Director, DC Security & Asset Protection

OVERVIEW:  

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. The role establishes network standards while ensuring each site applies controls proportionate to its risk, operating profile, and growth plans. 

As a senior partner to Distribution & Logistics leadership, Asset Protection, HR, Legal, Safety, IT, Facilities, Inventory Control, Transportation, Finance, and site leaders, the Director provides clear risk counsel, owns the multi-year program roadmap and investment case, and drives measurable improvement through disciplined governance, strong talent and vendor leadership, executive-ready reporting, and consistent field execution. 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:  

Enterprise Strategy, Governance & Risk 

• Own and execute the enterprise distribution center security and asset protection strategy, including the operating model, governance structure, multi-year roadmap, priorities, performance standards, and resource plan for current and future sites. 

• Establish network policies, standards, post orders, audit routines, incident classifications, escalation protocols, corrective-action governance, and minimum control requirements; approve risk-based site exceptions and ensure appropriate leadership visibility. 

• Lead recurring current-state assessments and validation visits across the full risk path - property line, parking, entrances, gates, yards, docks, shipping, receiving, inventory flows, returns, high-value areas, disposal, emergency exits, and exterior premises - to verify actual execution and control effectiveness. 

• Maintain site risk profiles, network heat maps, control maturity assessments, immediate-action plans, and 30/60/90-day roadmaps; prioritize exposure based on people risk, loss potential, operational impact, threat environment, control reliability, and business continuity. 

• Serve as the principal distribution center security and asset protection advisor to senior leaders, presenting emerging risk, significant incidents, root causes, investment options, tradeoffs, and decisions requiring executive sponsorship. 

• Define program KPIs and KRIs, including loss and recovery trends, incident rates, access exceptions, security system availability, guard performance, trailer/seal exceptions, audit results, case aging, and corrective-action closure; use data to drive accountability and investment decisions. 

Operational Security & Asset Protection 

• Direct the network approach to physical security, access control, CCTV, intrusion detection, visitor management, key and badge governance, perimeter protection, lighting, emergency exits, and guard-force deployment. 

• Establish asset protection controls across inbound, storage, picking, packing, outbound, returns, high-value product, damaged goods, waste, transportation handoffs, trailer and seal integrity, and other known shortage or diversion points. 

• Partner with Distribution Center and Inventory Control leaders to analyze shrink, process breakdowns, repeat exceptions, and loss events; sponsor corrective actions that improve control without creating unnecessary operational friction. 

• Set network standards for employee, contractor, visitor, carrier, and vendor access; ensure credential lifecycle, access reviews, escort requirements, dock and yard procedures, and exception management are consistently executed. 

• Review and approve security requirements for new facilities, expansions, remodels, automation, and material process changes, including site layout, CPTED-informed design, access points, camera coverage, control-room needs, guard posts, yard flow, and emergency pathways. 

Investigations, Threat Response & Business Resilience 

• Provide governance and senior oversight for significant or complex investigations involving internal or external theft, fraud, diversion, unauthorized access, workplace threats, policy violations, vendor misconduct, cargo exceptions, or other security incidents. 

• Ensure investigations, interviews, evidence handling, video preservation, case documentation, confidentiality, and corrective-action recommendations are objective, consistent, timely, and aligned with company policy and applicable requirements in partnership with HR and Legal. 

• Lead the security response to critical distribution center incidents and support workplace violence prevention and threat management processes; coordinate escalation, situational awareness, protective actions, law enforcement engagement, and executive communications. 

• Partner with Safety, Facilities, HR, Operations, Legal, and public-safety agencies to strengthen preparedness for active threats, civil unrest, severe weather, fire, evacuation, lockdown, utility loss, and other events that could affect people or continuity of operations.