Retail Loss Prevention Group

Keith R. Aubele CPP, LPP   President & CEO 

Keith Aubele is recognized as one of the most innovative, creative and results driven Loss Prevention Professional in the industry with over 25 years of extensive experience in retail loss prevention and general retail operations.  A former Senior Executive with The Home Depot and Wal-Mart Stores, Keith has established himself as a leader in the retail industry, with a proven track record of success.   His leadership at the Retail Loss Prevention Group, Inc. has shown exceptional growth and customer impact for the past 6 years. 

At The Home Depot, as the Corporate Vice President of Loss Prevention, Keith led the team that lowered The Home Depot's shrink to the lowest in the history of the company.  In one year alone, Keith's team combined to lower shrink and implement a historic refund policy that saved the added over $600 million to the bottom line!  Keith was credited for implementing key loss prevention organizational enhancements, along with proven shrink reduction processes that continue to provide impact today!

While at The Home Depot, Keith was recognized as a High Succession Candidate in the Officer Development Program.  He was awarded the highest possible evaluation scores offered to officers during his tenure at The Home Depot.  He was selected as a Six Sigma Cluster Champion, and assisted in the development of key Six Sigma programs for the organization.  His leadership contributed to substantial savings to The Home Depot, while lowering the operating budget by 2 million dollars each year.  He oversaw a budget in excess of 80 million dollars, and led a group of over 1000 members of management and over 1000 hourly associates.

During his 15 year tenure at Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated, Keith started as a District Loss Prevention Supervisor, and climbed through the ranks all the way to Director of Loss Prevention.  His leadership and guidance assisted the company to deliver the lowest shrink results in the entire industry.  As Director of Loss Prevention for the Supercenter Division, Keith's team was responsible for lowering grocery shrink to the lowest in the history of Wal-Mart through extensive process evaluation, program development and targeted implementation.  He had responsibility for 2 Wal-Mart Store divisions totaling over 1300 stores nationwide.

Keith Aubele holds the professional designation CPP, Certified Protection Professional administered by the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS), and LPP, Loss Prevention Professional.
Keith holds a Masters of Science Degree in Business Management from Troy State University, and a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Missouri Southern State University. 

A former executive for The Home Depot, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Keith has led loss prevention organizations focused on discount retailing, home improvement retailing, international operations, and grocery and supercenter chains. 

Keith has the honor of being "field promoted"  by Mr. Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, and later was placed on the "Fast Track Leadership Program", by then CEO David Glass. 

Keith has also  instructed at the college level, developing and teaching loss prevention upper-division courses. He has presented at major industry conventions, has written over 75 articles on loss prevention and safety, and broadcast over 80 shows educating and informing people on retail safety and loss prevention issues.  He is a dynamic speaker, and writer.

Keith was awarded the prestigious Aegis Award in 2001,and the Telly Award in 2002, for Broadcast Excellence with his informational and educational Satellite Broadcast Program,   IN FOCUS. 

Keith is a 6 year active duty veteran of the USAF, and spent 6 years as a law enforcement officer.

The Retail Loss Prevention Group was founded to address the growing need for professional global risk management processes relating to retail shrink, loss prevention, asset protection, risk management and related solutions available to all types of businesses.  We realize that many organizations do not posses the expertise internally to develop specific loss prevention, security, risk control, executive protection and related global risk enterprise processes. 

As well we understand that select security vendor groups providing products and services to the retail community can benefit from an industry professional perspective with a history rooted in the top Fortune companies. 

We also understand that larger, more experienced organizations are in need of professional outsourcing, education and awareness programs, and critical support to augment their existing risk processes. 

 The Retail Loss Prevention Group is designed to meet the needs of each and every company.  Our industry professional experience lends itself well to loss prevention and retail security related vendors who have products that support the mission. We utilize a rigorous screening process that enables. Our integrity is our number one asset, and we never intend to violate our customers trust. 

When addressing client's needs, we developed our team and our programs to deliver specific and measurable impact, targeted to the specific objective.  Our Security Advisors are highly trained, professional executives, with a proven results-driven track record.

Whether you are looking for a turnkey global risk program,  a developmental segment to enhance your team's performance,  or the insight that will highlight your vendor product line with retailers, The Retail Loss Prevention Group is your resource for  Senior Leadership. 
 

At the Retail Loss Prevention Group, We are Navigating YOU Along The Retail Vertical!