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The D&D
Daily's 2018 Senior LP & AP Jobs Report
190 Senior LP
& AP Positions Filled in 2018
190 New Senior Level LP & AP
Executives Named in 2018
June & November Being the Key Months in Appointments
With
Six LP Executives Going Beyond & Two Going Well Beyond
All of the
190 executives 'Moving
Up' in their careers obviously
deserve to be called out and recognized. As they've obviously been delivering
great results and represent 2018's LP/AP success stories.
Which is always a great reflection of the entire industry as they
represent the new leaders for the entire LP/AP community with the
senior management teams in the retail industry.
While they've all worked diligently to reach these new levels, there's also six that stood out and went beyond. Showing that if you
set your sights on truly committing yourself to the professional
standards and performance levels senior management expects, it'll
pay off and you'll reap the rewards, and the pride in going beyond
and achieving a level that you may have never imagined years ago.
With Keith White leading the group this year and being promoted to
Executive Vice President for Gap Inc., Keith Wanke being promoted to
Senior Vice President - LP, Audit & Firearms Compliance for Dunham's Sports,
Mike Rackley becoming the Sr. Director Global Store Operations at Nike and
Jeff McPike being promoted to Sr. Director Operations and Construction at
Nike. With Ken Boremi
going from LP all the way up to Executive VP, Chief Operations
Officer at Brookstone and, finally, John Bishop
being named Group Vice President of Operations for The Fresh Market.
These six executives certainly deserve to be called out and
applauded. Great job, gentlemen.
Two Former LP Execs Going Well
Beyond - In 1 Respect - LP's Running
Lowe's
  Included
in this group of LP executives 'Going 'Well' Beyond' are two, who
many have forgotten actually were long term Loss Prevention/Asset
Protection executives years ago, that were named into their current
positions in 2018 and are now literally running Lowe's.
Marvin Ellison and Vinny Scalese, the CEO and Senior Vice President
Operations for Lowe's Companies, respectively.
Both Marvin and Vinny have truly succeeded well beyond and
represent the absolute best of the best. Good Luck Gentlemen in
rebuilding Lowe's and going head to head with Home Depot. Not an
easy task and one we'll all be watching and cheering you both on.
Of Special Note in the Senior AP World
Lisa LaBruno, Esq., Promoted to Executive Vice President Retail
Operations at
Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
 Joining
RILA in 2010 as the Vice President Loss Prevention & Legal Affairs
after having spent nine years with Home Depot's legal department and
working hand in hand with Asset Protection, Lisa has done an
incredible job at representing the industry, the retailers, and
RILA'S members.
Helping to facilitate and develop Prof. Adrian Beck's
Total Retail Loss concept, creating
RILA's RTECH Asset Protection Innovation Awards, and
coordinating and hosting
RILA's annual Asset Protection conference, Lisa has excelled
at adding value beyond for the LP & AP industry and helping to
develop tomorrow's leaders.
With recognizing her abilities and accomplishments obviously RILA
responded by promoting her this past December to her current role of
Executive Vice President Retail Operations at Retail Industry
Leaders Association (RILA). Congratulations Lisa for an outstanding
year. To learn more about Lisa read the
LPM interview.
 The
Top 10 & The Biggest Pyramid Head Jobs of 2018
The biggest job of '18 was Home Depot where Scott Glenn, who
has his jurist doctorate degree by the way, was successful in
translating his Sears Holdings job into the biggest job of the year.
Rounding out the Top 10, in order of the NRF's Top 100 were:
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Publix Super
Markets, Inc. promoted John Hawthorne to Director LP &
Safety
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Retail Business
Services, an Ahold Delhaize USA Company, named Tina
Sellers Director of AP
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Staples
promoted Donald Tarney promoted to Director of Loss Prevention
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Army and Air
Force Exchange Service, Dallas, TX promoted Steve Boyd to
Vice President, LP
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Office Depot
promoted Shannon Hunter to Vice President, Loss Prevention &
Sustainability
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GameStop
promoted Adam Alford to Vice President of Loss Prevention
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Tractor Supply
Company promoted Eddie Foley, CFI to Vice President of Loss
Prevention
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Big Lots
named Robert LaCommare, CFI Vice President of Asset Protection
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Ascena Retail
Group, Inc. promoted Eric Pidgeon, CFI to Vice President -
Asset Protection & Safety
Certainly there were a
number of other significant senior roles filled. With Sally Beauty
naming Jim Mires VP LP & Safety, CKE naming Paul Jones Dir AP &
Risk, Bloomingdales naming Peter Chie, CFI, VP AP, Tailored Brands
naming Leo Doran VPLP, Pacific Sunwear naming Chris Ota VP LP, Boot
Barn naming Perry Resnick Dir LP, Guitar Center naming Gary Johnson
Dir. AP & Safety, Rue 21 naming Brian Bazer Sr. Dir. LP, DSW naming
Adam Glavin Dir. LP, and a number of others.
87 New
Pyramid Heads Named in 2018
All in all in 2018 we saw 52 (60%) New Pyramid Heads named
externally and 35 (40%) New Pyramid Heads promoted internally
for a total of 87 New Pyramid Heads in 2018
The remaining 102 positions were senior level corporate positions
reporting to their respective pyramid head and all represent great
achievements on every ones part as they are the new industry leaders
that aren't only responsible for delivering great results but
they're also responsible for developing tomorrow's leaders. Judging
from the list the industry is in great hands. Congratulations to all
of them.
Not Good News On Diversity &
Women
Only 29 or 15% of the 190 Senior Roles Filled Were Women
The LP industry is still far off the diversity issue
and the number is well below the 2017 industry average of 25.9% and
median 20%. As stated in the 2017 National Retail Security Survey.
The CSO
Position Still Eluding the LP Industry
Surprisingly, out of all the 190 appointments in 2018 and given the
sheer magnitude of the cybersecurity issues, there were only two
LP executives who obtained CSO designations.
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Bloomin'
Brands, Inc. promoted Chris Bitner to Vice President, Chief
Security Officer
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HD Supply
Construction & Industrial - White Cap promoted Brian
Friedmanto Director - Asset Protection & Chief Security Office
June &
Q2 & November & Q4 The Action Times for Retail America
Senior LP roles filled by month & quarter in 2018
With June in Q2 and November in Q4 being the most active months of
the year. What we see is the impact of bonus payouts and the
impact of the fourth quarter holiday season has on filling the
senior level positions across retail. And we'd be safe in assuming
we'd see this across the board in all fields.
Especially given the three to four month standard recruitment
process and the personal need to actually get bonus payouts in
executives hands and the absolute need for Retail America to secure
their leaders moving into the busiest and riskiest time of year.
Jan - 14
Feb. - 17
March - 10 - Q1 41
April - 9
May - 15
June 28 - Q2 - 51
July - 14
August - 17
Sept - 11 - Q3 - 43
Octo - 16
Nov - 21
Dec - 18 - Q4 - 55
Total - 190
Special Note: First time we've seen this job
Nordstrom promoted Patricia Carbonara to Manager, Violence
in the Workplace Assessment, National LP
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