Compliance (Environmental Health and Safety) Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations (29 CFR) and applicable ISO standards (ISO 45001 / 14001) through aligned safety systems
• Oversee workplace safety programs including forklifts, racking integrity, and pedestrian traffic controls
• Conduct risk assessments, hazard identification, and incident prevention initiatives across site operations
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical procedures and enforceable controls at the distribution center level
• Maintain audit-ready documentation, incident reporting, and safety records
• Promote a strong safety culture and continuous compliance improvement
• Support the enterprise compliance program design under guidance of the Chief Compliance Officer
• Carefully coordinate internal audits, compliance testing, and regulatory reviews
• Identify gaps, document deficiencies, track corrective actions, and report results
• Support SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 examinations
• Design, document, and test control activities aligned to trust service criteria
• Maintain narratives, risk control matrices, and supporting evidence
• Coordinate management responses and remediation plans
• Oversee access management controls including provisioning, deprovisioning, and periodic reviews
• Monitor change management controls for systems supporting warehouse operations
• Validate system operations controls including backups, logging, and monitoring
• Facilitate tabletop exercises and functional BCDR testing
• Track findings and ensure remediation is completed
• Manage identified repeat failures and track corrective and preventive actions to closure
• Identify and assess operational risks across warehouse and supporting systems
• Implement preventive controls such as system access restrictions, approvals, and training requirements
• Apply detective controls including reconciliations, audits, exception reports, and monitoring dashboards
• Prepare audit schedules, coordinate walkthroughs, collect and validate evidence, and track remediation activities
• Provide regular reporting on audit status, findings, and compliance metrics

Qualifications and Skills

• Required: Bachelor’s degree required; JD, MBA, or relevant compliance certification strongly preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in compliance, risk management, or regulatory roles, preferably within warehousing, logistics, or supply chain environments
• Strong working knowledge of warehouse operations, OSHA, labor and employment laws and, safety and environmental regulations, logistics-related compliance requirements, and relevant industry standards
• Proven experience building and managing compliance programs in multi-site and/or multi-state organizations
• Excellent analytical, documentation, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to travel domestically up to 30%
• Lean Six Sigma background preferred
• Preferred Certifications: ISO-based certifications strongly preferred; CIA
• Preferred Tools and Systems: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), ERP platforms, GRC and Artificial Intelligence tools