Senior Manager, Environmental Health Safety and Security (EHS)

About Us:

Rent the Runway is transforming the way modern women get dressed and disrupting the $2.4 trillion global fashion industry by enabling women to rent, versus buy, clothing. Founded in 2009 with a vision to build the world’s first living closet, RTR believes that women everywhere will soon have a subscription to fashion. Rent the Runway has pioneered a new industry by transforming the traditional model of clothing consumption, making apparel rental an indispensable utility while also powering women to feel their best every day. RTR offers apparel, accessories, and home decor from over 700 designer partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman’s leadership, Rent the Runway has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times.

About the Team:

The operations team at RTR works to deliver the customer mission by innovating through automation, process improvement, transportation methods, packaging, and garment science. In doing so, the RTR operations team owns the largest cost components of the business: fulfillment labor, transportation, and inventory care. While this is true of any e-commerce company, our subscription rental model and reverse logistics process introduce complexities that are unique to RTR. Given that garments are rented multiple times, returning garments to like-new condition is critical to maximizing the life of our inventory. RTR is thus not only tasked with scaling productive operational processes for traditional e-commerce functions, but also with carrying out manufacturing-like processes such as dry cleaning and repairs. The variety of our inventory assortment - which has been expanding with the growth of new categories - further introduces challenges to implementing traditional technologies and solutions. Success on the RTR operations team requires the pursuit of constant innovation beyond conventional standards.

About the Job:

The Senior Manager, Environmental Health, Safety, & Security is responsible for overseeing employee well-being across RTR’s campus of buildings, including fulfillment centers in Secaucus, NJ, and Arlington, TX, and corporate offices in Brooklyn, NY, and Galway, Ireland. Reporting to the Senior Director, Ops Engineering and Facilities Support and officing in New Jersey, this individual will serve as the technical resource for all people safety and environmental compliance areas. The role will be responsible for collaborating with teams to establish a culture of safety focused on the prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses. This leader will aim at the base of the safety triangle, using behavioral audits and near-miss opportunities to strengthen a culture where proactivity reigns. Safety at the Rent The Runway will continue to be everybody’s responsibility, only strengthened by the right leader working with operation partners to develop innovative programs to prevent workplace hazards. 

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and work collaboratively on the development, review, and revision of safety, environmental training, and physical security programs.
• Ensure leadership and associates are trained and knowledgeable of required state/regional/ federal regulations.
• Provide guidance to ensure compliance to all applicable RTR Safety Policies where gaps remain. The EHS manager will be responsible for developing safety policies and processes and partnering with key business leaders in operations, HR and others. 
• Track, report, and analyze EHS performance 
• Conduct incident investigations 
• Design and facilitate safety audits to identify non-compliance equipment and/or processes. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury.
• Orchestrate accurate and timely EHS record keeping, document management, and effective case management. Prepare, maintain, and submit records and reports required by the company and/or regulatory agencies.
• Identify and anticipate safety and health concerns and hazards by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational conditions. Investigate and review safety violations, unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, near misses and accidents with supervisors and fulfillment center management.
• Author and sustain key safety processes which include but are not limited to Emergency Preparedness, Evacuation plans, Hazard Communication, Personal Protective Equipment and Accident reporting guidelines. 

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