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Job Purpose and Impact

• The Trade Compliance Excellence Consultant job implements complex global trade compliance operations activities and leads complex cross-border trade activities using substantial trade compliance knowledge. In this role, you will provide high quality service with focus on continuous improvement. This job executes activities such as complex classifications and preferential origin. You will develop and implement trade compliance operations and sensitized data strategies, manage processes, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop goals and objectives for the benefit of the business. 

Key Accountabilities

• OPERATIONAL EXECUTION: Leads implementation of global trade and compliance operations activities within a country or region in support of business goals, including performing complex global trade and compliance transactions in accordance with business strategy and objectives, and validating and coordinating import and export transactional data and document requirements to complete cross border filings and clearance. Lead expert determinations on complex customs classifications. Determine the qualification of preferential origin to maximize duty savings and ensure compliance with origin requirements
• TRANSACTION AUDITING: Handles regular audits and assessments of trade transactions to ensure compliance with complex import and export regulations, customs requirements and trade agreements. Manage regular post-transactional testing and assessments of trade transactions to ensure compliance with complex import and export regulations, customs requirements and trade agreements.
• DOCUMENTATION REVIEW: Leads analysis and ensures trade documents, including invoices, preferential trade documentation, shipping documents, export licenses and other cross border documents are accurate, complete and in compliance with legal and fiscal requirements, and that records are maintained according to guidelines. Analyze and interpret customs regulations across multiple jurisdictions; communicate requirements to business stakeholders in clear, actionable terms.
• RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Develops positive relationships with internal and external collaborators and partners to implement cross border trade solutions.
• METRICS ANALYSIS: Monitors and analyzes key performance indicators and performs complex analyses for compliance operations in the designated location to evaluate process effectiveness.
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Acts as key point of contact for the execution of internal global trade and compliance projects to drive operational process or policy improvements. Other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

Minimum Requirements  

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. 
• Advanced knowledge on customs regulations as well as other government agency regulations. Deep Incoterms (International Commercial Terms) knowledge.
• High-level expertise in complex classification, origin determination and free trade program management.

Preferred Requirements 

• Knowledge of global trade technology for example SAP/GTS (Global Trade Solutions)
• Knowledge and experience of North America Free Trade Agreement applications, CTPAT and Quota management Customs Broker License and/or any Customs Specialist Certification