Christopher Snipes Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Ky, Us

Ulm, De

•Provide advisement and in-depth commercial and supply assessment analysis on tariff effects.•Manage 232 Tariff Exclusion Requests and Request Objections in coordination with commercial groups and customers•Lead Export Controls Program over 7 BUs, numerous metal products including copper, aluminum, and steel, across 85 locations producing in 10 countries including US, Germany, China, and Singapore.•Implement Export License and Sanctions Screening Software Globally•Optimize Sanction and Embargo screening to accommodate a dynamic geopolitical environment•Support establishment of ITAR program to supply space and aerospace customers

Ulm, De

•Manage Trade and Export Compliance 6 Business Units across 40 locations•Conduct compliance and costs savings analyses and exercises in Duty Drawback, USMCA, USGR, and other FTAs• Provide overall support to Customs operations for HTS and OGA analysis•Support ISO 37000 certification initiative for global assessment•Develop regional trade compliance training and provide specific training to procurement and sales staff.•Conduct Due diligence on regional businesses for customs and export compliance

Radolfzell, Baden-Württemberg, De

Manager within Global PMO for strategic projects regarding operational efficiency, critical project management, and profitabilityManager within PgmMgt department overseeing projects for business case creation and new product launches

Radolfzell, Baden-Württemberg, De

• Provide project management, reporting, and ad-hoc analysis to GM/VP-Americas for all US functional areas• Conduct product line profitability analysis by business, location, square footage, and asset utilization to consult on 5-yr strategic business plan considerations• Provide operational support to plants in matters of critical supply chain and manufacturing operations including on-site management of warehouse and manufacturing operations• Review Quarterly and Monthly Function Reports of all US functions for regular communication and Townhalls

Radolfzell, Baden-Württemberg, De

• Managed compliance across 10 global plants• Managed the US Program mitigating tariff liability for 2019 reducing effective tariff rate during the China Tariff hikes.• Managed an EU/CN team of 6 with CN and EU managing Intra-EU and EU-China Trade• Managed Global Import Entry and Export Program Management; Global Brokerage Business Management; Global Free Trade Document Solicitation Management for EU LTSD US NAFTA, AALA, MAs, and other FTAs; and US Reconciliation for NAFTA and Value.• Managed program transition from ZF Shared services to internal and contracted operations. • Implemented duty savings for the US-China Tariff Increases. o Altered Supply Chain, including in-bond movement, to mitigate tariff for suppliers. o Participated in supplier drawback programs.o Applied and received exemption of PCBs to mitigate Tariffs; utilized exemptions for Plastics.• Consulted internal Buyers on Supply Chain options and repercussions on sourcing and production locations.• Provided tariff analysis and trade regulation analysis for all new business RFQs.• Contributor to establishing Mexico Trade Company to facilitate intra-MX sales from IMMEX.• Participated in Vendor review and selection in Forwarding, Brokerage, and Compliance RFQ.• Contributed to the CTPAT compliance for US and Mexico plants.• Automated the email processes using Microsoft Flow and Forms to direct requests and capture operations data.• Developed Operations Reporting Database and Global Border Cross Database.

Bonn, De

• Coordinate US Export of Rack and Part Returns to oversees producers• Trace routed GM, FCA, and Ford shipments from Shipper to Destination through the US Export and foreign Import logistics• Follow up with Booking Agents and Carriers on late and stalled shipments

