At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. We are currently recruiting a Regional Guarding Manager to be accountable for guarding capability across the central region in both convenience and large format, and support delivering the UK Guarding & Security Strategy. You will drive operational improvement standards with guarding suppliers to support with implementing and developing continuous transformation within the region and lead the relationship & collaborate with our regional guarding suppliers and external partners to ensure the service received is industry leading. Be a trusted guide on guarding processes critical metric completion, coverage escalation, protecting personal safety, usage of safety & security equipment and conflict resolution Be a trusted guide on the Security Industry Authority, sophisticated guarding training, use of multifaceted risk assessment and conflict management training Detailed knowledge of guarding opportunities for your region and a clear understanding of how to proactively resolve issues before they become risks Apply detailed security and guarding knowledge across your region, ensuring feedback is provided to store teams and as the need arises and supporting them to find appropriate solutions to concerns Be adaptable and collaborate closely with Incident Response Managers where a security guard is involved in a security incident. Reviewing the output of post incident reviews, being accountable for the quality of supplier investigations and ensuring next steps are completed by the guarding company Provide mentoring on the Dynamic Risk Assessment (SAFER) we want to see, celebrating and challenging the behaviour of others as required to reduce preventable security incidents Take ownership for continuous guarding improvement and drive standards utilising the critical metric feedback to build/follow-up action plans regionally Produce regular reports to keep the field and retail team up to date on guarding projects, Preventability, important metrics, coverage and return on investment Responsible for ensuring effective communication and intelligence sharing is in place between Security, Retail and the Hub within my region. Including accurate reporting of incident by our guards Mentoring, supporting and leading mobile security teams to ensure an effective high performing team in my region. Including taking the lead across operations such as protests, events, parades, festivals etc Ensuring that you spend most of your time in critical/high risk security areas (bottom quartile) Be a trusted security guide, take ownership of your development by keeping up to date with the latest security trends via independent study/research and networking to improve your contribution Ownership of any guarding related projects to support the delivery of continued transformation Implementing any reductions or increases across your region in line with the risk matrix and leadership requests Experience of shrinkage and security in a retail environment Solid understanding of SIA Line Management experience across large external teams Experience of mentoring and engaging others Confident presenting both in person and using technology Partnering & influencing skills, able to engage multiple partners Excellent planning and organisational skills Experience of working with external suppliers Excellent written communication