Resumen

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Responsible for developing, leading, and governing the company’s global trade compliance program in LATAM. This role ensures compliance with all applicable customs, trade, and export regulations while enabling efficient cross-border operations, supporting sourcing and manufacturing strategies, and minimizing tariff and duty exposure.

The Sr Trade Compliance Mgr leads the México´s Trade Compliance team and partners cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Legal, Finance, and Manufacturing to ensure regulatory compliance is embedded into business processes and decision-making, while supporting operational efficiency and cost optimization.

Responsabilidades

Trade Compliance Governance & Risk Management

- Own and manage the LATAM trade compliance governance framework across import, export, customs, and trade programs

- Provide executive oversight to ensure compliance with IMMEX, export controls, sanctions, and other applicable regulations.

Tariff, Duty & Free Trade Strategy
- Set strategy and oversee execution of tariff mitigation and duty optimization initiatives (e.g., USMCA qualification, tariff engineering, IMMEX, etc).

- Monitor and assess general tariff and regulatory developments and advise senior leadership on business impact and risk.

- Own and manage enterprise-wide HTS classification, country of origin determination, valuation, and trade documentation governance.





Cross-Functional Integration
- Drive integration of trade compliance requirements into strategic sourcing, procurement, product design, and manufacturing processes.

- Establish and provide ongoing leadership of a cross-functional Trade Compliance Committee, ensuring alignment across Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Manufacturing, and regional teams.

LATAM & Operations
- Provide strategic governance of trade compliance activities supporting Mexico´s manufacturing and Branch operations, including IMMEX compliance and coordination with local leadership.

- Lead the customs and trade compliance strategy for international trade flows from Mexico to the United States, Canada, Central America and South America.

- Drive harmonization of trade compliance processes and standards across México´s operations to improve consistency and efficiency.

Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Lead and manage the México´s trade compliance organization, including operations leaders and teams.

- Set clear accountability, performance expectations, and development paths across the México´s team.

Systems, Data & Process Improvement
- Drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives across México´s operations.

- Define and own KPIs to measure compliance health, risk exposure, operational efficiency, and cost savings.

Calificaciones

Required level: Bachelors degree

Preferred level: Masters degree

Minimum years of experience: 12

REQ-155524

📌 Senior LATAM Trade Compliance Manager (Ciénega de Flores)
🏢 Panasonic North America
📍 Ciénega de Flores