Assistant Security Manager in Rochdale

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry.

To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people‑led, innovative and customer‑focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

• Ensuring that our people, sites, and assets remain secure and protected at all times.
• Managing all shift scheduling and resourcing to ensure the right people are in place and teams are running efficiently.
• Overseeing security supervisors to ensure they understand ‘what good looks like’ while managing their teams, completing task rotations, return‑to‑work interviews, and keeping on top of training.
• Driving Security Policies and Standard Operating Procedures to the highest of standards across the site and holding security supervisors accountable.
• Monitoring team and individual performance against agreed KPIs, maintaining accurate shift data, escalating issues where necessary, and supporting the Site Security Manager in identifying improvement areas.
• Acting as a trusted escalation point, demonstrating professionalism while representing the Profit and Asset Protection function and the JD brand.
• Proactively identifying risks relating to security and stock loss, implementing initiatives to mitigate and eliminate them.
• Reviewing and investigating security incidents to identify trends and root causes.
• Conducting site audits and developing actionable plans, effectively managing stakeholder engagement.
• Ensuring all security systems, including CCTV, are operated and maintained in line with current policies and procedures.
• Providing first‑line support to supervisors, leading investigations into conduct, grievance, and security incidents, ensuring evidence is gathered and assessed objectively.
• Producing clear, structured investigation reports with well‑defined findings and recommendations.
• Liaising with People Relations and the Site Security Manager on complex or sensitive cases, ensuring confidentiality and timely resolution.
• Supporting the Site Security Manager with ad‑hoc responsibilities and providing cover in their absence.

• Demonstrable strength and experience in people management, motivating, developing and holding teams to account.
• Excellent scheduling and resource management skills.
• Availability to attend multiple sites when needed.
• Strong investigative skills with experience conducting workplace or security investigations, with an ability to remain objective, gather evidence and produce clear findings.
• Confident communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills along with ability to use Microsoft packages proficiently.
• Technical confidence with managing security equipment.
• Desirable: Experience in a distribution, logistics or corporate environment.

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff discount on JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Thank you for your time.