Specialist Customs & Trade Compliance

CPKC•Kansas City, MO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Specialist Customs & Trade Compliance Contractor will assess and redesign CPKC’s customs and trade compliance function across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The engagement will evaluate current processes and controls, develop an RFP for customs brokerage and customs services, benchmark practices across CPKC, support provider selection, and recommend a scalable future operating model covering governance, organization, process, data, and technology. This is an individual-contributor engagement with no direct or indirect reports and is a 12-month fixed-term opportunity. The position is based in Kansas City, Missouri, with 0–10% travel. CPKC notes that an employee’s location may change based on organizational requirements. The role may require obtaining or maintaining certification or qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, Business/Commerce, or a related field with a strong quantitative focus.
U.S. Licensed Customs Broker or equivalent international certification, education, and experience.
Minimum of 6 years of customs and trade compliance experience in complex, cross-border operations spanning the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Demonstrated experience assessing compliance programs, controls, broker performance, customs data, and operating models.
Experience developing customs brokerage or customs services RFPs, evaluating providers, negotiating service requirements, and supporting implementation.
Experience with customs audits, disclosures, corrective action plans, duty programs, classification, valuation, origin, and recordkeeping.

Nice To Haves

Railroad, industrial, transportation, or other asset-intensive operating experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

Assess customs and trade compliance processes, controls, roles, systems, documentation, broker oversight, and data flows across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Identify compliance gaps, duplicated activities, unclear accountability, financial exposure, and opportunities to strengthen governance and standardization.
Develop requirements, scope, service levels, pricing structure, implementation expectations, governance, and evaluation criteria for a three-country customs brokerage and customs services RFP.
Support bid analysis, due diligence, provider selection, negotiations, and transition planning.
Benchmark how CPKC teams manage customs and related trade compliance activities and define opportunities to consolidate work and eliminate duplication.
Recommend a scalable operating model, including accountability, decision rights, oversight, policies, controls, performance measures, issue escalation, records, data, and technology requirements.
Develop a prioritized roadmap with actions, owners, timing, dependencies, resource needs, risks, expected benefits, and measurable outcomes.
Facilitate working sessions and present findings and recommendations to Sourcing, Legal, Tax, Finance, Operations, Information Technology, Internal Audit, and executive sponsors.