Director of Security

Job Description

Job Description

Role summary

Directs the physical security, access control, and loss prevention program across all East Coast Warehouse facilities. Oversee security measures, enforce security policies and procedures and ensure emergency response measures and procedures are in please. Reports to senior operations leadership and partners with Facilities, IT, HR, and site General Managers to protect personnel, cargo, and customs-bonded inventory.

Primary responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise security strategy across all warehouse, drayage yard, and office locations, including customs-bonded areas
• Develop, maintain, and audit site-level security plans, SOPs, and incident response protocols
• Manage contracted guard services, access control systems, CCTV, and alarm monitoring vendors. Respond to emergency situations and provide crisis management services
• Oversee cargo loss prevention investigations and coordinate with law enforcement, insurance carriers, and customers on incidents
• Ensure compliance with C-TPAT, CBP, TSA, and other applicable regulatory security requirements
• Conduct periodic physical security risk assessments and drive remediation across sites
• Partner with HR on workplace violence prevention, background screening standards, and internal investigations
• Develop and report security KPIs, incident trends, and program initiatives to executive leadership
• Develops and implements security policies, protocols and procedures
• Plan, develop report for security department budget
• Assist General Managers with security training, procedures, investigations and protocols