Pay Ranges : $135,000 - $150,000
Position Summary:
The Global Customs Compliance Leader will oversee customs and trade compliance across all regions (Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific) and business units, including Packaging & Graphics, Color Materials, and Advanced Materials. This role is responsible for managing and enhancing a harmonized global customs compliance program that ensures legal adherence, operational efficiency, and strategic alignment. The position will drive a fully optimized, efficient, and cost-effective global customs compliance function by leveraging internal talent, standardized processes, enabling technologies, data-driven insights, and strategic external customs partners and service providers.
Essential Functions:
- Coordinate with external customs providers, customs brokers, and third-party logistics providers to meet service level agreements, conduct regular business reviews, and drive continuous performance improvement.
- Enhance and standardize global customs compliance procedures spanning all regions and business units.
- Drive continuous process improvement and transformation initiatives to simplify customs compliance activities, improve efficiency, reduce risk, and support business growth.
- Lead the optimization and governance of customs-related systems, processes, and data, including trade management systems, automated customs processes, Free Trade Agreement qualification tools, embargo and sanctions controls, and ACE-related functionality.
- Manage the global customs compliance organization to support a harmonized and scalable compliance framework.
- Oversee harmonized tariff classification (HTS), origin and preference determination, Country of Origin (COO) documentation, Free Trade Agreement eligibility, denied party screening, embargo and sanctions compliance, and manufacturing affidavits, including employee training and continuous improvement activities.
- Maintain accurate classification records using technical data, specifications, and engineering drawings.
- Conduct periodic reviews of customs classifications, compliance programs, and customs compliance manuals to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.
- Create and deliver formal customs and trade compliance training programs across key geographies.
- Document and publish internal customs compliance practices, procedures, and guidance to ensure global consistency and stakeholder awareness.
- Partner with logistics, procurement, warehousing, manufacturing, IT, and commercial teams to support complex international trade operations and ensure efficient movement of goods across global markets.
- Support internal departments with Country-of-Origin determinations, Free Trade Agreement qualifications, and required trade documentation.
- Leverage customs, duty, freight, and transactional data to identify compliance risks, duty savings opportunities, cost reduction initiatives, and process optimization opportunities.
- Develop, monitor, and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs), compliance metrics, and provider performance measures; translate insights into actionable improvement plans that enhance compliance, reduce costs, and improve operational effectiveness.
- Lead global customs compliance, systems optimization, and transformation projects to improve processes, technology utilization, and organizational effectiveness.
- Provide accurate and timely reporting on compliance performance, operational effectiveness, and strategic improvement opportunities to senior leadership.
Travel Requirement: 15-20%
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree required, in Supply Chain Management, Business Management or related field.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive customs compliance and international trade experience within a global manufacturing or chemical organization.
- Demonstrated experience managing global customs compliance programs across multiple regions and jurisdictions.
- Experience managing customs brokers, trade service providers, and third-party logistics partners, including development and oversight of service-level agreements and performance metrics.
- Experience supporting complex international trade operations, including import/export compliance, tariff classification, Country of Origin determination, duty optimization, and trade agreement utilization.
- Strong analytical experience using operational and compliance data to identify risks, interpret business and financial impacts, identify cost reduction opportunities, and translate findings into actionable process improvement and risk-mitigation plans.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects and influence stakeholders across supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, IT, finance, and commercial functions.
- Experience working with SAP and other customs, trade management, or transportation management systems; SAP experience preferred.
- Licensed Customs Broker preferred.
BENEFITSWe offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k)+match and life insurance. Eligibility of benefit timing may vary.
Note: The base pay range listed is a good-faith estimate of what Sun Chemical may offer to new hires for this position. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), relevant experience, education, certifications, and alignment with the minimum job qualifications. Additional considerations may include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity within Sun Chemical.
