Safety Manager

WHO WE ARE: Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand. ABOUT THE ROLE: Our innovative and growing company is hiring an experienced safety manager. The safety manager will be responsible for ensuring the distribution is up to par with all safety regulations, building an overall safety culture and engaging with employees to champion safety initiatives. Salary: $100k - $115k Job Responsibilities: Ensure building is compliant with federal, state and local safety regulations, including being up to date with new safety legislation. Maintains and monitors compliance with applicable Occupations Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) Regulations. Guides and promote safe work performance by developing safety systems, policies, procedures and company culture. Works collaboratively with key business partners in Maintenance, Operations, Engineering and Human Resources to understand safety initiatives and deliver successful implementation. Ensures equipment is up to safety standards. Creates safety programs to include investigation, reporting and administration. Reinforce company strategies, while balancing goals of corporate goals at Distribution level. Lead and manage all required audits. CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES Collaborating and Influencing ▪ Facilitates discussions to enable people to collaborate with each other independently; promotes collaboration across multiple parties. ▪ Identifies and meets with key players and stakeholders to help them shape a consensus collectively and engages in a dialogue to reach a conclusion together, compromising as necessary for results. ▪ Develops an explicit understanding of which relationships are most important to the organization and its stakeholders and builds a network prioritizing these relationships. Ability to manage up, down and across an organization. ▪ Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor leaders. Strategic Business Mindset ▪ Initiates and engages with senior business leaders as a peer, confidant, and coach. By developing deep knowledge of the company’s business model and industry, builds trust and credibility with senior leaders that leads to improved organizational effectiveness. ▪ Foresees, prepares, and responds swiftly to changing business and external environmental factors and other areas that influence the business. ▪ Identifies ways to take functional action, which provides compelling business value or clear business opportunities that support growth. ▪ Learning agility – able to be flexible and adaptable. ▪ Driven to create value for shareholders – business focused. ▪ Change-oriented, desire to innovate. OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS ▪ Curious, asks questions, and embraces new ideas. ▪ Innovative and change oriented. ▪ Forward thinking leader with ability to lead and execute change. ▪ Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and timelines. ▪ Strong leadership and people management skills. ▪ Collaborative and seeks to work across functions and geographies to find solutions. ▪ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. ▪ Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. ▪ Hands-on and detail-oriented with excellent analytical, planning, evaluation and implementation skills. ▪ Team player with self-confidence, presence and consultative skills to positively influence the business. Job Requirements: Bachelor’s degree preferred. 5-6 years of safety management experience. Extensive knowledge of health and safety protocols. Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Outstanding communication skills. A qualification in occupational health and safety. Salary 100k - 115k About Skechers Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations. Equal Employment Opportunity Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law. Reasonable Accommodation Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing View email address on click.appcast.io. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions. Join our team of innovators, creators, and designers. Skechers, the global leader in comfort technologies, brings together employees from around the globe to deliver stylish products for people of all ages. Our employees are passionate about more than just the products we design, employees – we value community involvement and give back to local communities through a variety of initiatives including Skechers Foundation and Bobs for Dogs. Learn more about who Skechers supports local communities around the world. Stay up to date on our brand, job openings, community involvement, and more via LinkedIn. Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations. From footwear to apparel and accessories, Skechers has a product for you and your family. Learn more about our many product offerings here.