Calvin Watson Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Direct day to day security & loss prevention (LP) operations for all E-Commerce, Fulfillment, Wholesale, and Manufacturing divisions and lead a team of 25 operation and LP management professionals across the.
• Designed and implemented security & LP operations for the entire organization and created all operational process improvement, LP, physical security, and inventory control programs currently in place.
• Developed and successfully manage a $5M department operating budget for all security and LP operations functions.
• Led organizational reviews of asset protection incidents and assisted in determining appropriate corrective action.
• Decreased unnecessary expense by 10% by creating SOP’s to increase consistency and reduce waste.
• Reduced security expense by $1M+ by collaborating with company legal team on unfavorable security-related contracts.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Managed LP/Security operations for 2 districts consisting of 23 stores.
• Turned around both districts previously experiencing unfavorable security and shrink trends by fostering strong partnerships with stakeholders and efficient plan development; shrink %’s for Savannah, GA decreased from.
• Achieved best margin variance in region through company shortage reduction and profit enhancement strategies.
• Coached and mentored 4 team members into leadership roles.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Led all Security & LP operations for multiple new fulfillment centers.
• Launched the Security/LP departments for several new 1.3M square foot fulfillment centers.
• Partnered with operations start-up project managers and all stakeholders to develop a standardized LP/Security start-up playbook that became the standard for all newly built fulfillment centers.
• Developed metrics data reporting for entire NAFC LP team.

Bradenton, FL

• Oversaw daily operations and assets protection team members and maintained audit and assessment programs.
• Grew store ranking from #10 to #1 in district out of 12 stores by implementing shortage reduction strategies.
• Recipient of District Captainship to influence peers in improve audit program and shortage reduction.

Valdosta, GA

• Resolved problems within negative-trending business areas by effectively managing business exception-based reporting.
• Fortified compliance by ensuring all facilities maintained adherence with OSHA/EPA/DOT regulations.
• Minimized losses caused by safety-related issues by implementing cost-efficient action plans.
• Mitigated all inventory shrink investigations by devising methods to resolve shrinkage.

Jackson, MS

Assets ProtectionEntrusted to oversee and ensure daily operations of AP team. Boosted staff development/performance by selecting/motivating/developing/retaining AP team members. Identified, analyzed, and resolved all shortages by utilizing proper protocols.

New Albany, MS

Promoted from LP/Security Manager to direct daily operations for a team of 290 employees. Oversaw the interview process, training, and evaluation of all associates and managers. > Improved department’s in-house ranking from 8th (last) to 1st within 1 year.> Streamlined financial operations by analyzing profit/loss reports, budgets, manpower, and report.

Master Of Science - Ms, Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Management

Activities and Societies: Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society, Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society