Americas Import Trade Compliance Specialist

Hewlett Packard Enterprise•Columbia, TX

3d•$109,000 - $251,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is hiring an experienced individual contributor and subject matter expert to provide import policy expertise and operational compliance support across the Americas, with an emphasis on the United States, Mexico, and South America. The specialist interprets customs requirements, develops practical guidance, performs complex analyses, and partners with business stakeholders to manage risk and improve import processes. The role also supports U.S. duty drawback operations, preferential country-of-origin determinations, and duty optimization initiatives. The specialist independently resolves complex import trade compliance and business issues within established policies, advises management and business partners, recommends policy and control enhancements, and leads projects or workstreams with regional impact. The role may provide technical guidance to peers and junior colleagues but has no direct reports and no people-management responsibilities. The position is hybrid, requiring an average of two days per week in an HPE office.

Requirements

University degree in international trade, customs, supply chain, logistics, finance, law, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Typically 7 or more years of experience in import trade compliance, customs brokerage, customs consulting, supply chain compliance, or a related field, supporting multiple Americas jurisdictions.
Demonstrated experience independently managing complex import compliance analyses, projects, audits, or remediation activities.
Working knowledge of U.S., Mexican, Canadian, and other Americas customs requirements and practical experience supporting import compliance.
Experience with duty drawback, duty recovery, free trade agreements, customs valuation, origin, recordkeeping, and broker management.
Advanced knowledge of import trade compliance principles and the ability to research, interpret, and operationalize customs requirements across the Americas.
Strong expertise in customs valuation, including transaction value, related parties, assists, royalties, proceeds, transfer-pricing interfaces, and alternative valuation methods.
Strong expertise in preferential origin and free trade agreement qualification, including USMCA, supporting documentation, supplier solicitation, certification, and verification readiness.
Strong understanding of non-preferential origin, country-of-origin marking, substantial transformation or other applicable origin tests, and the relationship between origin and trade remedies.
Strong knowledge of customs recordkeeping, retention, internal controls, audit trails, and documentation standards.
Strong knowledge of tariff classification, import entry requirements, broker instructions, post-entry corrections, protests, disclosures, reconciliation, drawback, and duty-refund mechanisms.
Ability to evaluate antidumping and countervailing duty exposure, special tariffs, and other government-agency requirements, escalating to legal or other specialists when appropriate.
Excellent analytical, data-modeling, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills.
Strong project and workstream management skills, including planning, prioritization, risk management, and execution across multiple countries and functions.
Experience with enterprise resource planning systems, customs portals/ACE, global trade management systems, broker data, and reporting or automation tools.
Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and translate complex regulations into clear, practical business guidance.
Strong stakeholder-management, consulting, training, negotiation, presentation, and written communication skills.
Ability to influence without formal authority and collaborate effectively in a virtual, cross-functional, and multicultural environment.

Nice To Haves

U.S. Licensed Customs Broker, Certified Customs Specialist, or comparable regional customs credential.

Responsibilities

Serve as an Americas subject matter expert for import policy, risk mitigation, and duty optimization.
Interpret and apply requirements concerning recordkeeping, customs valuation, related-party transactions, assists, preferential and non-preferential origin, free trade agreements, tariff classification, marking, admissibility, and import documentation.
Support country-of-origin determinations, supplier certifications, bills of material reviews, qualification analyses, and certificates of origin for preferential programs, including USMCA where applicable.
Evaluate non-preferential origin determinations and identify duty-mitigation opportunities consistent with applicable local rules.
Review customs valuation methodologies, supporting records, related-party considerations, assists, royalties, proceeds, transfer-pricing studies and impacts, and alternative valuation methods.
Establish and maintain compliant import recordkeeping practices, retention requirements, audit trails, and supporting documentation across relevant Americas jurisdictions with the Compliance Assurance team.
Automate pre-import PGA reviews to reduce delays.
Manage broker governance activities, operating instructions, performance metrics, issue resolution, and escalation of recurring compliance gaps.
Execute and improve U.S. duty drawback activities, including eligibility analysis, data validation, claim documentation, filing coordination, audit support, and recovery reporting.
Monitor regulatory changes, tariffs, trade remedies, preferential-program updates, and customs initiatives; assess business impact and communicate required actions.
Prepare for and support customs audits, desk reviews, requests for information, questionnaires, and internal assessments.
Lead ticketing issues and ensure they are assigned to the correct employee.
Develop import policies, work instructions, decision tools, training materials, and technical guidance for business stakeholders.
Lead process-improvement, data-quality, analytics, and automation initiatives to strengthen controls and reduce manual effort.
Collaborate with logistics, sourcing, tax, finance, legal, supply chain, business units, customs brokers, consultants, and government authorities as appropriate.
Produce regular reports on compliance performance, duty recovery, audit readiness, open risks, process improvement, service levels, and key regional developments.