Loss Prevention Advisor

Chemist Warehouse; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to discounts across affiliated brands

Free annual flu vaccinations

Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

A leading pharmacy retailer in Australia seeks a Loss Prevention Advisor to oversee loss prevention audits and investigations. This role requires over 2 years of experience in retail investigations, alongside strong communication and analytical skills. Responsibilities include educating store teams on theft prevention and ensuring effective risk management practices. Opportunities for career growth and benefits, including discounts and health initiatives, are offered at this dynamic company.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in investigations and Security/Loss Prevention (Retail).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data and reports.

Responsibilities

• Complete Loss Prevention Audits within allocated regions.
• Conduct internal & external investigations and provide detailed summaries.
• Educate Regional Managers & Store Teams on theft prevention tools.

Skills

Investigations

Communication

Data analysis

Problem solving

Risk management

Job description

Chemist Warehouse is Australia’s largest pharmacy retailer with over 17,000 team members and more than 600 stores nationwide. Following our merger with Sigma Healthcare, we’re now a Top 50 ASX-listed company with expanding operations across New Zealand, Ireland, and China.

Together, we’re transforming healthcare and retail with industry-leading distribution, technology, and people practices — and we want you to be part of this journey.

About the Role

Based in Canning Vale WA, the Loss Prevention Advisor is a key position within the Chemist Warehouse Retail Loss Prevention Department. This role is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of risk as a service to the stores and reports to the National Loss Prevention Manager, aiding them in a supporting operational team, business partners, and the broader Loss Prevention team across the group.

Local & National travel will be required for this role.

Role Responsibilities

• Completing Loss Prevention Audits within your allocated regions, with a primary focus on high-risk stores.
• Conducting internal & external investigations, providing a detailed summary to the Group / Regional Loss Prevention Managers.
• Reviewing and assisting the Security Hardware team on any potential alarm, CCTV or security risks to stores.
• Educating and training Regional Managers & Store Teams on theft prevention tools such as EAS Tagging, customers services etc.
• Where possible, attending to stores when serious incidents occur, providing a detailed summary to the Group /Regional Loss Prevention Managers.
• Conducting weekly review of store incident reports and escalating any concerns to the Regional Loss Prevention Manager.
• Actioning reports and following up on inventory movement, adjustments and approvals in timely manner.
• Ensuring that stocktakes are completed.

About You

• 2+ years’ experience in investigations and Security/Loss Prevention (Retail)
• Exposure to reporting and data mining analytics required.
• Decision Making/ Problem Solving - ability to proactively gather relevant operational data from appropriate sources, conduct investigative analysis to identify security/loss prevention opportunities.
• Communication and Influencing - excellent verbal and written communication
• A demonstrable track record of success implementing risk management and/or audit programs.
• The ability to analyse and interpret data and reports
• Experience working with retailers or in a retail environment (highly regarded)
• Knowledge of stocktake procedures or inventory management (highly regarded)
• Career growth and development opportunities in a supportive and collaborative working environment
• Access to discounts across all our affiliated brands, as well as other retail partnerships
• Free annual flu vaccinations
• Access to EAP

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