Security and Loss Prevention Expert, NA

Amazon Inc.; Omaha, Northern (NE, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Pasco, WA is seeking a Security and Loss Prevention Expert (SLP Expert) to lead end-to-end SLP services across assigned operations. You will report to the SLP Cluster Manager and drive risk-based improvements across multiple business units.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or 4+ years in security or related fields, plus 2+ years in investigations or loss prevention. You will monitor systems, conduct root cause analysis, and coordinate with vendors and site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 4+ years of relevant professional or military experience.
• 2+ years of security service, loss prevention, asset protection, investigations, or law enforcement, or 2+ years of Amazon (Blue Badge/FTE) experience

Responsibilities

• Identify vulnerabilities and conduct root cause analysis using data to define mitigating actions while ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards.
• Actively monitor and report outcomes for systems and tools that generate data indicating site/region opportunities.
• Manage confidential investigations and prepare prompt reports of theft, fraud, and workplace violence/critical incidents.
• Utilize continuous improvement to drive process enhancements and increase efficiency.
• Serve as department's liaison and security/crisis management subject matter expert, keeping site leadership informed on issues and strategies.
• Identify, promote and implement security best practices while partnering with internal customers to evaluate needs, processes, and initiatives, incident response planning, facilitation and management.
• Domestic regional travel up to 50% of the time when applicable.
• Lift up to 49 pounds and stand/walk up to 12 hours; work in variable temperatures and weather conditions; climb stairs at sites with stairs.
• This role covers 24/7 operations and must be able to work all shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Skills

Security expertise

Investigations

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent / 4+ years

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel pivot tables

Job description

Job ID: 10557477 | Amazon.com Services LLC

The Security and Loss Prevention Expert (SLP Expert) is a key leadership position within the Amazon Security and Loss Prevention (S&LP) team. This role leads the effort to efficiently and effectively provide End-to-End (E2E) S&LP services across all assigned operational business units. This position reports to the SLP Cluster Manager.

Key job responsibilities

• Identify vulnerabilities and conduct root cause analysis using data to define mitigating actions while ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards.
• Actively monitor and report outcome for systems and tools that generate data indicating site/region opportunities.
• Manage confidential investigations and prepare prompt reports of theft, fraud, and workplace violence/critical incidents.
• Utilize continuous improvement to drive process enhancements and increase efficiency.
• Serve as department's liaison and security/crisis management subject matter expert keeping site leadership informed on department's key issues, strategies and the performance.
• Identify, promote and implement security best practices while effectively partnering with internal customers to evaluate current and future security needs, processes, and initiatives, incident response planning, facilitating and management.
• Domestic regional travel up to 50% of the time when applicable.
• Lift up to 49 pounds and frequently push, pull, squat, bend, and reach; Stand/walk for up to 12 hours during shifts; Work in an environment where the noise level varies and can be loud; Work in an environment that is subject to variable temperatures and weather (delivery stations include outside loading departments); Continuously climb and descend stairs (applies to sites with stairs).
• This role covers 24/7 operations and must be able to work all shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

A day in the life
As a SLP Expert, you will join a team of S&LP professionals providing security as a service to business customers across multiple business units within a dedicated geographical area. You perform regular physical security audits and investigate policy violations, security‑related incidents, and loss events. During your investigations, you will collect information by monitoring systems and tools, analyzing data reports, and conducting interviews. Your findings contribute to identifying vulnerabilities in various processes to identify and drive mitigating measures. You play a key role in maintaining the physical integrity of our sites by auditing and monitoring the health status of our systems and, jointly with subject matter experts and external suppliers, maintain their functionality. Furthermore, you identify and act upon initiatives improving our physical security infrastructure and contribute directly to the budgetary planning for our external suppliers. You interact on a daily basis with our external security service providers to ensure delivery of high‑quality security services and a smooth customer experience. You will be working on multiple high‑impact initiatives/projects by collaborating with stakeholders across organizational levels to deliver measurable outcomes through effective project management. Finally, you deliver loss prevention‑related education and awareness programs to other teams across all management levels and manage the implementation of our S&LP plan.

About the team
Worldwide Operations Security (WWOS) is the global organization that supports field Loss Prevention and is designed to support Amazon's Worldwide Operations, as well as affiliate and retail businesses, by creating and maintaining a work environment that is both prepared and secure through global security centers of excellence staffed by subject matter experts in people and asset protection. We accomplish this by creating policy and implementation guidelines; training leadership and staff; using technology to eliminate subjectivity, complexity, and variation; identifying, preparing for, and mitigating risk; and auditing our practices to ensure compliance.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 4+ years of relevant professional or military experience
• 2+ years of security service, loss prevention, asset protection, investigations, or law enforcement, or 2+ years of Amazon (Blue Badge/FTE) experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in implementing metric-based strategies utilizing continuous improvement concepts
• Experience in physical security systems maintenance/implementation and coordinating scope of work with security vendors
• 2+ years of operational experience in risk management, audit, data analytics, inventory control, quality assurance, retail, warehouse, distribution center services, delivery service, or supply chain
• Investigative interviewing experience; Wicklander and Zulawski, Loss Prevention Qualified, Certified Protection Professional, Loss Prevention Certified, Certified Forensic Interviewer, Certified Threat Assessment Certification or other relevant certifications
• Workplace incident mitigation or de-escalation and business continuity planning experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; including use of Excel pivot tables and development of charts/graphics

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USA, WA, PASCO - 80,200.00 - 87,700.00 USD annually