Tom Battye

Head of Loss Prevention & Dpo @The White Company

Huddersfield, GB
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WORK HISTORY

Jan 2020 — Present

Head of Loss Prevention & Dpo @The White Company

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Risk & loss prevention expert – implementing strategies across Retail, Ecommerce and Distribution, that fundamentally keep our people safe, make our products easy to buy and sell, delivering stock integrity.• Lead a field team of Loss Prevention Auditors across the UK & I. Delivering accurate store stock files, identifying and investigating the root cause of loss and implementing strategies to prevent recurrence• Lead the Ecommerce Fraud Team, currently delivering a 98% acceptance rate, maximising and making the journey seamless for genuine customers. Implemented AI data mining to identify and detect high-risk customers, preventing fraud through Lost In Post claims and returns fraud• Successfully developed and led the warehousing and distribution loss strategy. Securing our premises, assets, colleagues and site. Recent highlights includes the accurate transfer 2 million units of stock from our private warehouse to our outsourcing partner Wincanton• Introduced Business Continuity and Emergency Response Plans across the business, which are easy to understand and implement in the event of a crisis. • Identified Cyber Attack as the greatest risk to the business and developed Cyber prevention strategy, resulting in simulated phishing emails and improved colleague training; current completion rate from 52% to 98% in 1 month• Keeping the company’s data safe and secure, through my work as Data Protection Officer, working in conjunction with the IT Director, I have undertaken a data impact assessment to understand the risk & impact and develop the data security strategy. Leading the Data Protection Group quarterly Board meetings, where data risks are scored and mitigation agreed.

EDUCATION

2000 — 2001

The Manchester Metropolitan University

Post Graduate Certificate In management, Retailing and Retail Operations

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Honley High School and Manchester Metropolitan University

Post Graduate Certificate in retail management

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The Manchester Metropolitan University

Post Graduate Certificate - Distinction, Retailing and Retail Operations

1984 — 1990

Honley High School

High School, 7 GCSE & 2 A Levels

SKILLS

Time ManagementProfitStrategyPeople DevelopmentLoss PreventionTeam ManagementManagementTeam BuildingLeadershipCross-Functional Team LeadershipRetail OperationsProfit MaximizationFmcgSalesRecruitingCoachingPerformance ManagementRetail SalesChange ManagementCustomer ExperienceBusiness OperationsP&LMerchandisingTrainingStore ManagementCost Reduction StrategiesStrategic PlanningTeam LeadershipRetailCustomer ServiceBusiness PlanningOperations ManagementStock Management

ABOUT TOM BATTYE

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