Asset Protection Associate - Part-Time

About the Role

As an Asset Protection Associate, you will maintain a safe and secure environment for our associates and customers while securing Scheels' assets. This role involves deterring criminal activity, monitoring video surveillance, patrolling the property, and collaborating with law enforcement and corporate risk management to ensure company safety practices are upheld.

As an employee-owner, you’ll actively contribute to a culture that values delivering a personalized WOW customer experience, teamwork, adaptability, pride in work, and honesty and integrity in all interactions.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with leadership regarding encounters and investigations.
• Maintain professional relationships with local authorities and law enforcement agencies.
• Collaborate with law enforcement and other local retailers to identify organized retail crime threats.
• Assist leadership with cash handling and transfers.
• Observe customers and associates for potential acts of theft or fraud.
• Address external theft concerns through uniform presence, strategic methods, and apprehending shoplifters according to company policy and ethical standards.
• Monitor video via CCTV and conduct on-site interviews.
• Document incidents by creating objective and thorough reports in a timely manner.
• Maintain all apprehension and investigation records according to company standards.
• Develop and maintain knowledge and use of CCTV surveillance equipment.
• Assist in monitoring store compliance with company policies and procedures relating to theft deterrence, safety, and operational controls.
• Maintain a highly visible deterrent to crime and positively influence the security incident rate.
• Assist with inventory controls.
• Help mitigate security risks to provide a safer environment for employees and customers.
• Welcome all customers, visitors, and vendors professionally and assist them in locating staff within the stores.
• Issue electric handicapped shopping carts, wheelchairs, and shopping carts to customers.
• Examine and properly tag property brought into the stores, including personal property, equipment for service, and firearms.
• Patrol facilities and parking areas on foot, direct traffic during special events or heavy customer traffic, and enforce parking regulations.
• Make regularly scheduled floor and exterior walks to ensure the safety and security of customers and the facility.
• Complete monthly reports on safe or non-safe practices found on the sales floor or backstocks.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (College graduate preferred).
• Proven track record of strong communication and organization skills.
• Preference for candidates with prior Loss Prevention experience (2-3 years).
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Heavy work – Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Ability to work night, weekend, and/or early morning hours based on business needs.

Benefits

• Become an Owner: Join our 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at no cost. Start earning ownership after your first year (1,000 hours) and become fully vested in three years.
• 401(k) Options: Continue to build wealth with 401(k) options (eligible after your first quarter).
• Best Discount in Retail: Enjoy our famous associate discount on the brands you love.
• Community Impact: Get paid to volunteer up to 2 hours per month.

Schedule

• Hours: Average of 15 hours per week.
• Shift: Evening shifts from 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
• Weekends: Minimum of every other weekend (Saturdays between 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM; Sundays 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM).

Pay

The posted compensation is a base hourly rate of $18.00 per hour.