Trade Compliance Manager

Job Schedule : Full Time, On site

Degree Level : Bachelor's Degree, in international trade, accounting, or other related discipline. US Customs Broker’s License in good standing with US Customs and Border Protection required.

Sponsorship : No

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We are currently looking for a Sr. Manager Customs Trade to join our team in Franklin, TN.

Manages all US and Canada Trade Agreements (FTAs) and content programs, including overall USMCA project management for North America. Acts cross-functionally to support FTA and other cost reduction objectives and compliance. Requires frequent executive exposure across many areas of the business across North America and has high visibility back to global leadership.

A Day in the Life :

• Develops / manages trade and content-related regulatory compliance programs and supporting procedures for special tariff and trade programs (USMCA and other US and Canada related FTAs, AALA, and CAFE), reconciliation, and country of origin compliance to help enforce corporate policies and preserve or increase duty savings and minimize risk of penalties under 19 CFR and 15 CFR.
• Calculates duty by model and tariff forecasts for production vehicles and parts.
• Leads ongoing cross functional governance reviews for USMCA with major facets of the business (Customs, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Program Management, Finance, Legal, Government Affairs, etc.).
• Develops strategies for implementation / compliance for USMCA and all US / Canada FTAs.
• Interfaces with various departments to analyze and compare the impact of country or origin of potential sourcing decisions / changes.
• Reviews, validates, and provides submissions and responses to US CBP, Mexico SAT, Canada CBSA, and the office of the United States Trade Representative as warranted.
• Manages internal reviews and external audits pertaining to content-related activities with external government agencies.
• Manages interfaces with external service providers related to content activity.
• Manages analysis and interpretation of economic factors such as raw material impacts, volume impacts, supplier sourcing dynamics and how these and other changes influence trade compliance activities for current and future production.
• Manages employees by establishing annual performance goals, allocating resources, and assessing performance.
• As necessary, performs other related duties of which the above are representative.

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