Sr. Global Trade & Transportation Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Execute and oversee daily international transportation and origin operations for inbound shipments, ensuring efficient and timely execution.
• Monitor shipment performance across origin, consolidation, and ocean transportation milestones, resolving operational issues to maintain service levels.
• Partner with suppliers, freight forwarders, consolidators, ocean carriers, and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless transportation execution.
• Manage shipment exceptions and proactively resolve delays impacting inventory flow and customer service.
• Monitor transportation KPIs, transit performance, milestone compliance, and operational reporting to drive continuous improvement.
• Execute and maintain customs and trade compliance processes, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Manage customs broker performance, entry reviews, documentation validation, audits, and resolution of customs-related issues.
• Cook up customs documentation and support compliance for DDP and supplier-managed import programs while identifying and mitigating regulatory risks.
• Lead projects related to international transportation, customs compliance, trade operations, systems implementations, and process improvements.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, governance processes, training materials, and root cause analyses to strengthen operational performance and compliance.
• Maintain transportation visibility platforms, customs systems, operational dashboards, and KPI reporting while serving as a subject matter expert on global trade and origin operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 years of related experience preferred