District Asset Protection Manager

Position Overview

If you are looking to advance your asset protection career with one of the largest and fastest-growing off-price retailers in the nation, join Burlington Stores as a District Asset Protection Manager! This role is ideal for an experienced Asset Protection Manager who possesses strong leadership and interpersonal skills. The ability to prioritize quickly and think on your feet is crucial, as you will handle ensuring that safety and security standards are consistently met across your district.

About the Role

This role fosters and maintains cross-functional partnerships with district, regional, and store management, human resources, legal, operations, and inventory control teams on asset protection and shortage control matters. It involves auditing the financial, merchandising, and operations divisions of assigned locations, providing focused and actionable analysis of results, and ensuring proper follow-up with the team to implement recommendations and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, teach, and lead the implementation of the company's asset protection, shortage control, and safety programs for all stores in your district.
• Train, mentor, and collaborate with store management and shortage control associates to ensure the effective execution and proper implementation of company policies, while driving improvements in inventory management and loss prevention.
• Ensure the safety and security of our customers, associates, merchandise, and physical structure by managing the investigation of all asset protection incidents and seeing them through to successful conclusion by proactively developing strategies to reduce incidents and the associated monetary loss to drive results.
• Foster and maintain cross-functional partnerships with district, regional, and store management, human resources, legal, operations, and inventory control teams on asset protection and shortage control matters.
• Audit the financial, merchandising, and operations divisions of assigned locations, providing focused and actionable analysis of results, and ensure proper follow-up with the team to implement recommendations and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide strategic direction and leadership in the implementation of asset protection programs, while supporting the teaching and training of store teams to ensure alignment with company objectives.
• Oversee shortage control staffing across all store locations in the district, ensuring effective management of payroll and expenses in alignment with budget and plan.
• Conduct and manage internal and external investigations, internal investigation interviewing, external apprehension programs, audits, shortage reduction programs and system controls.
• Maintain physical security controls and systems for all assigned locations including CCTV, burglar and fire alarms, electronic article surveillance and emergency systems, etc.
• Build strong relationships with law enforcement and legal professionals to successfully interface with these partners on criminal and civil matters.

Requirements

• 6+ years of Retail Asset Protection experience, including District and/or Multi-Unit experience.
• Familiarity with asset protection programs and software including Think LP and Secure 5 and have proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Experience conducting internal investigation interviews and managing external apprehension programs with proven ability to successfully resolve incidents is preferred.
• Travel is required to all stores within the designated district.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to prioritize quickly and think on your feet.
• Proven ability to drive results and reduce incidents and associated monetary loss.

Skills

• Asset protection programs and software proficiency (Think LP and Secure 5).
• Internal investigation interviewing and external apprehension program management.
• Strategic direction and leadership in implementing asset protection programs.
• Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage shortage control staffing and ensure effective management of payroll and expenses.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Burlington’s benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage including life and disability insurance. Full-time associates are also eligible for paid time off, paid holidays and a 401(k) plan.

Pay

Min-Mid $81,600.00 - $100,000.00