Regional Manager Trade Compliance

About Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados)
The Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados).com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognise unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

• Lead, develop and engage a team of trade compliance professionals, with a One Confidencial (Apenas para Cadastrados) philosophy.

• Serve as the primary contact for customs officials in the region.

• Optimize regional duty savings.

• Provide regional input to foster the creation and maintenance of a robust global governance framework for customs and trade compliance. (Policies, processes, procedures, guidelines, metrics and KPI’s reporting, self-audits, alignment with legal and ethics, governance committee meetings, regularly review and update policies, compliance calendar)

• Execute internal controls and perform risk assessments based on guidance and in close collaboration with the CoE for trade compliance. Develop and implement action plans to mitigate potential risks.

• Develop and conduct training and awareness programs for team members, employees across the region, and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. brokers) to ensure adherence to policies and procedures related to customs and trade compliance.

• Drive regional implementation of strategic initiatives, continuous improvements, and solutions to accommodate new trade requirements, in close collaborate with trade compliance global process owners.

• Provide resources to support strategic imperatives and prioritized projects.

• Owning and solving business challenges related to customs and trade compliance.

• Lead periodic regional meetings with relevant stakeholders and regional management to listen to the regional and business needs, to educate the broader organization, and to discuss business solutions for ongoing or new challenges.

• Build relationships with business and functional leaders to ensure strategic alignment and to attain annual objectives.

Expertise / Knowledge / Skills

• Educational degree and sound experience in all aspects of trade compliance (+/- 10 years).
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant subject matter experience in customs and trade
• Previous experience of leading, developing, and engaging others, particularly remotely
• Regulatory compliance: understanding of laws, regulations, sanctions, and industry standards including the ability to practically implement in the region.
• Risk Management
• Project management
• Technology proficiency, i.e. ERP and connected systems, ideally SAP and SAP GTS
• Experience in dealing with customs officials.
• Fluent in written and spoken English, other languages are an asset.

• Global perspective
• Leadership
• Interpersonal skills
• Driving results
• Communication and presentation

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