[Hiring] Profit Protection Business Partner @| Halfords Careers

Role Description

Please note this is a remote / field based role that will require nationwide travel.

As a Divisional Profit Protection Business Partner, you'll take on a highly visible, field-based role working directly with Retail Operations leadership across your division to reduce stock loss, cash loss, and operational risk. In this role you'll be out in stores, conducting risk-based audits, investigating incidents, and building the kind of relationships with divisional, area, and store managers that make Profit Protection a genuinely valued commercial partner rather than a compliance exercise.

Day to day, you'll be:

  • Analysing stock loss, availability, and inventory accuracy data to identify trends and emerging risks.
  • Developing loss reduction plans with operational teams and holding them accountable for delivery.
  • Using exception reporting and intelligence sources to identify potential fraud and theft.
  • Supporting investigations into significant incidents.
  • Delivering training and coaching that builds genuine Profit Protection capability across the teams you work with.

This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable presenting divisional insights to senior stakeholders and sitting down with a store manager to work through an audit. You'll need to be confident working independently across a wide geography, willing to travel extensively within your division including occasional overnight stays, and sharp enough to turn complex data into clear, practical actions. If you have a strong retail loss prevention background, a commercial mindset, and the influencing skills to challenge constructively at all levels, this is a role where the impact of your work will be tangible and visible.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in Profit Protection, loss prevention, or stock loss reduction within a retail environment.
  • Strong understanding of the risks and pressures unique to store operations.
  • Able to interpret operational and financial data to identify trends and spot risks.
  • Experienced in conducting field-based audits, reviews, and investigations.
  • Confident building relationships and influencing at all levels.
  • Comfortable managing fraud, theft, and whistleblowing cases sensitively.
  • Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities independently.
  • Competent in Microsoft Office and analytical reporting tools.
  • Strong report writing and presentation skills.

Requirements

  • Ability to deliver constructive feedback and follow through to ensure actions are embedded.
  • Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively including overnight stays.

Benefits

  • A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data.
  • Company car provided.
  • Annual discretionary bonus scheme.
  • Pension and life assurance.
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
  • Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.
  • Access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.
  • Resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work.
  • Active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords.
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