Hybrid Loss Prevention Lead - Inventory & Audits

ARC'TERYX; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

School holiday flexibility

Staff events

Volunteer days

Free products

Job summary

ARC'TERYX, part of Amer Sports, invites applications for a Loss Prevention Lead in Melbourne. You will own stock control, cycle counts and loss-prevention processes across retail stores and our ecommerce network, partnering with the Warehouse Manager and Store Leaders to protect store operations.

You’ll spend most of your time in the field (60%+), travel interstate and to New Zealand, run audits, deliver training, and manage security controls across stores and warehouses while analysing data for

Qualifications

• Experience in loss prevention stock control or shrinkage management in multi-store retail.
• Experience across multi-brand or omnichannel retail; finance exposure.
• Willingness to travel including interstate and New Zealand; field-based role.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in counting and reconciling stock.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end inventory management process including stock take ownership, ensuring inventory accuracy, integrity, and availability while proactively identifying and resolving discrepancies to support business operations and customer demand.
• Support Inventory accuracy through disciplined stock control and attention to detail, with a zero-discrepancy stocktake as the standard
• Support audit requests as part of year end audit request
• Identify shrinkage risks (process, theft, supplier, system), recommend controls and support stores to comply with stock-handling procedures
• Work closely with the Warehouse Manager to maintain stock integrity
• Take full ownership of incident management, coordinating cross-functional teams to investigate root causes, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
• Lead and perform regular store audits to ensure adherence to store operating requirements, compliance expectations, and internal controls.
• Running regular trainings for store teams on best loss prevention practice.
• Oversee physical security controls for stores and warehouses, providing input during design stages and managing vendor performance to ensure security requirements are met.
• Analyse store transaction data to detect unusual trends, investigate exceptions, and identify potential risks, fraud indicators, or process deficiencies.

Skills

Loss prevention

Inventory management

Shrinkage management

Retail experience

Excel

Data analysis

Stock counting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ERP system

Excel

Job description

ARC'TERYX, part of Amer Sports, invites applications for a Loss Prevention Lead in Melbourne. You will own stock control, cycle counts and loss-prevention processes across retail stores and our ecommerce network, partnering with the Warehouse Manager and Store Leaders to protect store operations.

You’ll spend most of your time in the field (60%+), travel interstate and to New Zealand, run audits, deliver training, and manage security controls across stores and warehouses while analysing data for