Southfield, Mi, Us

• Contributing member of STTAS Global PMO providing management guidance, writing articles, and providing scenario solutions• Agile Project Manager on NexGen system project replacing company-wide legacy system with updated technologyo Conducted Business Analysis and created Lean process flows for Global Classification, Qualification, Solicitation, and US Drawback, Entry, and Admissibilityo Participated in Product Ownership in US Import Entry and Admissibility, and facilitated acceptance criteria for all system facetso Lead and participate in Agile meetings and ceremonieso Provide consultation and lead initiatives to implement Agile practices in team and backlog organizationo Managed the Grooming of stories/epic/components and managed the testing of stories by userso Manage UAT and QA functions for projects and with emphasis on reducing Dev, QA, UAT feedback loopso Planned and documented high level system architecture and functional design• Managed other software development projects and work to increase efficiency and compliance in current processes.o Responsible for requirements gathering, specification development, and software testing.o Increasing the FTA document solicitation and qualification processes for EU-MX, South American ACE Agreements (55, 33, 41, 66, 67), and PAR4o Increasing acceptable commodities for an automated qualification process for FTAs for the US and its trade partners.o Implemented EDI increased operational efficiency for STTAS Ops to Client Broker communication• Manage Quality and Administrative projectso Manage the development of Disaster Recovery plans for the Brazil and Mexico offices• Developed modules in JSON for storage of client US Regulation Compliance data for the EPA, NHTSA, and APHIS. • Utilization of Project Management systemso JIRA, Confluence, Office 365 Sharepoint/OneNote

Southfield, Mi, Us

• Responsible for a team of up to 12 Analysts and developed a training program to on-board new hires.• Worked with the Process Manager, Operations Manager, and Analyst staff to improve daily processing of shipments through Lean and Six Sigma methodology; targeted cycle time, rework, and first pass yield of the Broker First Process. • Employed an Agile style of management with flexible and adaptive teams in an operational environment.• Managed the compliance process for GE divisions in Healthcare, Bio-Sciences, Aviation Engines, Aviation Systems, Grid Solutions, Intelligent Platforms, and Energy Connections including PGA for FDA, FCC, NHTSA/DOT, EPA/TSCA, and APHIS• Participated in the integrations of the GE Aviation Engines and Systems clients in the compliance process. Experience utilizing their ITAR management and materials management system to make commercial, marine, military determinations on products. Received training in BIS and ITAR and export controls to manage client imports.• Assisted internal IT and the PMO teams during proprietary software development processes. o Product Owner for the Broker Exception Request Portal and Global Admissibility Data storage. o Designed, developed, and managed the Operations Reporting Structure for the entire GE Client Pre-Entry Custom Compliance Operation in Greenville. o Provided blanket statements to Census Warnings, PGA, and Valuation processing.o Designed, developed, and implemented a customizable Automated Proactive HTS Workload Generation Process.

Southfield, Mi, Us

• Solicited all required information and documentation to attain compliance, identify duty savings opportunities, and produce pre-entry instructions for the designated brokerage for GE’s Consumption, Immediate Transport, Transport and Export and Temporary Import Bond entries. • Served as the primary analyst for GE’s Energy Management, Intelligent Platforms, Industrial Solutions and Power Conversion imports, and provided day-to-day account management and support for 50 sub-businesses across the US from 8/14 to 4/15. o Reorganized the email folder structure and instituted a daily report to track the progress of all pending shipments.  Increased the speed shipment email traffic could be located, and ensured progress was made in the solicitation of information for all pending shipments.  Achieved 36% reduction in the cycle time and 45% reduction in standard deviation of cycle time of shipment processing.• Developed operation interface enhancements for tracking and processing shipments in Access. Worked closely with fellow analysts and our managers to determine operational needs, and worked with IT staff to facilitate full implementation.o Designed two interface tools to calculate PGA applicability and provide on-screen overview of required compliance activities. o Created input fields for identifying and tracking systemic shipment issues. o Created pre-set responses for data elements and standardized input for tracking metrics. o Access Toolset is being deployed into the common database utilized by Greenville office teams.• Member of a 3-person team responsible for creating Analyst SOPs for GE Healthcare’s integration into STTAS’s service team, and providing service as compliance analysts throughout and after the integration. From May 2015 to the present.

Clemson, Sc, Us

Graded homework and quizzes and ran weekly study sessions for Dr. Khan’s Advanced Calculus course (MTHS 453).

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics