 (April 2026, by law); Boots gives seasonal staff a discount |
| Contract | Christmas seasonal jobs exist: Boots is recruiting about 6,000 seasonal workers (7 October 2026) |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
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About Boots
Boots is one of the United Kingdom’s best-known health and beauty retailers, with a large network of stores, pharmacies, and digital services. The company sells healthcare products, cosmetics, skincare, haircare, toiletries, fragrances, and wellness products, while also providing pharmacy and clinical services. Boots serves millions of customers through its high-street locations and online platform. Its business combines retail, healthcare, beauty expertise, own-brand products, and partnerships with major consumer brands. Employees commonly work in collaborative, commercially focused teams that use customer insight, data, and innovation to improve the shopping experience. Boots is part of Walgreens Boots Alliance and has a long-established presence in communities across the UK. The company offers opportunities in stores, corporate functions, supply chain, technology, pharmacy, marketing, merchandising, and category management.