Global Security Director

About the role

The Global Security Director provides direct & indirect supervision to security managers and employees performing security functions globally. The role involves preparing monthly Global Security reports for the Executive Leadership Team, maintaining the Corporate BCP and Global Security Policy, supporting regions/sites with annual security operational budget, overseeing emergency planning, physical security, asset protection, travel security, and executive security, and conducting M&A Security assessments.

Responsibilities

• Prepares monthly Global Security reports for the Executive Leadership Team
• Maintain the Corporate BCP (Business Continuity Planning), and Global Security Policy and Emergency Response documents
• Supports regions/sites with annual security operational budget, including capital expenditures, purchase orders, creating statements of work and requests for quotes
• Provides oversight in areas of emergency planning, physical security, asset protection, travel security, and executive security designed to mitigate security threats
• Provide direction and guidance to regional security teams with tabletop exercises, investigations, and physical security audits
• Assists in the development of local goals and objectives that support major corporate security initiatives
• Conduct regional People & Asset security assessments
• Liaison with Customs, local Law Enforcement and Border services in various countries to ensure sites are meeting CTPAT / PIP compliance criteria and identifying & resolving various threats
• Conduct M&A Security assessments, geographical assessments, real time threat assessment & management (on site assessments)
• Conduct Investigations (ethics complaints, fraud, theft, assaults, extortion, kidnapping) using approved industry standard techniques and documenting the result using Navex
• Manage the Global Security 24h Hotline and assume direct responsibility for policy execution locally and providing guidance to sites globally
• Manage internally and externally contracted resources employed in the process of security management
• Work with Site Security Managers to complete customer security assessments, risk assessments and questionnaires

Requirements

Understanding of physical security systems, analysis and design, integration, and software management methodologies
Demonstrated ability to develop and implement action plans that achieve objectives
Focused on continuous improvement, must be creative and an innovative thinker
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Strong leadership
Excellent problem-solving skills
Recognized ability to work under pressure and handle stressful situations
Proven ability to conduct interviews and investigate while remaining impartial
Coordinate programs, processes to ensure security and recovery measures are achieved
Review and assess relevant data to identify trends and potential vulnerabilities and share findings with stakeholders
Ability to effectively facilitate a number of tabletop exercises on potential risks in various geographical locations
Ability to provide insightful process improvements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Advanced studies in Business/Operations/Technology recommended
• Eleven to fourteen years relevant experience

Skills

• Understanding of physical security systems, analysis and design, integration, and software management methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement action plans that achieve objectives
• Focused on continuous improvement, must be creative and an innovative thinker
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Strong leadership
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Recognized ability to work under pressure and handle stressful situations
• Proven ability to conduct interviews and investigate while remaining impartial
• Coordinate programs, processes to ensure security and recovery measures are achieved
• Review and assess relevant data to identify trends and potential vulnerabilities and share findings with stakeholders
• Ability to effectively facilitate a number of tabletop exercises on potential risks in various geographical locations
• Ability to provide insightful process improvements

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package offered in addition to salary range.

Pay

Salary Range: $140,000 - $200,000 USD

Schedule

Between 20% - 45% global travel.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Company Overview

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.