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Trade Control Manager

Leonid Group
1 hour ago
Full-time
Hybrid
US-GA, US-MI, and US-TX
⚖️ Trade Compliance

Possible locations: 

  • Atlanta, GA
  • El Paso, TX
  • Detroit, MI

What if your next move was about building stronger trade controls, not just maintaining them?

Leonid Group has been retained by a global manufacturing company to hire Trade Controls Managers across multiple business units.

This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys combining hands-on trade expertise with operational leadership, improving processes, and working closely with Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics and Operations.

What you’ll be responsible for:

  • Overseeing import/export operations, HTS and ECCN classifications, country-of-origin determinations, customs valuation and denied-party screening.
  • Maintaining accurate trade data across ERP and trade-management systems.
  • Managing customs brokers, supporting audits and regulatory inquiries, and implementing corrective actions.
  • Driving Free Trade Agreement qualification, duty-saving initiatives and supply chain security programs, including CTPAT, OEA and AEO.
  • Strengthening operational controls, improving processes and ensuring compliance with U.S. and Canadian customs requirements.
  • Partnering with cross-functional teams across North America, including U.S.–Mexico operations where applicable.

What you’ll bring:

  • A degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Logistics or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 3–5+ years of progressive experience in global trade, customs compliance or import/export operations.
  • Practical knowledge of HTS, ECCN, origin, valuation, denied-party screening, FTAs and customs documentation.
  • Experience with ERP or trade-management systems and operational controls in a manufacturing, industrial or similar environment.
  • Team leadership or supervisory experience, with the ability to drive improvements and work across functions.

Experience with FTZs, tariff mitigation, U.S.–Mexico operations, SAP, Oracle or other trade-management platforms is a plus. Spanish proficiency is also desirable.

If you enjoy taking ownership, solving complex trade challenges and making compliance work better for the business, I’d be interested in speaking with you.

The Leonid Group is an international, specialist search and consultancy firm focused on corporate governance and professional services, that specialises in the placement of Legal, Compliance, Trade Compliance & Ethics professionals on an international scale across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Legal and compliance are both global, with teams worldwide, and our network reflects this. We work with multinational corporations to help structure their departments with the best people, from the Global Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel to the Compliance Analyst and Trade Compliance Specialist.