About

• Company Description
• Contract Type: Permanent 40 Hours Per Week
• Salary: Circa £40,900 per annum
• Location: DPD Hinckley, Logix Road, R D Park LE10 3BQ
• Days of Work: Monday to Friday
• Hours of Work: 0700-1500 and 1200-2000
• Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of over £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career
• DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible. Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!
• DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer
• Job Description
• Due to continued growth we are currently recruiting a Loss Prevention Security Officer to help strengthen our ever growing Security Team at DPD.
• Within this role you will be responsible for driving the loss prevention strategy and creating a culture where security is front of mind and risk is eliminated. You will build data-driven investigations, conduct interviews, and monitor security risks as well as supporting regional security managers to implement programs and processes to prevent loss, manage our customers' assets, and implement a robust security approach within our teams of strong operational people.
• You will also be responsible for
• Deliver results through policy guidance, and education.
• Serve as the security department's liaison and security/crisis management subject matter expert for site leadership keeping them informed on key issues, strategies and how to manage and mitigate risks related to buildings, processes and products.
• Analyse data, conduct audits, identify trends and complete reports to create actionable plans to mitigate risk in relation to theft, fraud, and Workplace Violence/Critical Incidents.
• Ensure a safe, secure environment through diligent active patrols, with a focus on person and vehicle access control.
• Develop projects while continuously improving physical security, processes, standards, training, and policies for future growth.
• Maintain confidentiality in matters involving security and/or personnel issues in the workplace.
• Effectively partner with internal customers to increase security awareness, evaluating current and future security processes and initiatives as well as supporting and advising customers on processes to protect their stock.
• Coordinate Security Awareness and loss prevention training and compile relevant data
• Develop projects while continuously improving physical security, processes, standards, training, and policies for future growth.
• Audit physical security infrastructure (i.e. intrusion detection, access control, cameras) and ensure functionally of all systems.
• Work with the Regional Security Manager to Investigate or interview individuals suspected of internal theft in addition to organising and supervising searches, to incorporate staff, contractors, visitors and vehicles
• Qualifications
• What we are looking for
• Previous experience within a Loss Prevention, Security, Investigatory setting is essential to be successful within this role. You will ideally have experience within a large fast paced distribution or logistics setting but this is not essential

The successful candidate will need to

• Have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively in numerous formats and at all levels
• Possess strong analytical skills along with the ability to identify trends and anomalies in large amounts of data.
• Have a thorough and keen attention to detail.
• Display excellent customer service skills
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently with off-site supervision
• Have an awareness and implementation of best practises related to the utilisation of physical security systems, investigation techniques,
• Have proven IT skills with an excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Packages or Google Suite.
• Demonstrate the DPD DNA Values of– Flexibility, Accountability, Respect, Honesty, Caring, Passion.
• Additional Information
• We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…
• Free Uniform
• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses
• Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
• If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.