David Thomas Email & Phone Number

United States

Remote

Responsible for managing global export compliance globally, denied party screening, compliance training and process management.

Greater Chicago Area

• Responsible for managing international global trade department, policies and procedures for privately held global organization that manufactures and distributes consumer and professional audio systems. Brought four different locations under one Global Trade Team, reporting to me.• Manage customs team of nine direct reports in four countries with a team of 20.• Manage all Foreign Trade compliance issues and government regulations including import, export, ITAR, EAR, EU and other global regulations.• Developed EAR and export compliance programs.• Manage and EAR licenses.• Implemented online training customs training program.• Implemented global logistics security programs (C-TPAT and AEO)• Managed customs brokers and freight forwarders for international logistics.• Manage Free Trade Agreements for multiple locations around the world.• Manage cross functional teams with Operations, Finance, Sales, Marketing and Engineering.• Manage customs duty spend, monitor trends and study duty mitigation programs.• Implemented Free Trade Zone management software in Mexico and China.

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for developing international global trade department, policies and procedures for Fortune 500 global organization that manufactures and distributes aerial work platforms, cranes, and material processing and material handling products.• Manage customs team of five direct reports in four countries.• Manage all Foreign Trade compliance issues and government regulations including import, export, ITAR, EAR, EU and other global regulations.• Developed ITAR and EAR compliance programs.• Manage and file ITAR and EAR licenses.• Implemented Amber Road Global Trade Management solution.• Implemented online training customs training program.• Implemented global logistics security programs (C-TPAT and AEO)• Managed customs brokers and freight forwarders.

Greater New York City Area

SAP GTS and US Customs and Global Trade Consulting.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Responsible for Global Trade systems and strategies for North America for the US subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA.

Greater Detroit Area

Manager of warehouse and consignment inventory.

Greater Detroit Area

Ba, Supply Chain Management

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General