Description:

Title: Mgr, Insurance/Underwriting Classification: Exempt Reports To: Risk Management Director Job Description Position Summary: The Mgr, Insurance/Underwriting oversees the development and optimization of Vallarta’s overall insurance program to manage and minimize risk and costs. The Insurance Risk Manager manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. General Duties and Responsibilities: • Being an Mgr, Insurance/Underwriting implements processes that identify risk exposure and classify, measure, and manage insurable risks • Defines strategic objectives and policies to ensure adequate insurance coverage for the organization and to develop risk financing budgeting • Develops the appropriate mix of insurance coverage for the organization and negotiate policy pricing and terms with vendors • Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure • Handle the processing of daily claims involving customers and vendors Investigate and document hazard reviews as it related to involving insurance carriers • Conduct investigations to determine facts resulting in costs attributable to recorded incidents, and recommend the appropriate course of action for each opened case • Respond appropriately to correspondence of attorney retention, reviewing demands, engaging into negotiations and collaborating with a company attorney to determine allegations and outline future risk • Assess the risks claims involving processes exposure or deficiencies in order to determine liability and exposure • Conduct risk assessment; identify risk’ advise and recommend solutions to Director of RM Knowledge and Skills: • Empathetic Listening skills with an innate curiosity • Multi-task and prioritize workload • Must be highly organized and detail-oriented • Able to work with minimal supervision and accomplish expectations • Handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately • Function in a fast-paced environment • Able to travel as required by business necessity • Outstanding customer service skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills • Possess above average “soft skills” such as leading, mentoring, motivating and ensuring morale remains strong within the department • Self-starter. Analytical, Solution/Goal-oriented • Bilingual (Spanish) – read, write, speak preferred Physical Demands This position will be required to spend long hours sitting and using office equipment and computers. May also have to do some light lifting of supplies and materials from time to time. Expressing or exchanging ideas utilizing spoken word to impart oral information to team members and to convey detailed spoken instructions to other team members accurately, clearly, or quickly. Manage several requests and situations at one time or simultaneously (multitask). Position Type/Expected Hours of Work This is management, exempt level position, must be able to work a flexible schedule as required by operations (any day of the week and different schedule shifts as needed) and be flexible in terms of work location as GL investigations need to be conducted at various company locations.

Requirements:

Required Education and Experience: • Minimum of 5 years in insurance sales, insurance underwriting or insurance marketing (preferably multi-store grocery or drug store chain with annual sales exceeding $250 million) • Experience in property insurance, general liability insurance, auto insurance and financial and professional liability coverages • Previous work experience related to GL, WC, Property, Cyber, Crime insurance management • Prior experience implementing changes in a company’s policies and procedures and ensuring adherence to them • Professional designation or equivalent training • Experience in reading and interpreting contracts, including leases • Experience in non-insurance methods of managing risk • Experience in evaluating insurance contracts • Experience in analyzing loss information • Prior experience implementing changes in a company’s policies and procedures and ensuring adherence to them

Additional Info:

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and employees may perform other duties as directed. All employees are expected to perform any reasonable task or request that is consistent with fulfilling company goals and objectives. California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) Notice to Applicants This notice explains to you, pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), how Vallarta Supermarkets (“Vallarta,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) may collect your information in relation to your application for employment and potential employment with us. For purposes of this notice, “Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household, or as otherwise defined under the CCPA. “Personal Information” does not include certain information, including publicly available information lawfully made available from government records, deidentified or aggregate information, or other information excepted under the CCPA. Information We Collect about Applicants We need you to provide certain information in order for you to complete your application for employment with Vallarta. The following provides the categories of Personal Information we may collect about applicants as part of the application process, and/or our employees if ultimately hired. • Personal Identifiers. We may collect your name, driver’s license or state identification card number, passport number or other government identification number (including U.S. work authorization number), Social Security information, residence/postal address, email address(es), phone number(s), and other contact information during the application and recruitment process. We may collect your emergency contact information as well. If you are hired, we may collect additional personal identifiers about you to facilitate the employment relationship. • Characteristics of Protected Classifications under California or Federal law. We may collect your age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, sex/gender, and marital status. • Biometric Information. We may collect your fingerprints to facilitate the employment relationship, if you are hired. • Professional or Employment-Related Information. Depending on your role/duties with Vallarta, we may collect information regarding your criminal history, driving history, and credit history as part of our employment background check. We also collect information regarding your professional and employment history and other qualifications you provide in your employment application, including references, skills/abilities, employment goals and expectations, and other related information (if you choose to provide them). • Education Information. We collect information regarding your professional and education history to the extent provided in your resume/application. • Thermal or other Health-Related Information. If you apply in-person or come to our store(s) as part of the application process, we may need to take your temperature or other similar information as part of our health protection policies. However, this information is not retained. • Inferences. We gather information about your employment history with Vallarta, such as the company location/facility to which you are assigned, position and description of duties, fulltime and part-time status, pay rate, as well as descriptions about your job performance and skills. We may also draw other inferences such as your characteristics, job preferences, personal hobbies, activities, foreign language capabilities, other abilities and the like. Purposes for Collection of Your Personal Information We use the above categories of personal information for the following business purpose(s): • To make recruitment and employment decisions, including assessing your application and qualifications for employment with us. • To conduct and verify background checks (where applicable). • If hired, to facilitate onboarding, payroll, benefit, and leave of absence administration • For security purposes. • To obtain and/or maintain insurance policies and coverage. • To comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. • To manage workers’ compensation claims and conduct workplace investigations. Third-Party Collection of Personal Information The Company may use third-party vendors, such as Snag-a-Job, to facilitate the application process for applicants. In this process, these third parties may collect an applicant’s personal information and provide it to us for employment decisions. Additional CCPA Disclosures At this time, the CCPA does not afford applicants or employees the right to make requests regarding their Personal Information as it relates to the application and/or employment relationship. This does not affect other rights you may have under other laws. Further, nothing in this notice restricts Vallarta’s rights or ability to: • Comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. • Meet any other legal obligation, including complying with lawful inquiries, investigations, subpoenas, court orders, or other requirements of applicable lawful authorities. • Exercise its legal rights and defend claims. • Report potentially unlawful activity to appropriate law enforcement and cooperate in any resulting investigation. • Detect and respond to unauthorized activity and security incidents. • Protect against and report potential illegal activity and/or fraud; or • Provide information to our service providers in relation to the above listed purposes, or transfer information as part of a merger, acquisition, or other transfer of some or all of our business to another party. Contact Us For more information or any questions about this notice , please contact Human Resources, at 818-898-0088.