Senior Crime & Security Manager | Retail, Multi-Site

Sainsbury’s Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Pensions scheme

Life cover

Performance bonus up to 20% of salary

Private healthcare

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme

Health cash plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Maternity/adoption leave pay (26 weeks

Paternity leave pay (4 weeks)

Job summary

Argos, part of Sainsbury’s Group, seeks a senior security leader to drive crime management, physical and corporate security across a multi-site retail environment. You will shape strategies, manage external partners, and lead response to major incidents while working with senior stakeholders to protect people, assets and brand reputation.

We value risk-informed decision making, horizon scanning and robust governance, with a focus on resilience, compliance and collaborative delivery across the

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of crime management, physical security and corporate security in a complex retail, customer-facing or multi-site environment.
• Strong supplier and commercial management capability with experience of setting performance expectations, challenging delivery and securing value from third-party security services.
• Ability to use intelligence, data, horizon scanning and risk assessment to prioritise resources and make evidence-based recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Significant experience leading crime, physical security or corporate security within a complex, multi-site, retail or customer-facing organisation.
• Proven experience developing and implementing crime or security strategies, standards and operational plans across a complex organisation.
• Strong experience leading the response to serious security incidents, including threat assessment, crisis management, escalation and recovery.
• Demonstrable experience using crime intelligence, incident data and risk assessment to identify threats, prioritise activity and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Proven experience managing third-party security suppliers, including contracts, SLAs, KPIs, performance and value for money.
• Strong experience influencing senior stakeholders and working with external partners such as police, emergency services, industry bodies or specialist security organisations.

Skills

Crime security leadership

Security strategy development

Crisis management

Risk assessment & intelligence

Vendor management

Job description

Argos, part of Sainsbury’s Group, seeks a senior security leader to drive crime management, physical and corporate security across a multi-site retail environment. You will shape strategies, manage external partners, and lead response to major incidents while working with senior stakeholders to protect people, assets and brand reputation.

We value risk-informed decision making, horizon scanning and robust governance, with a focus on resilience, compliance and collaborative delivery across the