Country Security Lead
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Country Security Lead will work under the direction of global security to mitigate enterprise risk by identifying and monitoring physical security risks. In this role, you will be accountable for the effective and efficient execution of global security's intelligence framework which includes synthesizing information from various resources, explaining physical security risk assessment data in an easy to understand format and developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders within global security and other functions and businesses.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead, assist and develop complex programs to identify and mitigate risks in close partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
- Partner closely with the organization key stakeholders to lead creation and administration of complex programs.
- Lead and assist in external stakeholder management through development of requirements that ensure vendor compliance and contract commitments.
- Identify, evaluate and plan strategies for the continuous improvement of the domain programs by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
- Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Conduct site-specific assessments, oversee implementation of physical security controls, and advise on design and technology integration to ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory standards across regional facilities.
- Monitor and analyze regional threat intelligence, collaborate with internal and external partners to enhance situational awareness, and translate key incident and investigation metrics into actionable insights and recommendations for business and security operations.
- Support investigations into security-related incidents, coordinate with internal stakeholders and law enforcement, and maintain documentation standards to ensure thorough, compliant, and effective resolution of cases.
- Help to lead regional threat management efforts by collaborating with cross-functional teams to assess, prevent, and respond to workplace violence incidents, while developing prevention strategies and training programs aligned with corporate standards.
- Serve as an advisor to provide operational-level physical security guidance to ensure compliance with corporate and governmental regulatory policies, standards, guidelines or procedures.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of four years of related work experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and / or Physical Security Professional (PSP) certification from ASIS Internationa
- Perform security risk assessments based on vulnerability criteria to determine appropriate levels of protection and security necessary for the site.
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Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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