As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2024 revenue of $3.6 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,500 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.

Position Overview

The Trade Compliance Senior Manager will leverage past experience and expertise, and relations with appropriate government regulatory agencies, to provide practical guidance in the application of customs and related international regulations, across the multiple countries where H.B. Fuller does business. The position works collaboratively with supply chain, logistics, procurement, customer service, regulatory, finance/tax and business operations, including steady partnering with the legal group.  
This role will execute on a broad range of short, medium, and long-term projects aimed at developing and managing a comprehensive export/import control infrastructure to ensure compliance with all regional regulations (NA, EU/UK, IMEA, LATAM, APAC). This position will also take the lead for optimizing the use of technology, such as trade management software, automation tools, and data analytics platforms, to maximize trade compliance efficiency. The successful candidate will be forward-thinking with the ability to tackle challenges head-on and find viable solutions, and should be able to present confidently to the senior and executive level.
There is flexibility for some remote work as an option.

Primary Duties

• Supervise small team of global trade professionals across different countries

• Provide risk mitigation and operational solutions to business leaders and stakeholders regarding cross-border strategies

• Identifify, create and deploy new import/export processes across regions, relative to key workstreams (i.e., compliant customs clearance declarations, trade sanctions, duty mitigation and free trade claims, unfair trade practices record keeping).

• Maintain awareness of changing laws, regulations and current industry movements and provide timely, accurate and useful written and spoken analysis regarding applicable issues of potential impact.

• Respond to stakeholder inquiries and support international transactions by providing regulatory and policy and interpretations relative to import and export compliance procedures, documentation, and business processes.

• Conduct stakeholder training and prepare appropriate guidance documentation. 

• Confirm alignment between business operations and applicable legal requirements to meet and maintain high performance levels for import/export transactions.

• Lead communications with any in-country customs authority regarding official inquiries or controversies including external regulatory audits, resolve discrepancies, and take  corrective action as appropriate.

• Perform internal risk evaluations, and create methods to address identified risks including executing an audit plan, and monitoring import / export entry transactions. 

• Lead the vetting, adoption and implementation of global trade management software.

• Ensure data mining and data analytics efforts are in place to identify global trade compliance metrics and trends and generating performance and other key metrics for export and import processes.

• Assist with M&A due diligence.

Minimum Requirements

• BS/BA in any related fields of Supply Chain/Logistics, International Trade, Economics, Auditing or Business (equivalent experience will be considered)
• 7+ years of direct experience with foreign trade, customs, sanctions and trade compliance in a global organization
• 3+ years of direct experience handling customs import/export clearance operations and escalations in a global scale
• Fluency in English

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H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.

H.B. Fuller does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with H.B. Fuller, a written service agreement must be executed by Human Resources prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed service agreement, H.B. Fuller shall not be obligated for payment of any fee or compensation.