James Blakley

About James Blakley

Highly motivated and dedicated Retail Professional with many years of experience and proven results. Excellent decision making skills. Ability to adapt, multi-task, and prioritize to obtain results quickly. Outstanding leadership, collaboration, and people development abilities. Extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of Loss Prevention and Retail Operations. Strong analytical and investigative background that has aided me in achieving consistent improved results in all Loss Prevention, Safety, and Operational metrics. My positions in Operations, Multi-Unit, District, Area, and Regional Loss Prevention Management has allowed me to utilize my expertise to train and implement best practices to maximize profit and reduce shrink. I am very competitive, creative, and flexible. Specialties: Team building, collaboration at all levels, Operational Auditing, Operational, Loss Prevention and Safety training, Mitigating Theft and Fraud, Organized Retail Crime Investigations, Organized Financial fraud Investigations, e-Commerce investigations, interview and interrogation, inventory management, and facilitator, root cause assessments and course of action implementation.

Experience

1. Area Asset Protection Manager

   Nordstrom

   Aug 2014 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Skills

• Management
• Team Building
• Interviews
• Multi-Unit Retail Management
• Retail
• Multi-Unit Management
• Store Operations
• Asset Protection
• District Management
• Physical Security
• Pos
• Driving Results
• Income Statement
• Corporate Security
• New Store Development
• Cpfr
• Merchandising
• Big Box
• Planograms
• Interrogation Techniques
• Time Management
• Loss Prevention Strategies
• Store Management
• Hiring
• Protection
• Performance Management
• Leadership
• Profit
• Fraud
• Training
• New Store Openings
• Interrogation
• Inventory Management
• Inventory Control
• Coaching
• Surveillance
• Crisis Management
• Wicklander-Zulawski Interview & Interrogation
• People Development
• Internal Investigations