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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Lead the assets protection initiatives for 12 stores with a focus on fostering a safe and secure culture• Manage an asset protection team with 12 direct and 8 indirect reports that work throughout the region• Oversee the district’s physical security process, analyzing it for weaknesses for potential improvements • Develop, support, and communicate district business plans, strategies, and priorities, including tactical plans, training. and expectations to various teams and store leadership• Handle the district response in emergency crisis situations and resolving all significant incidents• Educate store teams on emergency preparedness and physical security procedures • Responsible for the regulatory aspects of safety in all district stores• Establish a culture of accountability for teams through performance management• Train and validate teams to anticipate and identify shortage risks and to develop tactics to reduce shortage while driving profitable sales• Deliver results in prevention and resolution of both internal and external theft through compliance audit and legal protocolKey Contributions• Improved internal case closure rate by 40% and external investigation rate by 100% over the previous 3 years through comprehensive staff training, law enforcement collaboration, and process improvements• Selected by senior leadership to serve as the training sponsor for Business Partners nationwide• Received the company’s Assets Protection Leadership award in 2018

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Responsible for all theft and fraud investigations for 26 stores• Ensured the protection of Target team members, physical assets, and corporate facilities • Increased profitability by resolving theft and reducing shortage • Led and closed complex market or regional theft cases including Organized Retail Crime (ORC), fraud, brand, and reputational issues• Investigated major organized external and internal cases in partnership with local, state, and federal authorities• Fostered a culture of prevention, detection, investigation, resolution, and recovery that lead to increased profitability • Spearheaded cases that required specialized investigative tactics and all internal investigations Key Contributions• Increased internal case closure rates by 100% over tenure• Reduced overall operational shortage by $400K• Collaborated with local and federal authorities to resolve a high-profile ORC case resulting in $2M+ in recovered merchandise from multiple pawn shops• Created a new reporting mechanism that analyzed team performance across numerous metrics, including recovery and theft prevention, which was later rolled out company-wide• Coached 3 field partners and investigators to becoming high-performing Executive Team Leaders

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Supported and consulted business partners on external investigations and store-level internal investigations • Provided hands on training of investigative tactics and coached and train the team on investigative tactics• Built and developed positive relationships with law enforcement agencies• Partnered with law enforcement, HQ, and field and store asset protection teams to aggregate applicable investigations charges• Ensured all prosecution and referral of local theft and fraud investigations were completed to the highest possible level • Represented the company in court and legal proceedings• Identified potential emerging theft opportunities and created response plans • Analyzed trends and cases within the market using reporting, trend analysis, and internal and external partners to initiate and investigate theft activity Key Contributions• Reduced shortage in 1 building by over $70K• Increase internal and external case closure rates by 100% over 4 years• Selected by leadership to serve as an Assets Protection Certified Instructor with national network responsibility for new Executives and Asset Protection Teams

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Criminal Justice

Associate Of Science, Administration Of Criminal Justice