Manager, Trade Advisory

Exciting Trade Advisory Opportunity to Help Make Global Trade Easy

The opportunity: 

The global supply chain is one of the most heavily regulated industries for all parties involved.  Everyone from the carriers, intermediaries, trucking companies, 3rd party logistics, freight forwarders, shippers, consignees, importers, exporters, and brokers face a challenging and complex task of navigating through a myriad of laws from the originating country, destination country as well as international treaties and conventions.

The Trade Advisory team, consisting of business consultants, lawyers and licensed customs brokers, offers advanced customs and trade expertise to help clients identify supply chain risks and cost savings opportunities. Flexport is looking for a Trade Advisory Manager to help lead our Trade Advisory services. In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing a team of associates and senior associates, growing our business and helping our clients navigate the complex web of global trade alongside some of the smartest people in the advisory, customs and logistics industries as we collectively challenge the status quo and reduce friction in global trade.

You will:

• Help manage a team of customs and trade professionals and be a proactive leader to build and grow Trade Advisory services.
• Help develop and roll out new trade advisory service offerings.
• Help companies manage trade compliance requirements and resolve trade related issues in their supply chain.
• Own an entire portfolio of clients and oversee a team of associates and senior associates in executing client deliverables and trade advisory initiatives.
• Strive to create an agile technology focused high performance culture.
• Use creativity to improve operational efficiency, leadership communication, and revenue growth.
• Develop trade advisory associates on researching trade related matters such as tariff classification, valuation, country of origin, free trade agreements, first sale for export, and other trade remedies.
• Maintain active communication with clients, customs and other government authorities, and internal stakeholders.
• Proactively stay informed on the latest customs and other government agency regulations, ruling issuances, and industry trends that are relevant to our clients.
• Organize and execute internal and external trade related communications.
• Support Trade Advisory infrastructure and administrative requirements.

You should have:  

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• Licensed Customs Broker required, J.D. or graduate degree highly preferred.
• 7+ years trade related experience working in house, at customs brokerage, consulting or law firm preferred.
• 1-3 years experience managing associates, projects, and business metrics.
• An advanced command of tariff classification, valuation, duty minimization and avoidance strategies, government regulations and rulings, and other trade information.
• Strong experience with CBP’s reconciliation program.
• Strong technical and legal writing skills.
• Public speaking and presentation skills, including experience with webinars, training sessions, and client facing presentations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and detail-oriented with superior organizational, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise with Microsoft Office suite and Google equivalents.
• High level of computer literacy. No paper. All digital.
• A "compliance first" attitude to keep our regulators happy and enthusiastic about Flexport since we operate in a heavily regulated industry.

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