Global Trade Compliance Manager
- Compensation
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- Work setup
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- Seniority
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- Employment
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- Experience
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- Category
- Legal
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- • Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in customs, import/export, global trade compliance, logistics, or a related field.
- • Experience managing trade compliance processes, customs brokers, audits, classifications, valuation, special trade programs, and government interactions.
- • Experience coordinating work across sites and functions in a regional or multi-country environment.
- • Experience leading employees, projects, or functional resources and managing priorities within established budgets and deadlines.
Nice to have
- • Advanced degree or specialized education in customs, trade compliance, law, logistics, or supply chain.
- • Relevant customs broker license, trade compliance certification, or jurisdiction-specific professional credential.
- • Experience with automotive, manufacturing, aftermarket, or another high-volume cross-border supply chain.
- • Experience with programs or systems applicable to the assigned region, which may include IMMEX, CTPAT, OEA, Annex 24 and 30, ACE, or CARM.
Full description
JOB DESCRIPTIONNACA-117GLOBAL TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGERRegional Trade Compliance Leadership | Global Purchasing
JOB SUMMARY
The Global Trade Compliance Manager provides tactical leadership for trade compliance within an assigned region as part of the Global Purchasing organization. The role manages regional import and export compliance activities, classification and valuation controls, special trade programs, customs broker performance, government filings and inquiries, supply chain security requirements, and trade compliance data. The manager partners with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Tax, Legal, IT, logistics providers, customs brokers, and site teams to support compliant and efficient cross-border operations.
Consistent with the B10 Manager level, this role leads a single team or department function, manages resources and priorities to meet established objectives, supports work procedures and policies, maintains budget adherence, and resolves complex operational issues using sound judgment. Final level, reporting title, direct-report scope, and jurisdiction-specific requirements should be validated by Compensation, HR, Legal, and the hiring leader.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Regional Trade Compliance Leadership
- Serve as the regional operational point of contact for customs and trade compliance and coordinate priorities across countries, sites, and business teams within the assigned region.
- Translate global trade compliance requirements into regional work plans, controls, procedures, training, and monitoring activities.
- Lead assigned employees or functional resources, establish priorities, monitor work quality, provide coaching, and escalate material compliance risks.
- Partner with Global Purchasing and regional leaders to integrate trade compliance requirements into sourcing, supplier, logistics, and operational decisions.
Import, Export and Classification Compliance
- Oversee tariff and export-control classification processes, including HTS and ECCN data governance across ERP, trade compliance, and broker systems.
- Coordinate import and export documentation, customs declarations, valuation, country-of-origin, assists, reconciliation, recordkeeping, and other required data elements.
- Manage requirements involving participating government agencies and coordinate accurate declarations with responsible internal functions.
- Support customs rulings, requests for information, powers of attorney, liquidated-damages matters, and other government or broker correspondence with Legal and appropriate subject-matter experts.
- Monitor compliance with applicable regional export-control, sanctions, customs, and trade requirements and escalate potential violations under established protocols.