The Group Director of Global Trade & Customs Compliance is responsible for ensuring the Company's compliance with all trade regulations, laws and security programs. They also work to mitigate the risk of non compliance efficiently and effectively to minimize costs and penalties.
Strategy:
- Set the global strategic trade & customs compliance initiatives to support: 1. on-going compliance, 2. future growth based on the corporate objectives and business requirements, 3. global sourcing initiatives and cost reductions.
- Define the global Customs compliance requirements and work with regions to implement procedures for Harmonized System (HS) classification, country or origin, recordkeeping and valuation.
Project Management & Implementation:
•Identify compliance process gaps, understand criticality of gap and build a roadmap for improving compliance controls; manage compliance project resources in the design of process changes to implement business controls.
•Ownership of internal & external Customs audits, self assessments and periodic audits.
Execution:
- Work with regional compliance team to implement business controls, coordinate training needs and monitor and ensure adherence to policies and procedures.
- Management of trade Agreements, duty relief programs, global export control, denied party screening, etc.
- Broker and service provider selection and management for global programs.
- Adherence to foreign customs laws & regulations (import/export) through continuous monitoring of existing and changing legislations in the countries which Tiffany operates. Implement new trade initiatives and internal controls.
- Identify opportunities for process efficiency through system automation for key import/export data, documentation, recordkeeping, and interface with Customs authorities. Global standard operating systems for customs compliance.
- Develop standards to participate in government programs such as C-TPAT and Customs-self assessment.
- New Operations setup, business opportunities and product launches as it relates to customs compliance.
Staff Development:
- Technical support, training & development of customs teams. Additionally develop supply organization with data analytic tools
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree. Customs Broker license
- 7+ years import / export compliance experience.
- Experience in U.S. customs regulations and the ability to classify products using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
- Strong knowledge of NAFTA, ISA FTAs, ISF and C-TPAT.
- In-depth understanding of complex global trade laws and regulations.
- Experience translating operations metrics into financial performance.
- Oversee the execution of day to day operations.
- Present ad-hoc and formal presentations to executive audiences.
- Manage own work and others' amid shifting priorities in a global environment.
- Build relationships across functional and staffing levels
- Excellent PC skills and proficiency with Microsoft applications
- Graduate degree strongly preferred in specialized field such as International Logistics, Supply Chain Management or International Finance.
- Logistics or manufacturing experience is a plus with experience in project & change management.
- Post-graduate studies in International business, experience in process improvement practices or luxury retail a plus.
- Multilingual
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