Regional Loss Prevention Manager (New Jersey)

Timberland

87d • $92,000 - $115,000

About The Position

At VF, we strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness, and authenticity. A day in the life of a Regional Loss Prevention Manager at VF looks a little like this. This role carries a critical function: supporting an entire region of stores while serving as the subject matter expert in loss mitigation. The position holds the responsibility of owning and overseeing all matters and investigations related to internal and external theft. Close collaboration with retail partners will be key in developing thoughtful action plans and exercising practical judgment to drive shrink reduction. Acting as a teacher, the role will coach, develop, and train on loss prevention and operational excellence through meetings and audits. Passion and drive in this work are contagious, helping to gain buy-in and influence key stakeholder decisions. Success will also depend on cultivating strong relationships with the Regional Director and District Sales Managers supported in the role. While this role is remote, the ideal candidate must reside within or very close to the territory covered (New Jersey).

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience and professional achievements in Loss Prevention.
• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years general management experience in the Loss Prevention field -OR- an equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as employment handbook, safety rules, and policies and procedures manuals.
• Ability to write routine business correspondence.
• Ability to calculate figures such as discounts, interest, and percentages.
• Experience in analytics, able to draw conclusions from data sets.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a professional manner.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Ability to lead and manage a direct report (depending on assigned region).
• Wicklander and CFI certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Determine and create Loss Prevention strategy for each unique regional needs within 100+ retail locations across multiple brands, multiple leaders and multiple states.
• Build travel strategy within region to ensure you are in the right place at the right time to influence leaders, mitigate loss, eliminate safety concerns, and have an impact on business results.
• Utilize brand and VF audit programs to drive loss prevention and operational compliance and evaluate store performance.
• Partnering with business leaders develop action plans to improve business results and shrink numbers.
• Educate, train and challenge regional leaders and team members to incorporate loss prevention strategies, policies and best practices into daily interactions with customer ensuring a loss prevention mindset at all times.
• Escalation point for all high-risk loss prevention situations within the region, assess needs, determine appropriate solution plan, ensuring safety of employees and product are top priority.
• Develop reduction strategies for all high shrink stores, educate, train and audit to ensure shrink numbers decrease to appropriate levels.
• Provide feedback, industry best practices, concerns and innovative industry solutions for all loss prevention equipment such as exception reporting, case management systems, alarms, safes, CCTV and EAS to support the stores shrink and building security.
• Investigate, interview, and resolve all issues related to internal and external theft in the region.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, such as law enforcement, district attorneys and outside retailers to support combating Organized Retail Crime.
• Support and assist in management of third-party security within market.

Benefits

• Medical plan rates available on www.MyVFbenefits.com.
• 40 paid hours of service time every year.
• Discounts on ski passes.
• Free kayak rentals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees