Senior Manager, Supply Chain Loss Prevention

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What will you do? 

A day in the life of a Sr Manager of Supply Chain Loss Prevention at VF looks a little like this. 

This role supports both shortage and overall company objectives by managing Loss Prevention activities in VF Corp’s supply chain network. You will work closely with field LP teams and Corporate Asset Protection partners to identify and resolve theft cases that originate across the network, to include multi-site or location cargo theft.

This role will also develop and maintain a strong partnership with Supply Chain Leadership, DC Leadership, Inventory Control, Logistics, and DC Operations. Further, this role will assess data and work through root cause analysis to identify shortage trends and implement proactive measures to mitigate shortage risk. You will also routinely visit DC and Supply Chain locations to ensure execution of LP objectives, operational processes that impact shortage, and physical security standards.

Lastly, there will be an expectation to communicate opportunities to relevant leaders and work in concert to implement action plans to improve or impact.

Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more. 

• Create best practices and implement new policies, protocol and procedures for protection of all assets from Dock to Store.

• Collaborate and partner with Supply Chain Leadership, DC Leadership, Logistics, Inventory Control, DC Operations, Field AP, Store Operations, etc. to drive LP key objectives and shortage programs to mitigate shortage exposures.

• Assess, develop and implement shortage awareness programs across the Supply Chain and DC network.

• Lead Internal and External Investigations in conjunction with field LP teams and the Corporate Asset Protection team to identify and resolve complex theft and fraud cases that originate out of DCs and other points across the network.

• Lead Cargo Theft investigations that impact the overall network or specific sites. This includes the implementation of technology or investigative techniques to support these investigations (including GPS, task force inclusion, etc.)

• Develop and routinely conduct visits designed to validate locations are executing LP objectives, operational processes that impact shortage, and physical security standards.

• Collaborate with Supply Chain and DC Inventory team to validate financial adjustments, ensure inventory accuracy, and provide detailed reporting.

• Lead the CTPAT compliance and investigations process in accordance with local and federal laws. Serve as corporate liaison and partner on CTPAT matters impacting the organization.

• Work closely with Supply Chain Leadership, DC Leadership and Corporate AP teams to assess, refine and analyze results from site visits. Make recommendations on how to improve shortage execution and physical security.

• Collaborate with Supply Chain Leadership, DC Inventory, field and corporate LP leadership, as well as cross-functional partners to identify issues and develop a dynamic response to shortage trends including coaching, tactical training, communication and assessment.

• Train LP Field and Stores teams around best practices and their role in sharing and identifying potential shortage activity.

What do you need to succeed? 

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 8+ years of Logistics, Supply Chain, and Loss Prevention related experience.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are: 

• Strategic understanding