Senior Manager, DC Safety

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Senior Manager leading safety strategy, compliance, and risk reduction across Alo’s distribution center network. Coaching safety leaders and supporting onsite operations during growth and change.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead execution of Alo’s safety strategy across the distribution center network
  • Develop, implement, and continuously improve scalable safety programs, standards, processes, and systems
  • Lead, coach, and develop safety leaders across the distribution center network
  • Maintain a strong field presence across distribution centers to assess risk, coach leaders, identify improvement opportunities, and support operational execution
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted safety partner to Distribution Operations and senior leadership
  • Identify workplace hazards and operational risks and implement sustainable corrective actions
  • Establish and maintain risk assessment, inspection, audit, and corrective action management processes
  • Provide safety leadership for material handling equipment, powered industrial trucks, ergonomics, automation, facilities, emergency response, material flow, and other distribution center operations
  • Provide safety oversight during new site openings, expansions, peak periods, automation initiatives, operational changes, and other higher-risk activities
  • Lead incident reporting, investigation, root-cause analysis, escalation, documentation, and corrective action processes
  • Analyze incidents, near misses, hazards, field observations, and safety performance data to identify trends and prevention opportunities
  • Establish and monitor leading and lagging safety indicators and develop reporting and dashboards for distribution center and executive leadership
  • Ensure distribution centers comply with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local occupational health and safety requirements, including OSHA requirements
  • Support regulatory inspections, inquiries, investigations, recordkeeping, and corrective actions
  • Partner with Distribution Operations, People/HR, Facilities, Engineering, Asset Protection/Security, Legal, and other stakeholders
  • Communicate safety risks, performance, priorities, and recommendations to frontline, site, and senior leadership
  • Support development of Alo’s safety organization, programs, and capabilities as the distribution network scales
  • Travel regularly throughout the distribution center network to provide onsite leadership and support

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Safety, Engineering, Operations, or a related field
  • 7–10+ years of progressive occupational health and safety experience, preferably within distribution, warehousing, fulfillment, logistics, manufacturing, or another high-volume operational environment
  • 3–5+ years of people leadership experience, including leading and developing safety professionals and/or multi-site teams
  • Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and scaling safety programs across complex operations
  • Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations and applicable occupational health and safety principles and standards
  • Experience conducting incident investigations, root-cause analyses, risk assessments, audits, inspections, and corrective action management
  • Ability to analyze safety data, identify trends and risk, and translate findings into actionable business strategies
  • Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills
  • Ability to influence and build effective relationships across multiple functions and organizational levels
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment while balancing strategic priorities with hands-on operational support
  • Ability and willingness to travel 50% or more, including frequent travel to distribution center locations
  • Experience leading safety across multiple distribution centers, fulfillment centers, warehouses, or geographically dispersed operations strongly preferred
  • Experience supporting new distribution center launches, expansions, automation, peak operations, or significant operational change preferred
  • Experience supporting large hourly, temporary, agency, or contingent workforces preferred
  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or equivalent professional safety certification highly preferred; ASP, CIH, CHMM, or other recognized safety/EHS credentials are also valued