Poonam Arora (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, WI, US

Madison, Wisconsin, US

I volunteer w/MITA-Madison International Trade Association. Our goal is to educate, create opportunities for business growth and network

Rochester, NY, US

Created Trade compliance program from scratch. As a corporate leader I have supported the BU's by scaling complex regulations to bite sized implementable solutions. In addition to trade compliance I am also responsible for managing FAR/DFAR compliance and ESG.

Northbrook, Illinois, US

At IDEX, I was in charge of overseeing and managing all functions related to import and export (BIS & ITAR) compliance in the global business units. Some of my leadership responsibilities included M & A, risk management, internal auditing and strategic planning, I was team lead on compliance practices, which meant that my job entailed development.

At CNH, I was responsible for supporting the North America depot operations by providing the team with a knowledge base for import and export trade compliance. Additionally, I was lead compliance liaison for the EPA program. In both of these roles, I focused on auditing, finding solutions and training to ensure that mistakes were not repeated. In order to.

Bring awareness and training to Kansas City area business in the arena of international trade. By means of training and events

Mission, KS, US

ScriptPro is a pharmacy automation company and here I am broadening my horizon in the role of export trade compliance. As the US dollar is making exports more feasible. I am in charge of some domestic and all international logistic requirements for ScriptPro. By following panoply of government strictures for international trade (import and export).

I manage custom compliance with the help of a few direct reports for several accounts in a variety of industries. To name a few these industries include, but are not limited to, medical device, textiles, pharmaceuticals, agriculture equipment, and food importer. Compliance has many aspects to name a few documentation, record retention, supply chain.

Paris, France, FR

• Restructured & implemented an ACCESS database system that supported daily oversight of import shipment activities for all products.
• Created & updated SOP and working instructions to ensure compliance was closely adhered to by forwarders & Broker.
• Coordinated C-TPAT certification requirement efforts as a member of the C-TPAT committee.
• Developed KPI for monitoring & evaluating vendors and facilitated quarterly meetings to ensure performance was communicated to all vendors.
• Facilitated training and provided guidance to mitigate disruption and ensure smooth entry process related to FDA/USDA requirements and special trade programs while maintaining compliance.
• Recommended and executed routing changes, saving money

Columbus, Indiana, US

• Supervised two employees. Approved funds processed on statements.
• Researched, selected and implemented company’s first in house brokerage software (Editrade), enabling company to file entries on own.
• Negotiated ocean freight rates resulting in 15% savings with lane changes.
• Created company’s first product files and record retention procedure policies.
• Mediated CF28’s on compliance and various Custom’s office marking issues.

Alpharetta, GA, US

Achieved Tier 3 classification certification from UPS Regional office in Dallas, TX. Interfaced with steamship/rail/truckers, billing invoices, accounts payable/receivable, creating invoices. Made entry with USC dispatched containers. Audited others work and trained new representatives on importation laws such as FMC, CFR 17 and HTSUS

US

Managed logistics needs for multiple customers.

Sustainability Studies

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Mba

Ba, Mangement W/Emphasis In International Trade Compliance

Associates