Manage, direct and provide oversight for the organization’s global trade activities on a worldwide basis to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
• Manage CSRD, ESG, CDP & other global compliance projects
• Developing, implementing and maintaining policies and procedures to ensure business units are in compliance with all applicable international, federal, state and local laws, regulations, and standards related to global trade.
• Championing the continuous improvement process for global trade policies and procedures by ensuring appropriate metrics are formulated, tracked and evaluated.
• Providing technical expertise and leadership for global trade compliance on a worldwide basis.
• Providing expertise in global customs regulation frameworks such as harmonized tariff schedules, customs valuations, customs assists, and duty drawbacks.
• Guiding a cross functional team (including product development, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, finance and legal) to determine and/or validate product value, country of origin, tariff exemption eligibility, harmonized tariff code classifications, and Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCN) for import and export transactions.
• Conducting regular trade compliance reviews and internal audits across business units to ensure trade compliance effectiveness and to identify areas of weakness for improvement.
• Developing, implementing and maintaining training programs for employees involved in global trade activities.
• Ensuring compliance with Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations.
• Performing other related duties as assigned.
An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Logistics, International Business, or a related field preferred
• 10+ years’ experience in U.S. export/import regulations and global trade compliance.
• Working knowledge of U.S. export control regulations to include Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
• Expert knowledge of harmonized tariff schedules, ECCN’s, export licensing, customs valuations, duty drawbacks, customs assists, and USMCA.
• U.S. Customs Brokers license is preferred.
• Maquiladora experience is preferred
• Expertise with GTM (Integration Point) software preferred
Competencies
• Strong intellectual capacity and high personal standards of excellence.
• Strong business acumen and an ability to make critical decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to set priorities and the discipline to execute to those priorities.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Effective at multitasking.
• Self-starter.
• Business software skills, including databases, spreadsheets, and website applications.
• Highly organized, process oriented, creative problem solver able to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
Physical & Mental Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk or hear, and use hands to handle or touch objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. Occasionally, the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Benefits:
· Comprehensive health benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.) for positions of 30 hours or more per week.
· Health Savings Account with annual employer contribution.
· Company provided Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Short-Term Disability.
· Voluntary Life Insurance, Spousal Life, Child Life, Critical Illness, Accident, and Long-Term Disability.
· 401(k) with matching contribution that is fully vested from day one.
· Generous amount of PTO, plus 14 paid Holidays.
· Tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunity.
· $250 in Lifestyle Reimbursement Account upon completion of annual physical.
· Wellness program with monthly themes, quarterly challenges, onsite flu shot clinics and biometric screenings.
· Clean and safe work environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer: We are proud to foster an inclusive and diverse workplace culture. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We value diversity and believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to drive innovation, foster creativity, and achieve success. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to ensuring a fair and equitable recruitment and employment process for everyone.