Senior Manager – Global Trade Compliance and Trade Strategy

Senior Manager – Global Trade Compliance and Trade Strategy

Requirements

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job
• Licensed Customs Broker
• Minimum 7 years in Customs Compliance related experience
• Experience implementing, managing, and collaborating on trade compliance programs
• Known for communicating effectively with compliance management and business leaders and teams, including excellent written and oral communication skills
• Identifying compliance gaps and recommending process improvements for global supply chain
• Ability to work cross functionally with multiple departments simultaneously
• Ability to influence internal and external partners without direct authority utilizing excellent collaboration skills
• Proficient in: Microsoft Office Suite including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word and Visio
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of trade professionals, mitigating risks related to customs compliance, ensuring accurate tariff classification and documentation
• Collaboration across multiple departments, including supply chain, legal, finance, audit, and compliance, to support global business goals and maintain operational excellence in trade compliance and logistics
• Manages import duty programs and driving continuous improvements in import operations
• Collaborate with internal teams, external stakeholders, and government authorities to address regulatory requirements pertaining to clearance processes
• Manage relationships with customs authorities and brokers, and ensure adherence to corporate policies and global trade laws
• Evaluate potential operational or compliance risks and develop strategies for resolution
• Understand customs classification rules (GRI) and able to interpret customs/CIT rulings for both imports and exports
• Understand various partner government agency’s import requirements and able to provide assistance to cross-functional teams
• Responsible for data management, development, and analysis of performance metrics, identifying problems and develop recommendations for trade teams and international logistics
• Utilizes quantitative skills to create and analyze data and reports to support business execution
• Supports the business through ad-hoc queries and maintains reports from a variety of resources as specific to department or organizational needs
• Develop business tools and solutions based on knowledge, product or technology. Identifies process improvement opportunities through strategic thinking, critical thinking and analysis
• Performs data management through data mining/data modeling/data analysis/cost/benefit analysis/process mapping or problem analysis while executing day to day processes related to area of responsibility.
• Supports business through ad-hoc queries & maintains reports
• Manages vendor/business partner relationships

Preferred Qualifications

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job
• Licensed Customs Broker
• Minimum 7 years in Customs Compliance related experience
• Experience implementing, managing, and collaborating on trade compliance programs
• Known for communicating effectively with compliance management and business leaders and teams, including excellent written and oral communication skills
• Identifying compliance gaps and recommending process improvements for global supply chain
• Ability to work cross functionally with multiple departments simultaneously
• Ability to influence internal and external partners without direct authority utilizing excellent collaboration skills
• Known for communicating effectively with compliance management and business leaders and teams, including excellent written and oral communication skills
• Identifying compliance gaps and recommending process improvements for global supply chain
• Proficient in: Microsoft Office Suite including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word and Visio
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!