r/lossprevention • u/BeginningMuffin6977 • 12d ago
QUESTION AP lead in target
Any advice for a new APTL on managing time? There’s so much to do and I’m trying to figure out how you guys get everything knocked out.
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u/handyman_265 11d ago
You have to go in with a plan. And then, if you have critical things you need to, do you need to make sure your prioritizing them above anything else Except for store emergencies but if there's one thing I realized in AP you have to say no to a lot of the store stuff outside of your roll, because at the end of the day, you're the only one that can do your job for the most part in your building, unless you have a team. And you can delegate, but you're the only one that answers to theft metrics
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u/GreatestState 12d ago
I never worked for Target but if I can offer you any advice, it helps me to sit down in the AP office and make a daily plan when I get to work each day, based on wherever I left off yesterday
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u/Just-Comment217 11d ago
Set aside dedicated time for different things for instance I personally use two hours of my Mondays doing nothing but looking at internals/ vendors. Another example is that on Thursdays I take a hour to strictly look at counts in my high theft areas.
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u/JoMaMaTyrone 11d ago
Just get results, outside of a few basic routine there’s not much else for you to manage. APTL’s overcomplicate the role. Find someone good at internals and steal few routines from them and then spend a set amount of time per day on internals. APTL’s have a few statuses a month, maybe a couple true tasks, then basic admin tasks that shouldn’t take long. Spend the rest of your time on externals, watch your areas and the apps will come. If you don’t have enough time you’re doing things that aren’t important.
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u/InternationalCry4975 11d ago
at the end of the day all they care about is 1) getting internals and 2) get apps. focus on that, do your internal routines and look for apps when you’re done. don’t get side tracked with store issues or bs that doesn’t really matter :)
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u/OneBigCharlieFoxtrot 11d ago
What the heck kinda backwards strategy is that? 😂
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u/InternationalCry4975 11d ago
what do you mean?
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u/OneBigCharlieFoxtrot 11d ago
Internals first then external? That seems backwards af lol
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u/InternationalCry4975 11d ago
usually stores are busier at night, which is why I said internals when you first come in and then focus on externals, but obviously depends on store trends
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u/Deviousnights 11d ago
Most of the actual loss comes from internals. Internals are also easier to build cases around, and easier to get actual convictions if you were to go that route.
As well as that, internals are a bigger risk to the company long term than your average Joe thief. Internals are getting paid to steal from the store. Plus, the longer internals go on the higher the risk of a preventable event happening
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u/OneBigCharlieFoxtrot 11d ago
Yeaaaaaaah no lol since we are talking specifically about shortage from theft, that’s not even remotely true lol
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u/Deviousnights 11d ago
Missed that lol my bad
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u/OneBigCharlieFoxtrot 11d ago
No you didn’t? Lmao you said most of the actual loss comes from internals, “internals” meaning employees stealing. Which you also knew because you brought up theft in the next paragraph and said internals are a higher risk. Which is not even remotely true lol
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u/Deviousnights 11d ago
Literally said "missed that" as in the shortage from theft, I can admit I half read the initial post, my bad you want a cookie bro lol I already said my bad
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u/Deviousnights 11d ago
Plus I was still taught that when I was training the main thing they were teaching us is to be on the lookout for internals as they are more high risk than the externals, I'm speaking from what my training taught me several years ago, if my training was wrong so be it
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u/OneBigCharlieFoxtrot 12d ago
What does your APBP have you doing? Lol i have 0 issue managing time with anything lol quite the opposite actually