Liz Johnson Email & Phone Number

Focused, highly detailed, and ambitious trade compliance professional with over 12 years of experience preventing, assessing and mitigating risk within U.S. import/export and global trade compliance regulation. Currently representing a multinational manufacturer providing services across eight diverse markets in 100+ countries, I partner with key stakeholders from all business units and roles to scale global compliance processes, advise executive leadership on current and forecasted regulations, and embed risk prevention and mitigation strategy into corporate compliance culture. Curated industry expertise across the following sectors: agricultural commodities/products/equipment, industrial goods and manufacturing, utility & telecommunications infrastructure, solar, automotive, consumer electronics, outdoor recreation, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, human and animal food and animal by-products, meat and poultry, and animal health and veterinary devices.Extensive experience managing global project teams and service providers to drive scalable process improvement and cost reduction programs. Concentrations & Experience:* Global supply chain initiative/customs regulation advisory across North America, EMEA, LATAM, APAC * U.S. Customs brokerage management and expertise across a wide array of industries * Import and export laws and regulations (19 CFR, USHTS, EAR, WTO, WCO, OFAC/OFSI Sanctions)* Liaison to the following: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Canada Border Services Agency, international trade associations, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and global suppliers* Coordinate and drive meaningful collaboration across tax, legal, operations, logistics, financial, and investor relations teams * Software selection, budgeting, and implementation (U.S. Customs ABI/EDI Software, commercial risk intelligence analytics software and API integration) * Free Trade Agreement and rules of origin analysis and application * Corporate social and sustainable sourcing strategy * Broker/Sanctions/Supplier best practices SOP creation, implementation and periodic review* CTPAT trade compliance program leadership* Customs valuation and duty mitigation/deferral/recovery: Section 301/232 exclusions, chapter 98 provisions, duty refund via reclassification/valuation/FTA review, tariff engineering opportunities, first sale, drawback* SME and project lead for technical customs audits, prior disclosures, and requests for information* Sanctions/anti-boycott compliance and training

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  Centre College

  B.A. French Language And Literature/Government