What are the responsibilities and job description for the URBN Asset Protection Associate (Days) position at URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)?
This position is located at 11681 State Ave, Kansas City, Kansas, 66111 United States
Role Summary
The Asset Protection Associate safeguards people, products, and property across our supply chain operations. This role blends proactive risk prevention with responsive incident handling, working on the floor and at workstations to ensure safety, shrink reduction, and compliance. You’ll collaborate closely with Operations, HR, and Transportation to keep our network secure.
Role Responsibilities
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Works in a campus environment in all types of weather. Using proper safety procedures will eliminate any potential hazards. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.
Disclaimer
The list of Requirements, Duties, and Responsibilities is not exhaustive, but is merely the most accurate list for the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description and to require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload or technical development).
The Perks
URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits
EEO Statement
URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.
Role Summary
The Asset Protection Associate safeguards people, products, and property across our supply chain operations. This role blends proactive risk prevention with responsive incident handling, working on the floor and at workstations to ensure safety, shrink reduction, and compliance. You’ll collaborate closely with Operations, HR, and Transportation to keep our network secure.
Role Responsibilities
- Be Supportive: Help associates feel safe and heard by providing confidential channels for reporting concerns (theft, harassment, unsafe practices).
- Be Resourceful: Leverage tools (CCTV & access control) to identify risk indicators for potential opportunities for loss to occur.
- Be Professional: Document thoroughly with clear incident reports and statements.
- Be Diligent: Monitor and review CCTV for risk signals (unauthorized access, process bypass, unsafe behaviors, product handling anomalies).
- Be Approachable: Communicate clearly and calmly during tense situations; de-escalate when possible
- Be Precise: Follow SOPs exactly for access control, visitor sign-in, driver check-in/out, and badge management.
- Be Flexible: Adapt to dynamic operations—shift priorities for hot loads, weather events, carrier delays, or system outages.
- Be Available: Work varied schedules including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime during peak volume or incidents.
- Experience: 1–3 years in asset protection/loss prevention, security, or operations in a supply chain/warehouse environment preferred.
- Skills: Strong situational awareness and attention to detail, clear verbal/written communication; de-escalation capability and familiarity with CCTV, access control, and badge systems
- Certifications (Preferred): First Aid/CPR/AED
- Technology: Proficient with MS Office/365 (Excel, Outlook, Teams), incident management tools, and digital evidence handling
- Must be able to understand written and oral directions in English
- Must be able to write in English
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to manipulate a keyboard for extended periods of time
- Climb, balance, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Ability to use a computer for extended periods of time
- Lift freight and other objects of various shapes, sizes and weights up to 50 pounds
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Works in a campus environment in all types of weather. Using proper safety procedures will eliminate any potential hazards. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.
Disclaimer
The list of Requirements, Duties, and Responsibilities is not exhaustive, but is merely the most accurate list for the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description and to require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload or technical development).
The Perks
URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits
EEO Statement
URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.