Director of Safety, Supply Chain

SUMMARY The Director, Supply Chain Safety will review and strive to improve safety processes for supply chain safety operations (RCDC distribution center). Work closely with RCDC Safety personnel to evaluate operational workflow and measure outcomes. Regular meetings with all Teams to plan and execute against incident rate goals and improve YTD / QTD standings. Communicate with senior leadership current trends and leading issues that negatively impact safety for GL and WRI incidents. Review safety processes and report findings to senior leadership. Research and promote appropriate safety improvements. Participate in OSHA and Cal OSHA incident response and abatement/ litigation activities managed by Safety / Legal. Review and determine best practices and upgrades for all safety training materials in CYou. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned or required. Oversee and perform physical inspections at the RCDC. Observe distribution center associate work habits while they are performing their job duties to identify and modify any unsafe practices. Discuss with management any personnel situations or policy violations that may have an adverse effect on department operations, performance or any situations that may require disciplinary action. Recommend new procedures, as needed. Confirm processes are in place to investigate and appropriately react to all GL and WRI incidents. Evaluate training effectiveness, provide direction and feedback to safety personnel as to findings. Communicate directly with senior supply chain leadership as to findings/ corrections needed. Create and implement new safety policies as needed. Review current safety processes against latest safety trends and evaluate / consider improved methods Review best practices in other supply chain settings to identify opportunities for potentially improved outcomes. Regularly walk distribution center with safety teams and distribution center management to review/ recognize concerns in current processes and training issues. Evaluate quarterly top 10 GL and WRI incidents. Make recommendations to improve processes and training as appropriate. Communicate with safety teams all findings and recommendations. Evaluate PPE processes and equipment utilized for effectiveness. Review OSHA and Cal OSHA standards with reports of any concerns to safety teams and senior leadership for correction. Communicate regularly with Group Vice President, Store Support, as to findings or concerns, and corrective measures to resolve.