Chief Security Officer

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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…