Safety security supervisor

The Wayfair Global Safety and Security (GLOSS) team is a multifunctional team that prioritizes mitigating risk by protecting our assets, intelligence collection, collaborative process improvements, and continuously evolving our culture through an inclusive approach to health and safety.

We are Wayfair; we deliver a best-in-class customer experience in the furniture and home space because we are driven, determined and relentless about taking care of our people in a fast-paced environment.

This is an incredible and unique opportunity to join a rapidly growing eCommerce company.

The Safety and Security Site Supervisor will be responsible for providing leadership on all life safety and security related standards, systems, processes, while driving our safety and security initiatives across the supply chain network.

Reports into the Supply Chain Safety and Security Manager and will be responsible for providing leadership with options, recommendations and best practices as a subject matter expert in safety and security.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with operations to ensure the implementation and adherence of all aspects of our Injury and Illness Prevention Plan for assigned location(s).
• Partner with the Global Safety and Security Business Support and Compliance Teams to support operations in executing Global Safety and Security initiatives.
• Escalate requested changes and best practices to the Safety Compliance Team for review and standardization.
• Anticipate, identify, evaluate hazardous conditions and build practices to aid in all critical incident planning, preparation and responses.
• Conduct inspections of facilities to identify and correct potential hazards, security risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Partner cross-functionally with all levels of site management in assigned location(s) to mitigate risk and resolve safety and security related issues.
• Partner with site leadership in developing action plans to improve safety / security culture in assigned location(s) and promote employee engagement in safety / security programs.
• Partner with operations and key stakeholders, to ensure all new hires receive safety orientation, and verify annual training requirements for existing employees.
• Assist in the implementation and execution of safety and security accountability programs.
• Maintain effective working relationships with regulatory agencies, industry security and life safety professionals, vendors, and suppliers.
• Prepare and submit security incident reports in compliance with company and insurance carrier requirements. Support any related investigations.
• Provide daily guidance to the third party guard service. Ensure guards are following documented post orders. Work to ensure there are no gaps in guard coverage.
• Conduct physical security, camera system and access control checks to ensure compliance.

What You’ll Need

• 2 years in a dedicated Safety / Security role or similar experience required. Bachelor’s Degree not required but preferred.
• Lean Six-Sigma experience desired.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 Certification, preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements that govern worker health and safety, physical assessment and ergonomic skills, and case management skills.
• Knowledge of local, state and federal fire and safety regulations and laws.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of safety and security concepts, best practices, policies, programs, and procedures. Preferably in a retail distribution environment.
• Ability to handle multiple projects, set priorities, strong organizational and time management skills.
• Flexibility to support multiple buildings across multiple shifts that are dynamic and have changing business needs.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, and demonstrated experience with hypothesis-driven learning and turning data into actionable insights.
• Superior communication skills with the ability to navigate a complex organization and generate buy-in for ideas and plans.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with a bias for action and ability to deal with extreme ambiguity and rapidly changing environments.
• Strong reputation for honesty, integrity, and professionalism, including an ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Must be able to stand and or walk in a variety of weather and terrain conditions for shifts up to 10 hours.
• Must be able to lift and hold 15 pounds.
• Be able to work effectively in warehouse environments with hot and cold conditions, as well as loud noises.
• Ability to travel within your assigned area of responsibility. Occasional (10%) overnight travel is required.
• This is an onsite role with 40 hours that vary across multiple shifts as the needs of the business change to operational requirements.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities.

As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form .

Need Assistance?

For more information about applying for a career at Wayfair, visit our FAQ page here .

About Wayfair Inc.

Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes.

Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career.

If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair and world for all.

Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are interested in retaining your data for a period of 12 months to consider you for suitable positions within Wayfair.

Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice (which can found here : / careers / privacy).

If you have any questions regarding our processing of your personal data, please contact us at If you would rather not have us retain your data please contact us anytime at

Last updated : 2024-02-23