Trade compliance director

at  Adient

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Develop and implement a standardized trade compliance program to ensure all entities comply with customs laws and regulations, as well as for the maintenance of customs special programs (IMMEX, PROSEC, VAT Certification).
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures and work instructions of the compliance and operational teams.
• Coordination of the customs teams for operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Respond to any customs internal or external audit.
• Develop annual technical training programs for all customs personnel (Operations and Compliance teams).
• Monitor customs regulatory changes to proactively determine how these may impact Adient’s operations.
• Provide support in special projects as needed (i.e. changes in or creation of legal entities, new production lines, etc.).
• Confirm that Adient has the proper documentation to support all its customs operations; specially the legal importation or stay of fixed assets.
• Build a high-performance team.
• Continuous oversight of Adient’s compliance with all customs laws and regulations. Establish compliance KPIs and measure them on a monthly basis.
• Monitor of tariff classifications of imported and exported goods (standardized tariff classifications throughout all Adient entities, as applicable).
• Work cross-functionally with the operations team as well as other Adient areas such as materials, engineering, procurement, legal, IT, finance, etc.
• Ensure proper origin qualification analysis are conducted, and that preferential duty rates upon import are correctly applied.
• Confirm correct customs valuation methodologies are applied depending on each entity’s operation; as well as the correct calculation of added value.
• Responsible for all trade compliance operations in Mexico.

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