Manager, AP & EHS – Supply Chain

Advance Stores Company•Gastonia, NC

15d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, AP (Asset Protection) & EHS (Environmental Health & Safety) – Supply Chain is a member of the distribution center leadership team and leads efforts to protect the safety and security of team members, temporary workers, visitors, and vendors. The role oversees 6–7 direct reports and is accountable for risk mitigation, reducing team-member injury rates, security, shrink and damage control, and helping improve inventory accuracy. It provides planning, real-time support, and communication during security breaches and other critical safety events. The position requires the ability to influence, teach, coach, and train others while ensuring operational, procedural, and hazardous-materials compliance. The manager develops site-specific loss-control strategies; investigates injuries, shrink and inventory concerns, security threats, powered industrial truck incidents, near misses, theft, and fraud; and partners with distribution center leadership on corrective actions and controls. The role also supports property-protection measures, fire-protection standards, disaster and business-continuity plans, and external fire and highly protected risk inspections. It conducts audits and investigations, monitors CCTV and access-control systems, presents audit results and loss trends to leadership, and recommends improvements. The position develops and delivers training on safety, shrink, defectives, inventory control, and response to critical incidents such as hazardous-material events, severe weather, active-shooter situations, and civil unrest. It maintains required OSHA programs, shares information about workplace hazards, manages environmental programs and regulatory compliance, conducts physical security walks, and builds relationships with local law enforcement and health care centers. The manager also serves as a subject-matter expert for inventory tie-out activities and supports company safety, ethics, and integrity programs. This is a 100% onsite position at the distribution center in Gastonia, North Carolina. It reports to the Regional Sr. EHS/AP Manager, who may be off-site. The work environment typically has a moderate noise level. Physical demands include regularly sitting and communicating; occasionally standing, walking, handling objects, reaching, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; regularly lifting or moving up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds; and using close, distance, and color vision and adjusting focus.

Requirements

5–8+ years of asset protection experience.
College degree in Criminal Justice, Safety, Occupational Health, or another related program, or a combination of education and work experience.
Knowledge of federal, state, and provincial requirements and OSHA regulations and procedures across multiple states.
Knowledge of loss-control strategies related to workers’ compensation, general liability, auto, property, crime, and third-party administrators and their operations.
Strong strategic, proactive, growth-minded leadership skills.
Ability to work independently and collaborate onsite while the direct supervisor is off-site.
Strong partnership, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
Strong business and financial acumen.
Proficiency in internal investigation processes and methodologies in a retail or distribution center environment.
Excellent communication skills for interacting with people with differing levels of knowledge, including associates, management, doctors, and attorneys.
Self-motivation and highly effective time-management and organizational skills.
Strong Microsoft Office skills.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including regularly lifting or moving up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Prior retail or distribution center experience.
Two years of managerial experience.
Associate Safety Professional certification or higher; certification may be obtained within one year.
Wicklander-Zulawski certification; certification may be obtained within three months of hire.
Understanding of Six Sigma processes; Black Belt or Green Belt certification is a plus.
CFI, CFE, LPQ, or LPC credential.

Responsibilities

Maintain and develop partnerships with distribution center leadership, CSC, and cross-functional teams.
Maintain, develop, and train a team of 6–7 direct reports.
Develop site-specific loss-control strategies to prevent and reduce hazards and losses.
Investigate injuries, shrink and inventory concerns, security threats, powered industrial truck incidents, and near misses; partner with distribution center leadership on corrective measures and controls.
Assist with property-protection controls, including fire-protection standards, disaster and business-continuity plans and training, and coordination of external fire and highly protected risk inspections.
Use the distribution center’s WMS and understand distribution center operations.
Support and promote company safety, ethics, and integrity programs.
Prepare and present training on safety, shrink, defectives, inventory control, and preparation for and response to critical incidents.
Conduct operational audits as required.
Maintain required OSHA programs and provide related information to management for dissemination.
Alert managers and associates to hazards associated with toxic fumes, dangerous chemicals, and other hazardous substances.
Implement, manage, and measure internal environmental programs and compliance with governmental regulations.
Present audit outcomes and loss trends to distribution center leadership, with recommendations for improvement.
Conduct physical security walks to verify adherence to security controls and procedures.
Build relationships with local law enforcement and health care centers.
Assist with and serve as the subject-matter expert for book-to-physical inventory tie-out activities.
Own internal investigations and interviews related to safety incidents and theft or fraud.
Review and monitor CCTV and access-control systems.