OCS Retail Support will be hosting a profit protection master class at the forthcoming Retail Fraud on the Road Show held at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester on the 7th October.

The master class will be entitled "Capping the Profit Leak" and delivered by Phil Wilson and Jonathan Slade who are experts in the field of profit protection. They will be discussing and demonstrating some of the techniques they used in their former roles to investigate shrinkage across the end to end retail process. They will be primarily focussing on the methodology and the tools to highlight and then correct shrink-causing leaks in your business. The class will address those areas of shrink which are often overlooked or not recognised as shrink causing processes.

At the end of this master class, the delegate will be able to go back to their business and better understand what tools and techniques are required and are available to them, whether they already exist within their own business or whether they need to look externally for the tools and expertise required to cap the leaking profit well!

Target Audience - New or existing Small to Medium estate retailers; Retailers without established PP/LP departments, PP/LP Managers new to their role.
Biography of Presenters

Jonathan Slade - After working in Senior Retail Operations positions in the Burton Group and Arcadia, Jonathan joined the Rubicon Group in 2001.   Appointed Head of Profit Protection for Principles Retail he established a successful Profit Protection/Loss Prevention strategy for the 370 store chain.  That success of that strategy translated into providing a major contribution of bottom line Profit for the Principles business.  Passionate about Profit Protection and business analytics, Jonathan's impressive portfolio of skills and experience spanning some 25 years in the retail industry, will provide enormous knowledge and support to any prospective client.

Phil Wilson - Phil joined Sainsbury’s in 1990 as a replenishment assistant, steadily progressed through the store management structure before coming out of stores to work in a regional stock systems role. From here he progressed to a Head Office position in the corporate stock management team. In 2001 Phil became Head of Operational Support for Profit Protection. Whilst this was Phil’s first foray into the world of Loss Prevention, he soon discovered a passion for it like no other in his career. Phil oversaw some very successful initiatives during his time in Profit Protection at Sainsbury’s including the introduction of EAS throughout the estate, and a multi million pound security upgrade programme for Sainsbury’s most ‘at risk’ stores.  In 2009, Phil left Sainsbury’s to join OCS where he now leads the SecureSmart programme after initially supporting the set up and introduction of its Profit Protection business.