• Lead the oversight, management, and integration of CEVA physical security guidelines and procedures at all assigned regional locations to ensure effective maintenance of security standards and compliance with regulatory guidelines.• Provide leadership and guidance to assigned Regional Security Managers.• Ensure all CEVA guidelines for procurement are followed.• Lead physical security projects within assigned region to ensure they are completed on schedule and within budget.• Review and audit guard coverage invoicing for assigned region. Identify, investigate, and resolve any discrepancies.• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with local, state, and federal law enforcement and related government agencies.• Review proposed customer security requirements and indicate any areas of non-compliance with appropriateCEVA business partners.• Engage with CEVA Business Development to ensure new awarded customer security requirements are implemented as directed by contractual obligations and meet CEVA Security Standards.• Engage with CEVA Security Investigations to ensure all investigative matters are coordinated with all relevant business partners.• Evaluate and implement new technology that improves the overall CEVA security infrastructure while reducing costs.• Conduct security audits as necessary and in compliance with the CEVA Security audit policy.• Perform on-site security assessments in coordination with site leadership to identify potential areas of vulnerability and mitigation actions.• Work collaboratively with operational site leadership to resolve issues and improve overall security effectiveness.• Ensure surveillance systems, security systems and alarms in field locations are maintained and operational.• Familiarity with emerging technology changes and innovations through formal or informal research and/or participation in professional organizations.

Play a key leadership role protecting assets across all corporate distribution centers, including investigating all reported criminal activities (extortion, fraud, identity theft, etc,), policy violations, customer losses, and workplace incidents. ● Regularly complete comprehensive audits of each center, as well as 3rd party vendors and work hand-in-hand with operations to review all areas and develop/execute corrective actions to eliminate any safety/loss prevention gaps and drive continuous improvement.● Ensure asset protection operations fully comply with local, state, and federal regulations, such as TSA and OSHA requirements for containers arriving at distribution centers.● Present results of audits and investigations to senior Operations, HR, and CEAP leaders, while partnering with leaders to develop and implement more effective asset protection plans.● Collaborate with the Legal team to prepare cases for prosecution, including completing depositions as needed.● Deliver ongoing training and coaching to staff across all distribution centers and 3rd party vendors on the best safety and loss prevention practices.● Administrate the Access Control System, ensuring current staff have appropriate access levels, all card readers work properly, and the system operates at peak proficiency.● Coordinate physical security operations in and around warehouses, ensuring all points of entry are manned by well-trained security guards.

-Acted as the guiding force behind all asset protection operations executed by an 18-member Asset Protection team at a 1MM square foot distribution center and a Thrifty Ice Cream manufacturing plant, ensuring the safety of all facility assets and 600+ personnel across two different locations. Additionally, oversaw/maintained a 200+ camera CCTV system.● Assumed full ownership of all security measures, policies, and procedures, making updates/improvements and working constantly to ensure staff remain in full compliance with CAL/OSHA, FDA, EPA, and other regulations. This included carefully monitoring/preventing any tampering with consumable goods used in the manufacturing of ice cream to protect consumers.● Investigated and resolved issues involving workplace violence, sexual harassment, theft, and more, as well as carefully documented and reported each incident.● Served as a key liaison with local law enforcement, working hand-in-hand with officials on a variety of issues, in addition to performing public relations functions in support of Rite Aid.● Trusted by senior leaders to travel to a number of other facilities to conduct audits and investigations.● Continued to evaluate the performance and professional development of all newly hired and current security staff, providing follow-up training and coaching on operations, policies, orders, and best practices.

Optimized the performance of a 20-member Loss Prevention & Safety Department securing all physical assets and ensuring a safe environment in support of over 300 employees across the facility. Areas of leadership included liaising with law enforcement, workplace investigations, access control management, security & safety systems administration & maintenance, safety trainings, and more. ● Designed/updated Loss Prevention & Safety Department policies and procedures to maximize security across all areas and ensure full compliance with EPA, CAL/OSHA, and other regulations.● Oversaw a 240-camera CCTV system providing best-in-class surveillance capabilities and leveraged deep knowledge of CCTV equipment to troubleshoot/relocate cameras, saving the company major costs.● Hosted monthly safety meetings for the Safety Committee, delivering PowerPoint presentations and facilitating discussions on different topics to continually enhance safety.● Organized and directed annual Lock/Out Tag/Out and Injury & Illness Prevention Program trainings for manufacturing and production staff.

-Managed all Loss Prevention programs, policies and procedures with all employees and build a strong shrink and safety culture with the management team and store staff.-While being the Loss Prevention Manager store documented best inventory results since grand opening in 2001.-Maintained a safety culture throughout the sales floor by developing a strong relationship with staff and management.-Documented lowest workers compensation numbers for entire District 8 in 2007.-Increased shrink awareness with complete store employees to identify over $45,000 in external theft recoveries for the fiscal year.-Exceeded corporate safety budgets and successfully enhanced stores Safety Trend.-Responsible for an $80 million dollar store’s inventory and flow of merchandise.-Responsible for scheduling and correlating monthly safety meetings with all the safety committee members. -Development of internal and external cases. Identify organized retail crime and partner up with local law enforcement to complete arrest.-Prepare and submit detailed comprehensive written reports on any investigations and all matters of importance.-Communicate with neighboring stores and Law enforcement agencies to identify shoplifting rings in the area and new high risk theft items.

-Direct the Loss Prevention operations of 32 stores and managed the loss prevention staff at each corresponding assigned location.-Maintain Verbal and Written communication with Regional loss prevention Management on all matters of importance.-Responsible for new store grand opening from blue print renderings to opening day. Weekly visits to coordinate CCTV equipment installation with camera and security surveillance vendors. -Partnered with in store Loss Prevention Specialists to develop and identify internal cases.-Resolved various investigations with positive resolutions, workplace violence, sexual harassment, hostile work environment. -Prepare and submit detailed comprehensive written reports on any investigations and all matters of importance.-Interview / interrogated dishonest employees.-Ran exception based reports to identify dishonest trends in the stores.-Implemented shrink worksheet to track areas of opportunity in each store through internal audits.-Loss prevention orientation training for new operations and pharmacy personnel.-Work with Regional Loss Prevention Safety Manager & District Operations Manager(s) to improve profit, gross margin and achieve inventory control.-Maintained safety committees to enhance safety culture.-Managed high shrink stores with positive results by implementing shortage awareness programs.