Loss Prevention Systems and Data Analyst
About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.
About the role
The Loss Prevention Systems and Data Analyst plays a critical role in supporting the Loss Prevention (LP) organization through data, systems, and analytics. This position owns the development, maintenance, and performance of LP reporting systems, dashboards, and case management tools.
Serving as the primary analytical subject matter expert for Loss Prevention, this role transforms complex data into actionable insights that support strategy, enable field execution, and drive measurable reductions in inventory shrink and operational losses across the business.
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of Loss Prevention systems, including dashboards, reporting suites, analytical models, alerts, workflows, automations and exception‑based reporting tools.
Ensure data accuracy, integrity, user maintenance, and overall system performance across all LP‑owned platforms (e.g., Exception‑Based Reporting, Case Management systems, CCTV integrations).
Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors and cross‑functional partners to implement new data sources, system enhancements, and expanded capabilities.
Translate complex data and trends into clear, actionable insights for Loss Prevention leadership and other business partners.
Lead departmental and cross‑functional projects using advanced analytical techniques to identify risks, trends, and opportunities for optimization.
Partner closely with the Loss Prevention field team to refine analytics based on investigative outcomes and emerging shrink or fraud trends.
Lead training and onboarding for new system users, collaborating with vendors as needed to ensure ongoing education and adoption.
Travel to store events (physical inventory, training) and industry conferences as needed (~5%).
Knowledge, skills & abilities requirements
Bachelor’s degree preferred in Business, Data Analytics, Finance, Accounting, Criminal Justice, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
3–5 years of experience in retail loss prevention analytics, shrink analysis, inventory accuracy, or other data‑driven retail or operations roles.
Competencies & attributes
Passionate Learner – learns from different situations; asks questions to gain further understanding; receptive to feedback; applies leanings to their role; shares learnings; allocates time to learning; seeks additional responsibility to develop skills and/or support others in learning
Flexible & Agile Adapter – responsive and positive to change; works well with little direction; looks for solutions to achieve plan/task; keeps calm while under pressure; doesn’t dwell on past
Talent Builder – shares knowledge and builds skills within the team; actively involved in talent process; considers how to include others to create sense of involvement; invest times as informal/formal coach or buddy; looks for ways to acknowledge, motivate, and value the team
Effective Communicator – articulates well when sharing information; self-aware of impact/style to engage others; effective in adapting style where necessary; shares information timely; encourages others to express views and opinions demonstrates active listening and uses probing questions
Team Builder – understands importance of teamwork; shares information; provides support and collaborates with a wide number of colleagues/teams and customers; humble when operating within team; understands importance of collaboration and inclusion
Customer Focused Partner – demonstrates solid understanding of the customer; uses customer insights to help improve; seeks to improve customer journey/experience; advocate of the customer; holds self (and others where relevant) to a good standard of customer service
Strategic Thinker – brings new, strategic thinking and ideas to leader/team for consideration; contributes to ensure effective delivery of strategic plans; provides ideas and suggestions to improve upon strategies/plans to improve business performance and/or operations
Big Picture Thinker – understands how the department and other key departments operate; contributes to and champions change plans to improve processes; knows how decisions could impact other departments
Results Driver – holds self and team to good standard of delivery; gives ideas on how to make improvements; effective with own/team time management; focuses on the right priority; self-motivated; adapts easily to change and demonstrates grit and determination
Problem Solver & Decision Maker – uses the right information to make good decisions; gathers and examines relevant information; make recommendations and takes actions to solve problems; considers important/impact of decisions on department/operations and others
Working conditions & physical requirements
This will be a hybrid role required to be onsite at the corporate office on specified days. The work environment generally involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, and occasionally requires carrying, moving and setting up of computers, for example desktops, monitors, printers, and other small hardware in the testing lab.
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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (“Sally”) through its affiliates is the world’s largest distributor of professional beauty supplies. Sally provides the channels that allow manufacturers of beauty supplies to reach customers, both professional and non-professional.
Sally Beauty Company, Inc. began as a one-store operation in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1964. The Company expanded slowly until the 1980s, when it began to grow rapidly through acquisition and new store openings. In 1982, Sally moved its corporate headquarters to Denton, Texas following the acquisition of a Denton-based chain.
In 1985, Sally acquired a major full-service (professional only) beauty supply distributor servicing the Midwestern United States. The growth of the full-service business led to the formation of the company now known as Beauty Systems Group LLC, focusing on distribution solely to the professional trade.
New store openings and acquisitions continue to guide Sally’s expansion. In 1987, Sally became an international company with the acquisition of an affiliate in the United Kingdom. Today, Sally and its affiliates operate over 4500 stores throughout the United States and the world. Our international operations now extend to the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Puerto Rico, Canada, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico. Both Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group have successful and growing online (e-commerce) businesses.
In 2006, Sally became a publicly held company with its shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Sally and its affiliates have long been industry leaders. Expertise in professional product merchandising, distribution and education provides the basis for a commanding presence in the global market. This, combined with strong domestic growth and international development, positions the companies for anticipated continuing success in future years.
All subsidiaries and affiliates share Sally’s customer-driven operating philosophy and vision.
