Director, DC Security & Asset Protection

The Director, Distribution Center Security & Asset Protection is the enterprise leader accountable for the strategy, governance, performance, and continued development of ALO's security and asset protection program across the North America distribution center network. Based in Las Vegas, this role protects people, product, facilities, information, and business continuity across the current four-site footprint and future network expansion. The Director translates enterprise risk and business priorities into a scalable operating model spanning physical security, loss prevention, guard force operations, access control, investigations, workplace violence and threat response support, yard and dock security, visitor and vendor management, incident management, security technology, and crisis readiness. As a senior partner to Distribution & Logistics leadership and other functions, the Director provides risk counsel, owns the multi-year program roadmap and investment case, and drives measurable improvement through governance, talent and vendor leadership, executive-ready reporting, and consistent field execution. Primary Location: Las Vegas Distribution Center. Network Scope: Las Vegas, Dallas, Memphis, Maryland and future sites.

Responsibilities

Own and execute the enterprise distribution center security and asset protection strategy, operating model, governance, multi-year roadmap, and resource plan; Establish network policies, standards, audit routines, escalation protocols, and minimum control requirements; Lead current-state assessments and validation visits across the full risk path; Serve as principal security and asset protection advisor to senior leaders; Define program KPIs and KRIs and use data to drive accountability and investment decisions; Direct physical security, access control, CCTV, intrusion detection, visitor management, and guard-force deployment; Establish asset protection controls across inbound, storage, outbound, returns, and other shortage or diversion points; Partner with Distribution Center and Inventory Control leaders to analyze shrink and sponsor corrective actions; Set network access standards for employees, contractors, visitors, carriers, and vendors; Review and approve security requirements for new facilities, expansions, and process changes; Provide governance and senior oversight for significant or complex investigations; Lead the security response to critical incidents and support workplace violence prevention and threat management; Partner on preparedness for active threats, severe weather, fire, evacuation, and other continuity events; Build and lead a high-performing security organization, including coaching, succession planning, and development; Own contract security strategy and performance across the network; Develop and manage operating and capital budgets for guard services, technology, and projects; Build external partnerships with law enforcement, emergency responders, landlords, carriers, insurers, and security providers; Own the distribution center security technology roadmap in partnership with IT and Facilities; Establish governance for security data and executive reporting; Monitor threat intelligence and translate it into proportionate preventive action; Drive continuous improvement by testing controls, sharing lessons learned, and reporting measurable gains

Requirements

10+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate security, asset protection, loss prevention, supply-chain security, or related risk operations; Demonstrated experience owning a multi-site or regional security and asset protection program, including strategy, governance, budgeting, talent leadership, executive reporting, and measurable performance improvement; Experience building, transforming, or materially scaling a security, asset protection, loss prevention, or operational risk function across multiple locations; Proven leadership of managers, professionals, site resources, and contract security teams; Strong experience with guard-force strategy and vendor governance, including sourcing, contracts or statements of work, staffing models, service levels, business reviews, cost management, and corrective action; Demonstrated leadership of complex investigations, critical incident response, workplace threat support, vulnerability assessments, and root-cause/corrective-action processes; Working expertise with enterprise CCTV, access control, intrusion detection, alarm monitoring, incident and case management, analytics, and physical security technology lifecycle planning; Experience developing operating and capital budgets, business cases, technology roadmaps, KPIs/KRIs, dashboards, and executive-level risk communications; Ability to travel regularly, approximately 40% or as business needs require, and to support urgent incidents across time zones and variable distribution center schedules; Ability to work effectively in distribution center, yard, and dock environments, including extended walking and standing and exposure to variable operational conditions, with or without reasonable accommodation

Nice to have

Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Security Management, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field (preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered); Distribution, logistics, retail, manufacturing, or high-volume fulfillment experience (preferred); Professional certification such as CPP, PSP, PCI, APP, LPC, LPQ, or a comparable security, investigations, or asset protection credential (preferred)