NA Import / Export Specialist

About the role

The Optical Communications segment of Corning has evolved to offer comprehensive optical solutions across the broader communications industry. This position focuses on process and analytical support for US import/export operations and material flow.

Responsibilities

• Manage US import/export data for spend visibility and management of applicable duties, tariffs and fees.
• Third party point of contact with NA OFC FTZ service providers and partners for FTZ operations; lead activities for business process management, trade compliance, improvement and control.
• Career development and maintenance of communication processes and metrics for NA OFC import/export performance; closely align with Finance for all supporting spend management data.
• Coordinate US duty drawback activities; provide analytical support and maintain process rigor for month-over-month cost recovery.
• Oversee US import entries; proactively identify errors for correction, root cause analysis and process improvement, in close collaboration with NA Trade Compliance.
• Provide import/export analytical support for OFC Mexico operations, US<->Mexico ware flow and all related financial activity.
• Ensure US import/export process alignment with NA OFC FTZ operations; optimize non-FTZ ware flow processes to maximize duty mitigation and cost recovery.
• Provide non-standard import/export process and transactional support to NA OFC operations, in close collaboration with NA Trade Compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or Trade from an accredited university program
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in supply chain, logistics or trade related roles

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain, logistics and trade
• Demonstrated knowledge of import/export processes, roles, systems and accounting
• Operations focused; transactional based knowledge and experience
• Project management skills
• Data analysis and visualization skills
• Project Management / Project Leader with demonstrated proficiency in leading projects and cross functional teams
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated collaboration skills in managing expectations and supporting interests of multiple stakeholders (internally and externally)
• Demonstrated organizational and communication skills for data summary, reporting and management
• Ability to analyze and use historical and experimental data to determine optimum solutions
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Advanced MS Office proficiency

Desired Skills

• SAP proficiency
• Project Management
• Proficiency with Excel, Power BI