Security Manager

DSV•Roanoke, TX

11d•$83,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Security Manager is responsible for hands-on execution and sustainment of DSV’s physical security requirements across assigned U.S. Contract Logistics facilities. The role works with site and regional Operations teams to maintain SRE audit readiness, identify and close security gaps, verify corrective actions, and sustain physical security controls. The Manager conducts assessments, maintains audit evidence and action trackers, supports customer reviews, and follows remediation through verified closure. The position requires attention to detail, disciplined follow-up, and the ability to drive security compliance and continuous improvement through operational partners. The position is based in Northlake, Illinois, and involves up to 40% travel. It operates in both office and warehouse environments, with periodic travel to distribution, fulfillment, and customer locations across the United States. Work may include facility walkthroughs, security assessments, audit support, and response to time-sensitive compliance or security issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in security management, Criminal Justice, Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 5 years of progressive experience in physical security, corporate security, logistics, supply chain, distribution operations, compliance, or a related field.
Experience preparing facilities for customer, internal, or third-party security audits and driving findings through verified closure.
Experience performing physical security assessments, identifying control gaps, developing corrective actions, and validating sustainable remediation.
Working knowledge of physical security technologies, including access control, CCTV/video management, intrusion detection, visitor management, perimeter controls, key control, and security incident/reporting platforms.
Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications.
Ability to coordinate cross-functional continuous-improvement and compliance actions through operational partners without direct authority.
Strong analytical, documentation, project-management, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage multiple remediation workstreams concurrently.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate risks, findings, corrective actions, and status to operational and security leadership.
English reading, writing, and verbal skills.
Ability to wear PPE when necessary and follow safety standards.
Ability to handle, sit, bend, walk, and stand; reach above shoulder or outward; squat or kneel; and lift, carry, push, or pull 21–50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Multi-site experience.
Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and/or Physical Security Professional (PSP) certification, or progress toward certification.
Experience in third-party logistics (3PL), supply chain, fulfillment, e-commerce, manufacturing, or other high-throughput multi-site operations.
Experience supporting Fortune 500 customer security programs and customer-specific audit frameworks, including SRE-style security reviews.
Knowledge of CTPAT, TAPA, ISO 28000, or comparable supply chain security frameworks.
Experience with corrective and preventive action (CAPA), Lean, Six Sigma, or structured continuous-improvement methodologies.
Experience developing security dashboards, compliance scorecards, audit trackers, and executive-ready reporting.
Experience with Power BI or comparable reporting and visualization tools.
Bilingual English/Spanish skills.

Responsibilities

Execute ongoing SRE audit preparedness across assigned facilities, keeping security controls, procedures, records, evidence, and artifacts current and audit-ready.
Conduct recurring site readiness reviews, control validation, and pre-audit assessments; identify deficiencies before customer, internal, or third-party reviews.
Coordinate audit preparation with Operations, Facilities, Engineering, IT, Compliance, Customer Success, and site leadership, and provide on-site audit support.
Track audit observations, corrective actions, owners, due dates, and validation evidence through closure; escalate aging or high-risk actions.
Identify repeat findings and systemic weaknesses and develop network-level corrective or preventive actions.
Report readiness and remediation status through scorecards, dashboards, and leadership updates.
Conduct facility security assessments, gap analyses, and risk reviews against customer contractual, corporate, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Identify physical security control weaknesses involving access control, CCTV, visitor management, intrusion detection, perimeter security, key control, guard services, and related technologies.
Prioritize gaps, establish corrective-action plans with accountable owners, drive remediation with Operations leaders, and verify control effectiveness and sustained closure.
Implement and document compensating controls when permanent remediation is delayed, and analyze incidents, audit trends, and assessment results to prevent recurrence.
Maintain continuous-improvement actions for physical security and coordinate improvements that strengthen compliance and consistency across facilities.
Apply and improve standardized security routines, checklists, control-verification methods, and best practices across assigned U.S. Contract Logistics operations.
Measure improvement through security KPIs, repeat-finding reduction, remediation cycle time, control compliance, and incident trends; facilitate lessons-learned reviews and share effective practices.
Promote security, ownership, operational discipline, accountability, and prevention.
Support execution of customer contractual security requirements from implementation through steady-state operations.
Partner with the Director to translate security requirements into practical site procedures, controls, training, and documentation.
Serve as an operational point of contact for assigned customer security reviews, SRE audits, follow-up actions, and routine compliance matters.
Partner with Commercial, Customer Success, Solutions Design, and Operations to identify security requirements and implementation risks for new or changing operations.
Support security reviews for new facilities, customer implementations, expansions, and major facility modifications.
Validate security requirements in design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness, and work with relevant teams to validate controls before launch.
Conduct post-launch validation and close residual security gaps.
Support investigations of physical security incidents, control failures, and compliance deviations; lead assigned workstreams or lower-complexity investigations.
Ensure incidents are documented, escalated, investigated, and closed in accordance with customer and DSV requirements.
Facilitate root-cause and corrective-action activities and verify preventive controls are implemented and sustained.
Coordinate incident response with Operations, HR, Legal, Compliance, IT, and customer stakeholders as required.
Drive assigned actions to completion through site Operations leaders and functional partners, often without direct reporting authority.
Provide practical guidance to site security resources and operational teams on security expectations, audit readiness, corrective actions, and control sustainment.
Build working relationships across Operations, Engineering, Facilities, IT, Compliance, Quality, Customer Success, and global security teams.
Provide status updates to security leadership and escalate material risks, overdue actions, or resource constraints.