Background:Experienced International Trade Compliance professional with nearly eight years in manufacturing and telecommunications industries providing support to six business units and nine locations across North America.Creative and analytical thinker with extensive knowledge of import operations, export controls, HTS and ECCN classification, Maquiladora operations, Free Trade Agreements, Country of Origin determination, AD/CVD analysis, Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs. ERP systems:- SAP, Oracle, BaaN, Exact Max, AS400Other software:- Microsoft 365, Adobe Acrobat Pro- ACE Portal CBP reporting tool.- TradeSphere, Amber Road (RPS, Trade Automation) export screening tools.Other responsibilities:- Records Retention officer for several sites; responsible for scheduling and maintaining offsite storage program.- Import broker management.- Foreign visitor screening.- Employee training. - Export hold release support. Achievements:- Assisted in implementation of ACH payment to CBP and created procedure to validate and document monthly withdrawal amount; $140k/year savings.- Led onboarding of new parcel import broker. Established SOPs, organized meetings, lobbied for and received reduction of $6.25/entry charge for additional services; $40k/year savings.- Worked with Corporate International Trade Compliance and local employees to integrate new company acquisition into business group. Integration included site visit, policy and procedure audit, resolution of audit findings and gatekeeper training.- Created procedure to monitor in-bond shipments to avoid unnecessary duty payment. Replaced manual review of shipping documents with Excel report; $22k and 260 work hours/year savings.- Implemented shared mailbox for foreign suppliers to send shipping documents to improve turnaround time when broker did not receive them; 40% improvement on delivery times for imports.- Trade Compliance lead for successful migration to TradeSphere export screening tool.- Developed onboarding checklist and training material for new Trade Compliance hires. Responsible for training of new hires and Trade Compliance gatekeepers.