Senior Import/Export Analyst

Join us as we empower the world to work out, creating healthier lives together. At Life Fitness / Hammer Strength, we’re not just building equipment—we’re shaping the future of fitness. As pioneers in fitness innovation, we design and manufacture the most durable, high-performance, and reliable fitness solutions in the world, empowering people and communities to live healthier lives. Our success is driven by a culture that puts customers first, embraces collaboration, and continuously raises the bar on performance, quality, and innovation. Our Senior Import/Export Analyst is responsible for owning key elements of Life Fitness / Hammer Strength’s global import and export compliance program and serving as a subject matter expert across the business. This role also serves as a strategic business partner and change agent, identifying opportunities to optimize trade compliance processes, mitigate risk, improve operational efficiency, and drive cost savings across the global supply chain. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Global Trade Compliance, this individual contributor role makes classification and origin determinations, leads the company’s response to customs inquiries and audits, owns the duty drawback program, and identifies duty savings and risk mitigation opportunities across global trade operations. This role operates with significant autonomy and sound judgment on complex, ambiguous issues. It partners with sourcing, engineering, legal, and the business units as a trusted advisor, mentors junior team members, and strengthens the processes and controls that keep the company compliant with U.S. Customs (CBP), BIS, and international regulations. The ideal candidate combines deep technical trade compliance expertise with strong project leadership capabilities and a continuous improvement mindset. They proactively identify opportunities, lead cross-functional initiatives, and help evolve Trade Compliance into a strategic service organization that supports business growth and operational excellence. This is a hybrid position based out of our Global Support Center in Rosemont, IL. M/F remote and T-Th are in-office collaboration days. #LI-Hybrid Responsibilities As our Senior Import/Export Analyst, you will: Lead cross-functional trade compliance initiatives involving Procurement, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal to improve business processes, reduce compliance risk, and enhance operational efficiency. Make HTS / Schedule B and ECCN determinations, document the supporting rationale, and prepare binding ruling requests with CBP when classification is ambiguous. Qualify goods under USMCA and other Free Trade Agreements, issue certifications, and own the annual country of origin and FTA solicitation project. Serve as the classification and origin authority for EU, UK, and other regional brokers. Analyze BOM data to support FTA qualification and manufacturing drawback. Adjudicate denied party screening results, investigating and resolving potential matches, documenting the disposition, and escalating to legal when warranted. Lead responses to CBP inquiries, post summary corrections, protests, prior disclosures, and Focused Assessments, serving as a direct point of contact with CBP and brokers. Own broker management, including issuing broker instructions, auditing broker and AES filing accuracy and performance, and reconciling discrepancies. Own the duty drawback program, preparing and reviewing claims, setting filing strategy, and maximizing recovery. Maintain a compliant, audit ready record retention system that meets all government requirements. Identify and pursue duty savings and risk mitigation opportunities, including FTA utilization, duty deferral, valuation, and tariff engineering inputs. Develop business cases, implementation plans, and stakeholder alignment strategies to successfully execute opportunities from concept through realization. Monitor regulatory changes across CBP, BIS, OFAC, and Census / FTR, and assess and communicate business impact. Design and deliver the import and export compliance training program. Write and maintain standard operating procedures and relevant sections of the compliance manual. Lead trade compliance projects and process improvements, and review the work of and mentor junior analysts. Manage project timelines, stakeholder communications, and implementation activities to ensure successful delivery of strategic trade compliance initiatives. Prepare and present monthly trade compliance metrics and program reporting to leadership. Monitor evolving global trade regulations, tariff actions, forced labor requirements, sanctions programs, and emerging compliance risks, evaluating business impact and recommending proactive mitigation strategies. Other projects and responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications & Requirements Licensed Customs Broker (LCB) certification required. Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) designation preferred. Bachelor’s degree preferred. 5–7 years of trade or customs compliance experience, with demonstrated ownership of determinations and audit responses, and compliance program initiatives. Experience leading cross-functional projects and driving process improvements is strongly preferred. Licensed Customs Broker (LCB) or Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) designation strongly preferred. Working command of 19 CFR, HTSUS, the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR), the EAR, and OFAC sanctions programs. Demonstrated knowledge of the current global trade environment, including Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs, UFLPA / forced labor requirements, sanctions and embargo programs, duty drawback, customs valuation, and Free Trade Agreements. Strong project management skills with the ability to independently lead initiatives, coordinate stakeholders, manage timelines, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Experience partnering cross-functionally with Procurement, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and/or Legal teams. Demonstrated ability to interpret complex regulations, develop policies and procedures, and translate regulatory requirements into practical business processes. Proven ability to work autonomously and exercise judgment on complex, ambiguous issues. Advanced Excel skills and the ability to analyze large data sets; experience with a an ERP (Oracle) preferred. Direct experience preparing duty drawback claims and qualifying goods under USMCA preferred. Strong communication skills, with the ability to interface with auditors, CBP, brokers, and senior leadership. Compensation The salary range for this position, intended for U.S. applicants, is $81,000 - $117,400 annually. This position is eligible to participate in Life Fitness / Hammer Strength’s annual Manager Incentive Plan to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of bonus varies based on company and individual performance goals and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan. Benefits a 401(k) savings plan with 4% employer match medical, dental and vision insurance parental, medical and military leaves of absence paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year paid vacation days beginning at 13 days annually paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws company paid short-term disability and optional long-term disability health savings account health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance hospital indemnity identity protection legal services adoption assistance tuition assistance commuter benefits employee discounts an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions Employees also have access to our state-of-the-art on-site fitness center featuring industry‑leading Life Fitness and Hammer Strength equipment, making it easy to support health and wellness before, during, or after the workday. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies. Equal Opportunity Employer Life Fitness / Hammer Strength is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. Life Fitness / Hammer Strength complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding employment, recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr