Regional Director, Asset Protection (South)

Saks Fifth Avenue Llc; Texas; Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Employee discount

Job summary

Exemplar Luxury Group is seeking a Regional Director, Asset Protection to lead loss prevention and risk management across its south region stores in a hybrid capacity. You will drive shrink reduction, investigations, and safety standards while partnering with senior leadership to safeguard profitability.

The role requires 10–15+ years in asset protection or risk management, multi-unit leadership, and regular travel. You will mentor teams and ensure alignment with corporate standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Business, or a related field.
• 10–15+ years in Asset Protection or risk management, multi-unit leadership.
• Proven ability to lead investigations and implement loss prevention strategies.
• Excellent leadership and remote-team management capabilities.
• Strong collaboration with senior leaders, store ops, and law enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Identify and mitigate regional risk across ELG stores.
• Travel to market to ensure best-in-class performance of teams.
• Implement and monitor asset protection, investigations, and shrink reduction strategies.
• Lead oversight of facilities’ asset protection compliance with standards.
• Partner with facility leadership to execute protection initiatives.
• Plan and execute physical inventories and reconciliations.
• Collaborate with corporate to align on business strategies and events.
• Build relationships with senior law enforcement for investigations.
• Analyze risk trends and develop loss-reduction strategies.
• Lead training on loss prevention best practices.
• Conduct internal investigations and resolve integrity incidents.
• Perform risk assessments and drive operational improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Investigations

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Business, or related field

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

Exemplar Luxury Group, formerly Saks Global, is the luxury collective uniting coveted brands with unrivaled customer experiences across Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman. Driven by a relentless devotion to our customers and powered by our talented colleagues, we offer expertly curated product assortments, unparalleled service and personalized experiences across our integrated retail model. Through strong partnerships with the world’s most desired luxury brands and deep customer relationships enhanced by data-rich insights, Exemplar Luxury Group is committed to setting the standard of excellence for luxury retail.

Job Description:

The Regional Director, Asset Protection is responsible for identifying, mitigating, and managing enterprise risk and profit loss across a portfolio of ELG department stores in the south region. Based in the south region in a hybrid capacity, this role focuses on the consistent assessment and execution of asset protection, investigative, and shortage reduction strategies across high-volume retail environments.

As a strategic leader, this position holds full accountability for regional asset protection performance, driving operational excellence, shrink reduction, and physical security standards while serving as a key partner to senior regional, district, and store-level leadership.

• Identify and mitigate business integrity and operational risks across the region.
• Travel to market to ensure best in class performance of assigned teams.
• Implement and monitor asset protection, investigation, and shortage reduction strategies.
• Lead performance oversight for assigned facilities, ensuring compliance with regulatory and company standards.
• Partner with facility leadership and regional teams to support execution of asset protection initiatives.
• Ensure effective planning and execution of physical inventory and reconciliation processes.
• Collaborate with corporate functions to align on business strategies and Exemplar Luxury Group events.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with senior law enforcement to support investigations.
• Analyze risk trends and develop strategic solutions to reduce loss and enhance safety.
• Lead training and guidance to facility teams on loss prevention best practices.
• Lead internal investigations and ensure resolution of integrity-related incidents.
• Conduct risk assessments and recommend operational improvements.

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Business, or a related field.
• 10-15+ years of progressive experience in Asset Protection, or risk management, including multi-unit leadership.
• Proven ability to lead investigations and implement effective loss prevention strategies.
• Excellent leadership and team development skills, with the ability to manage remote teams.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with senior leaders, store operations, and law enforcement agencies.
• Experience conducting and overseeing physical inventories and reconciliation processes.
• Strong knowledge of industry regulations, internal controls, and compliance practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present insights to various stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Ability to travel regularly within the assigned region.

Physical Demands/Environmental Conditions ( only required for Fulfillment Center jobs )

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

YOUR LIFE ANDCAREER AT EXEMPLAR LUXURY GROUP:

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic fast paced environment at a company experiencing growth and transformation

• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities across the largest multi-brand luxury retailer from retail to distribution, to digital or corporate

• Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental)

• An amazing employee discount

Benefits:

Benefits: We offer the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, disability insurance, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance).

Exemplar Luxury Group is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

Salary Range $124,000 - $166,000*

Compensation for this role varies by geographic location. The listed range reflects multiple markets, including higher-cost areas. Actual starting pay will be determined based on work location, experience, and other job-related factors.