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Introduction

SPAR Lowveld, a division of The SPAR Group Ltd., is recruiting for a Retail Risk Manager, at its Distribution Centre, located in Nelspruit.

Duties & Responsibilities

To provide guidance, support and advice to retailers regarding risk, safety and compliance.
 
Key Performance Areas:
 

• Developing and ensuring compliance with risk and loss control policies and legislative requirements.
• Provide specialist input to the store development team to facilitate improvements to creating a safe shopping environment that is in line with policies, practices, standards, and legislation.
• Performing store audits through structured store visits and the circulation of written reports to regional and national offices where appropriate.
• Give detailed feedback to ensure informed decision-making.
• Recommendations to improve the safety and security of information, assets and people.
• Advise and implement security equipment upgrades.
• Estimating project costs for safety equipment and preparing business plans for stores.
• Review and implement training to ensure the effectiveness of learning programs/interventions. 
• Disciplinary and Criminal Hearings.
• Provide recommendations and implement best operating practices.
• Standby support for Retail and Response to armed Robberies and Burglaries.
• Complete retail compliance audits in the retail stores.
• Assist retailers in becoming compliant with the various retail compliance requirements.
• Ensure that stores comply with its outside regulatory and legal requirements as well as internal policies.
• Stay updated on regulatory changes, emerging risks, and industry trends to identify potential compliance issues.
• Ad hoc tasks & duties.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Matric.
• Risk Management or Security Management related tertiary qualification will be advantageous. 
• 5 Years of Retail Risk Management experience at Store Management / DC level with high level of Retail Business knowledge.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and business compliance requirements.
• Relevant experience in compliance, risk management, or a related field.
• Microsoft Office Skills.
• Experience in criminal investigations, risk audits and assessments.
• Goal-directed and objective-driven individual.
• Innovative and enthusiastic.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation and conflict management skills. 
• Ability to listen, consult, motivate, encourage, and influence others.

Kindly note: All applications are to be submitted through the Careers Site and Pnet. Please refrain from calling the Distribution Centre (DC) or emailing applications directly.

SPAR Lowveld is an equal-opportunity employer. All positions are placed in accordance with the company’s Employment Equity Plan. 

“Your application and all personal information provided herein is protected under the Protection of Personal Information Act (4 of 2013), hereinafter referred to as the “Act”.

1. The SPAR Group LTD, with its head offices at 22 Chancery Lane in Pinetown, is collecting this information to enable us to facilitate your application and /or assess your suitability for the advertised position. This information will be used for this purpose only and disposed of thereafter unless you consent to the information being retained for marketing purposes.
2. Where shortlisted, your information will be retained for a period of 3 months and disposed of immediately thereafter if you are unsuccessful in your application. Where employment is offered, it will be retained as part of your employee portfolio and secured accordingly.
3. This information is given to us, by you, voluntarily and of your own free will.
4. If you do not wish to provide us with this information, are unable to do so, or object to it being used, it will result in the disqualification of your application.
5. In the course of the recruitment process, and for matters related to your application only, we may share your information with third parties.
6. You have the right to access this information while in our possession and make corrections if necessary.
7. You have the right to lodge a complaint via email with the office of the Information Regulator, at [email protected], if you are unhappy with the manner in which we deal with your information.

By submitting your application, you hereby declare your understanding of the aforementioned information and consent to the processing of your information in accordance with the Act, as well as the processing of any further personal information requested by us in the future including but not limited to, banking details, criminal history and credit reports /financial history information.”

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