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Asset Protection Security Specialist (HR)

Kroger Family of Companies

Yakima, WAJob$20.6–24/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$20.6–24/hr
Location
Yakima, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Asset Protection Security Specialist works to prevent and reduce losses from bad debt, cash discrepancies, civil liabilities, shrink, and theft. The role monitors high-shrink areas, reports incidents, supports customer and associate relations, and verifies policy compliance. It also requires flexibility to work any shift, overtime, and weekends regularly.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer ServiceTheft PreventionCommunicationTrainingCourt TestimonyPolicy ComplianceKnowledge of Retail PoliciesRetail SecurityLaw EnforcementAccuracyAttention to DetailConfidentialityTask PrioritizationLoss PreventionMicrosoft Office

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Criminal JusticeHigh School Diploma or GEDMust Be 18+ or 21+ in AlaskaDrug Test

Full job description

Position Summary:

Prevent and reduce loss due to bad debt, cash over/short and civil liabilities; reduce shrink and improve margins. Fred Meyer also requires that all associates perform all tasks in a safe manner consistent with corporate policies and state and federal laws. Demonstrate the companys core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Model Customer 1st behavior; deliver and encourage other associates to deliver excellent customer service

  • Detect, deter and/or detain external theft suspects

  • Reduce customer and associate dishonesty by initiating and encouraging actions to prevent external and internal theft

  • Monitor large shrink areas in stores

  • Report incidents to the asset protection manager

  • Support customer and associate relations through communication and training

  • Provide credible court testimony

  • Identify areas of high theft

  • Verify compliance with corporate policies

  • Promote and follow company initiatives

  • Maintain flexibility to work any shift, overtime and weekends on a regular basis

  • Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Knowledge of Fred Meyer policies, procedures and organizational structure

  • Bachelors degree in criminal justice

  • Retail security experience

  • Law enforcement experience

  • Ability to continue education

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or a combination of relevant education and experience

  • Minimum 18 years of age/21 years of age in Alaska

  • Ability to pass a drug test

  • Ability to work in a fastpaced environment while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

  • Ability to handle sensitive information while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality

  • Ability to organize/prioritize tasks/projects

  • Familiarity with loss prevention terms and processes

  • Proficient Microsoft Office skills

$20.60 - $24.00 per hour

How this job compares

Set against the 236 open Asset Protection jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$20.6–24/hr
  • US median$20–31/hr156 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $22.30/hr, is 13% below the US median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Asset Protection hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 11 open Asset Protection jobs in Washington and 236 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Asset Protection postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (111 postings).
Education
19 of the 236 open Asset Protection jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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