Daniel Leslie Email & Phone Number

I manage the import and customs team. I also, manage OGD regulations, and social audits completed by our vendors overseas. This involves negotiating contracts with Ocean providers, Forwarders, and Customs Brokers.

Ottawa, Canada Area

 Supervise Giant Tiger’s customs and regulation department, and the employees. Monitor brokers duties and contracts. Responsible for yearly associate performance reviews. Responsible for self-clearance program. Customs clear PARS and RMD shipments daily. Make sure Giant Tiger is obtaining applicable tariff treatments. Provide duty rates to buyers on imported goods for their purchasing quotes. Ensure that Giant Tiger is compliant with guidelines set out by Other Government Departments i.e. Health Canada, DFATD, and CFIA.  Prepare all B2 adjustments. Apply for duty-drawbacks and CITT advance rulings. Attended a number of seminars on Tariff Classification, NAFTA, Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, I.E. Canada’s annual Import Export conferences and I.E. Canada’s Food Forum. Responsible for shipping supplies to Giant Tiger’s Potsdam New York store. This included creating customs documentation, applying US HST codes, and regulatory documentation for the goods being sent. Responsible for fulfillment of CBSA’s requests for information.  Three major projects I executed at Giant Tiger; redesigned the entire record keeping process. This included adding a NAFTA verification procedure. Implemented the self-clearance project. This has not only allowed Giant Tiger to take complete control of their customs declarations, but saved the company over fifteen thousand dollars a year. Created the regulations department; writing all processes, and teaching our buyers, and associates how it will be executed.

Traffic, Customs, And Transportation Clerk/Technician

Traffic, Customs, And Transportation Clerk/Technician