Trade Compliance Manager

Job summary

Compliance Manager is responsible for overseeing and improving the company's trade compliance and general compliance policies and processes. Evaluate risk profile for a manufacturing company that distributes products globally. Address those risks by implementing strong controls throughout the organization and conduct training to ensure compliance. Train other functions to comply with trade compliance and company compliance policies.

Job Duties

1. 1. Trade compliance: Lead trade compliance function to ensure compliance with global customs regulations. Aid with brokers, customs procedures and third party logistics companies as needed. Determine harmonized tariff codes, product classifications and customs valuations. Support FTA qualifications such as USMCA and other duties and tariff reduction programs such as duty drawback. Evaluate incoterms. Adhere to IOR and VAT rules. Audit import records and ensure correct duties paid.
2. 2. Compliance Risk Assessment: Perform compliance risk assessment for global sales and operations compliance vulnerability. Develop mitigation plans. Implement company policies and procedures on commercial and operational compliance controls.
3. 3. Regulations: Stay current with applicable U.S. and non-U.S. regulations. Review compliance updates from corporate and integrate into company practices and training.
4. 4. Third parties: Manage third party diligence programs including vetting of suppliers and sales partners, execution of contracts and T&C's, implement and track completion of training. Approve KYC reviews.
5. 5. Contracts: coordinate with Legal department on contract templates and ensure agreements with suppliers and distribution channel are up to date with latest regulations. Update company T&C's for purchase orders and sales orders. Execute NDA's.
6. 6. Training: Develop global compliance training program. Conduct practical, effective training for all applicable departments, new hires, and third parties. Train and guide Compliance Champions at foreign sites in Europe and Asia.
7. 7. Audits: Oversee compliance audit for all sites and work with managers to remediate non-compliance findings in a timely manner with improved controls and procedures.
8. 8. Project management: Effectively run projects to implement new systems, processes and improvements to compliance programs. Utilize company's project management methodologies and tools. Drive continuous improvement, best practices and standardization.
9. 9. Records retention: follow corporate's records retention policy and implement program across the company to adhere to retention period. Coordinate annual record clean up day.
10. 10. Investigations: Participate in investigations and audits as needed.
11. 11. Other: All other requirements as assigned.

Work Experience Requirements

• 7-15 years direct experience
• Current knowledge of regulations, policies and international trade laws
• Strong proficiency of Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, x-lookups, etc.
• Utilize Microsoft PowerPoint for effective presentations and training. Microsoft Word document policies and procedures.

Skills Required

• Excellent leadership skills, strong business acumen and ability to make critical decisions.
• Ability to influence others without having direct authority over them and operate effectively with variety of cross functional teams.
• Strong and professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, organized, diligent and exhibit the highest level of integrity.
• Detail oriented and able to synthesize information to effectively solve problems.
• Ability to plan and execute against multiple deadlines.
• Strong project management skills.
• Takes initiative to implement continuous improvement.
• Change management, communicates effectively, overcomes obstacles and meets commitments.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in International Business, Foreign Trade, Logistics, Operations or a related field.
• Master's degree in foreign Trade, MBA or law degree highly desired but not required
• Customs broker license highly desired but not necessary

Essential Physical Job Requirements/Working Conditions

• Office environment
• Engineering lab
• Production floor