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Employment Type Full time

Company name US6469 Sysco Payroll, Division of Sysco Resources Services, LLC

Compensation Range The pay range provided is not indicative of Sysco’s actual pay range but is merely algorithmic and provided for generalized comparison. Factors that may be used to determine rate of pay include specific skills, work location, work experience and other individualized factors

Job Profile Summary The Global Chief Security Officer (CSO) is a Vice President–level leadership role at Sysco Corporation, responsible for establishing and executing a comprehensive, enterprise-wide security strategy. This role oversees global physical security, asset protection, threat management, and crisis response across Sysco’s properties, operations, customers, and colleagues worldwide. The CSO serves as the organization’s senior authority on physical security and risk, leading crisis management efforts and advising executive leadership and the Board of Directors on emerging threats and protective strategies.

Description

Our Global Support Center/ Corporate Office is located in the Energy Corridor- off I10 and N Eldridge.

Address: 1390 Enclave Pkwy, Houston, TX 77077

Hybrid Role: In-office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Work from home on Thursday and Friday.

The Global Chief Security Officer (CSO) is a Vice President–level leadership role at Sysco Corporation, responsible for establishing and executing a comprehensive, enterprise-wide security strategy. This role oversees global physical security, asset protection, threat management, and crisis response across Sysco’s properties, operations, customers, and colleagues worldwide. The CSO serves as the organization’s senior authority on physical security and risk, leading crisis management efforts and advising executive leadership and the Board of Directors on emerging threats and protective strategies.

Strategic Security Leadership

• Develops and executes a risk-based global security strategy, including policies, programs, and procedures to safeguard Sysco’s physical assets, associates, customers, and reputation across all global operations.
• Serves as the primary advisor to senior leadership and the Board of Directors on physical safety, security risk, executive protection, insider threat mitigation, and crisis management.
• Leads the enterprise-wide approach to crisis and critical incident management, partnering closely with the CISO and other senior leaders to ensure a coordinated, aligned response across physical and digital domains.
• Fosters a strong global culture of security awareness and compliance through thought leadership, talent development, training initiatives, and enterprise-wide awareness campaigns.

Global Physical Security Operations

• Acts as the Global Center of Excellence (COE) leader for enterprise physical security, establishing strategy and accountability through a data- and intelligence-driven monitoring and detection framework.
• Provides strategic and operational leadership for security across all Sysco facilities, ensuring consistent policies, standards, and programs are implemented globally while accounting for regional needs.
• Develops, maintains, and governs incident response, emergency response, and crisis management plans at the site, regional, and executive levels; leads periodic tabletop exercises and critical event simulations.
• Partners with the CISO and other internal stakeholders where physical and cyber risks intersect, including cybersecurity, data protection, and insider threat programs.
• Oversees prevention and response planning for workplace violence and insider threats.
• Ensures end-to-end supply chain protection, including asset protection across the full value chain.
• Leads global travel and medical security programs to protect employees traveling on behalf of Sysco.
• Oversees security investigations in support of Compliance and Internal Audit, utilizing trained investigators and appropriate external partnerships.

Executive Protection & Risk Intelligence

• Directs the Executive Protection Program to ensure the safety of Sysco’s senior leaders and Board of Directors, including global threat assessments for travel, meetings, and events.
• Manages internal teams and external vendors providing executive protection services worldwide.
• Builds and maintains strong partnerships with law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and relevant security organizations.
• Leverages intelligence, analytics, and threat monitoring to identify emerging risks and proactively mitigate security threats.
• Leads both proprietary and contract security teams globally.
• Serves as the subject matter expert across security disciplines, driving asset protection, loss prevention, audit readiness, and compliance initiatives.

Warehouse Operational Shrink & Asset Protection

• Leads the global strategy for market-level operational shrink and asset protection teams, ensuring inventory losses are minimized across all warehouse operations.
• Oversees global investigations into inventory fraud, theft, and loss events impacting Sysco’s financial performance.
• Drives enterprise-wide shrink awareness and prevention campaigns to establish consistent expectations and accountability for site leadership.
• Analyzes global shrink data, write-offs, and reporting trends to develop action plans that reduce financial loss and improve inventory integrity.
• Provides governance and strategic oversight for the deployment of physical security technologies across Sysco locations to ensure effective asset protection.
• Leads the global strategy and execution of the Sysco T.I.P.S. program, investigating and validating reports of inventory integrity violations and asset theft.

Required Minimum Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required in Security Management, Business Administration, Emergency Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive, relevant experience.
• Prior in-house security experience is strongly preferred.

Technical Skills and Abilities:

• Dedication to high standards of quality and ethics.
• Strong work ethic and team player with ability to connect with people and build trust.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a fast-paced environment, and to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills within and across departments and externally; must be proactive in providing counsel to clients.
  • Self-starter with good business sense and a sense of urgency, honesty and fairness.
  • Good team player, calm under pressure.
  • Self-confident and inspires confidence from clients.
  • Executive Presence - Interpersonal and presentation communication strengths.
  • Time/Project Management: Effectively manage multiple, significant activities and respond to changing priorities with minimum disruption.
  • Problem Solver: Able to drive problem resolution in challenging situations.

Work Environment:

• This position must be performed at the Sysco Global Support Center facility based in Houston, Texas. Hybrid Work schedule.
• Travel may be required up to 20% to Sysco facilities or operating companies. 
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a colleague may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Overview Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We’re looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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