Posted Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 01:00 | Expires Friday 29 May 2026 at 23:59
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 with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.
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.
Key Duties/Responsibilities:
* Ensure that all security policies are complied with and enforced across the site in line with the site safety and security culture
* Ensure staff searches, access control and physical security measures are fully in place and monitored effectively
* Ensure site is protected against unauthorised access and prevent the appropriation of company assets
* Operation of high-tech security equipment in line with current policies/procedures
* Monitoring and analysing CCTV Footage in line with current policies/procedures
* Maintain an excellent level of professionalism and be always courteous
* Overseeing management of visitor/contractor/staff processes ensuring all are booked in/out in line with policies/procedures
* Oversee gatehouse processes ensuring supplier vehicles are booked in/out, and checking all vehicles are security sealed on arrival and departure
* Complete interviews/investigations along with incident reports and witness statements where required
* Manage day-to-day tasks within the security team ensuring best practise and consistency
* Ensure department KPI’s are met and to a suitable standard.
* Manage breaches of site security policy
* Complete any ad hoc tasks as directed by the Security Manager.
* Provide continuous training to the team allowing room for development of skills & attributes
* Ensure security equipment is checked and in line with current policies/procedures
* Complete any ad-hoc tasks within the current levels of responsibilities as requested by the Distribution Security Manager and any other reasonable requests in line with the business needs
Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:
* A People, safety, security mindset is essential, along with a ‘can-do’ attitude to motivate and inspire the security team
* Investigation knowledge along with previous supervisor experience
* Excellent communication with others both written and oral
* Willingness to form strong relationships within a team is essential
* SIA Licensing is advantageous however not essential, as full training is provided
* Previous security/risk background preferable but not essential
* Excellent progression opportunities
* Must be proficient with Microsoft packages such as emails, excel and word
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.
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