Sears Holdings Corporation has named Ernie Deyle as Senior Director of Safety & Enterprise Resiliency. In this role, Ernie will lead all of SHC’s global safety, food safety, regulatory compliance, crisis / emergency response and business continuity functions. Ernie brings over 30 years of retail experience, in a variety of roles including store operations, finance, merchandising, IT, and asset protection as well as in consulting services leadership positions with such firms as Cap Gemini, Deloitte, and Andersen Consulting.
Risk mitigation, SG&A cost reduction and profit improvement strategies. He most recently served as the Practice Leader of SysRepublic, a leading analytics and profit recovery firm. Ernie has also served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Merchant Analytic Services a data analytics services firm based in Chicago, Vice President of Loss Prevention for CVS/Caremark, as well as leadership roles with several organizations as Director of Loss Prevention including Homeland Foods, Scrivner, and Kroger brands. In addition, Ernie serves as a board member and spokesperson for the GRTB-Global Retail Theft Barometer Study on Loss Prevention practices