Chris Rathgeb Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Current oversight: Asset Protection, Safety Risk Management, General Insurance, Physical Inventory, Retail Supply Chain for more than 1000 stores and restaurants in 100 airports. Additionally, responsible for.
• Safety education and training development
• Leader of LTL, FTL, 3PL and parcel freight
• Responsible for all aspects of general insurance
• Leader of Support Center and Remote Teams
• Incident Management Team Leader and Business Continuity Plan responsibility

Greater Atlanta Area

• Responsibility for asset protection, risk management and supply chain for over 1000 stores and restaurants in over 100 airports in North America. Additionally, responsible for facilities management and business.
• Proactively lead a team to reduce shrink through transparency and employee training
• Direct inventory effort of all stores and warehouses through coordination with business partners as leader of inventory committee
• Responsible for insurance broker relationship and execution of insurance renewal and additions
• Safety education and training creation with continuous enhancement designed to create a safe working environment for all employees and customers
• Oversee of all Worker's Compensation, General Liability and Auto claims including interaction with internal and external counsel and insurance adjusters

• Responsible for directing loss prevention and operational efforts for 284 stores in 38 markets.
• Interviewed, hired and coordinated training for Regional Loss Prevention/Operations Managers and Location based Loss Prevention/Operations Managers
• Coordinated and oversight of all new location openings, closings and major transitions which included interaction with airport officials and other third parties to facilitate a seamless transition.
• Reviewed and negotiated leases of warehouse spaces in locations.

Collaborated with Director of Loss Prevention to design the loss prevention department and created company policies, procedures, audits and forms.Author monthly loss prevention newsletter distributed to all employees of organization.Administrator of exception based reporting system (XBR).Create new queries and reports on XBR for use by loss prevention.

Established loss prevention department for designated region of multi-unit airport food and beverage company.Reduced cost of sales from 30%; contributing over $1 Million to bottom line.Initiated, investigated and interviewed dishonest associates.Created policies and procedures for region of responsibility.Selected by company as regional for union locations.

Developed team of loss prevention agents and assistant managers to exceed statistical expectations.Increased apprehension of dishonest employees and shoplifters each year at designated store.Promoted to higher volume store three consecutive years due to management of loss prevention department and apprehension results.Recipient of "Director's Award" in 1997.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General

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Education record