Enterprise Manager, Americas Trade Compliance

CSL • King of Prussia, PA

10d • Remote

About The Position

The Enterprise Manager, Americas Trade Compliance, reporting to the Enterprise Director, Americas Trade Compliance, is responsible for supporting the execution and maintenance of CSL’s import-export compliance program in the Americas Region. This role ensures all CSL legal entities worldwide comply with applicable customs and trade regulations while seeking feasible savings for the business. Key responsibilities include managing daily oversight of import and export transactions in the Americas, ensuring compliance with local Customs and trade laws, export control laws, free trade agreements, and partner government agency requirements. The role also involves managing permits, registrations, duty mitigation programs, HTS classification, origin, preference, and customs value determination. The manager will monitor compliance readiness of CSL sites in the Americas, support regional operations, and manage customs brokers and outsourcing providers. Collaboration with strategic departments, business units, and functional leaders is crucial for driving process improvements, operational excellence, and optimizing duty spend. The position works closely with the Global Trade Compliance Program function to implement global policies, deploy regional procedures, monitor regulatory changes, and assess their impact on CSL. Compliance readiness is monitored through risk assessments, on-site reviews, and support for external government audits. The role interfaces with various CSL departments, customs brokers, freight forwarders, legal counsel, customers, suppliers, and CMOs, and supports the development of training materials and departmental goals.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 5 years of progressively responsible experience in highly regulated, multi-location environments.
• Experience in managing complex Customs and trade operations.
• Expertise in SAP GTS System and related IT projects.
• Experience with Customs and Export controls regulations, HTS and Explanatory Notes, binding rulings, and Customs Valuation rules.
• Thorough knowledge of entry processing, international freight industry standards and practices, and INCOTERMS.
• FDA coding experience.
• Skilled with special Customs programs (including FTAs, Drawback, FTZs, Value Reconciliation, etc.).
• Excellent skills in organization, prioritization, and negotiation; must excel under pressure.
• Able to collaborate cross-functionally to drive peak performance.
• Must be self-motivated, goal-oriented, and able to work independently in producing results.
• Proficient with: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop skills with other programs as required.
• Understand Quality systems and the importance of systems, operational excellence culture, and behavior to organizations.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or other similarly regulated industry.
• Strong leadership skills (e.g., priority setting, timely decision-making, business acumen, and dealing with ambiguity), and professional communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and utilize data to drive decisions and priorities.
• Able to influence and challenge senior leaders and peer groups.
• Comfortable around senior management.
• Experience in understanding industry trends and changes to practice standards so that CSL remains an industry leader.
• Display a strong level of engagement at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Nice To Haves

• Customs Broker license or exam preparation in progress preferred.
• Cross functional experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution and maintenance of CSL’s import-export compliance program in the Americas Region.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable customs and trade regulations worldwide.
• Manage daily oversight of import and export transactions in the Americas.
• Ensure compliance with local Customs and trade laws and regulations, including export control laws, free trade agreements, and partner government agency requirements.
• Manage import, export permits or registrations, duties mitigation programs, HTS classification, origin, preference, and customs value determination.
• Monitor the compliance readiness of CSL sites in the Americas region.
• Support the Americas CSL Customs and Trade operations in the region.
• Manage customs brokers and other outsourcing providers.
• Partner directly with CSL strategic departments, business units, and functional area leaders to drive process improvements, operational excellence, and optimize duty spend.
• Work closely with the Global Trade Compliance Program function to implement CSL Global Trade Compliance Policies.
• Deploy regional and local procedures.
• Monitor changes in trade regulations and inform GTC management about changes and impact to CSL.
• Monitor the compliance readiness of the region through the management of the CSL import and export compliance risk-assessment.
• Conduct on site compliance reviews (audits).
• Support all external government audits.
• Interface with CSL Business Management, CSL Global Supply chain and Logistics, Regional compliance Leadership team, customs brokers, freight forwarders, internal/external legal counsel, customers, suppliers, and CMOs.
• Provide support to develop training materials.
• Support the CSL Global Supply Chain with all departmental goals and objectives.
• Implement CSL Global Trade Compliance Policies, guidelines, develop and deploy regional and local procedures.
• Monitor regional key industry developments, legislative, and regulatory changes affecting CSL businesses, assess impact, and translate into processes and controls.
• Drive efficiency throughout the import and export processes.
• Develop import export data, duty spend and savings metric monthly reports.
• Responsible for FDA US import coding and USDA coding and permitting requirements.
• Oversee customs brokers in the region: KPIs, develop broker SOPs, adherence to contract obligations, performance, reporting of export and import data as per CSL requirements, monitoring POAs.
• Lead, transition and implementation to new selected brokers.
• Implement the Americas region record keeping, ensuring completeness as per regional, local requirements, and CSL internal Policy.
• Oversee HTS and ECCN classification as well as database and GTS Master data.
• Responsible for origin and preference determination, customs value, and duty program utilization as per CSL Policies.
• Support complex customs valuation requirements for non- commercial shipments and license/permit determination/application.
• Responsible for the CBP Customs value reconciliation program.
• Identify risks and opportunities in the Americas region and report to the Global TC team.
• Support Government audits and Customs Certifications, Internal Corporate, and GTC audits.
• Perform post-entry audits of CSL entities' entries.
• Identify duty and cross-border tax mitigation programs, analyze cost benefits and lead implementation of duty savings.
• Responsible for CBP Drawback and other duty mitigation programs.
• Manage GTS and Master data: denied parties screening, Trade embargoes, blocks, and other IT GTS related upgrades and projects.

Benefits

• Resources and benefits, from health care to financial protection
• Benefits designed to support the needs of employees at every stage of their lives
• Help paying for emergency backup care or summer camp
• Mental health resources
• Planning for your financial future
• Matching contribution to support your favorite charity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager