The Compliance Europe Analyst is a subject matter expert in trade and compliance topics, internal and external customs and trade audits. The role will support the global trade and compliance group with periodic checks of the region’s customs declarations, assuring the correct operation of all import/export moves across the region avoiding government fines and impacts to the business and goods being moved across markets. They will assure business continuity for new and contingency based commercialization projects considering all compliance related risks and requirements needed to get the initiative up and running. They will help manage special programs in the region such as Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), IMMEX, free trade zones and make sure that the program keeps their validities year after year. The role will coordinate the agenda on classification of goods, confirming the correct HS Tariff Codes are being used, as well as confirming if there are any Free Trade Zone benefits for those specific products and origins resulting in cost avoidance from import duties. The role will support scheduled audits of the sector highlighting possible opportunities in the operations and avoiding possible government fines and/or service disruptions.

Responsibilities

• Create baseline of free trade agreements, special programs, free trade zones and special duty regimes that are currently being used in the region• Create a baseline of existing incoterms being used and create incoterm based strategies for operational benefits and possible productivity working alongside the ocean procurement team• Analyze new duty optimization opportunities that leverage the team’s productivity targets such as free trade agreements or special import/export programs• Support the team’s automation initiatives in collaboration with the global excellence and continuous improvement teams• Support team in delivering baseline of existing incoterms, free trade agreements, special import export programs, free trade zones and import-export duty regimes. • Support yearly strategies for the customs and trade team including operational forecasting, planning and working together with the ocean procurement manager for volume forecasting and planning. • Support standardization, continuous improvement, and knowledge management to unlock overall I/E and Customs & Trade optimization and decision making across sectors• Support automation initiatives that result in productivity and time for the team• Support relationships across sectors to assure smooth import export operation of goods • Leverage and replicate good practices across sectors • Create and control SOPs for the various C&T Sectors insuring service levels across sectors for internal customers • Contribute to a 4% YOY