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TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGER
Summary

SUPPLY CHAIN/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - Over 10 years of supervisory experience in field of Supply Chain and Operations. Expert in ensuring compliance for import/export regulations, corporate policies and best management practices, as well as operational expertise in Lean philosophies, inventory management, and ERP systems. History acting as liaison between Purchasing, Distribution, Transportation, Engineering, Customs, Manufacturing Facilities and Customer Service Departments. In depth knowledge of US and International Customs and import/export documentation, policies and regulatory requirements. Experienced in creating and leading Training Modules for Trade Compliance, Inventory Control, Purchasing and Lean.

Education
Penn State University 2008 M.B.A University Park, PA
University of Toledo 2001 Bachelors of Business Administration Toledo, OH
Highlights
  • Licensed US Customs Broker
  • ITAR Empowered Official (MLA, TAA, DSP's)
  • Commodity Jurisdiction filing
  • Lean/Six Sigma Yellow Belt
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Certified ISO Auditor
  • Visual Workplace design
  • Training development and deployment
  • Microsoft Project Management
  • CAGE and NCAGE codes
  • SNAP-R and ECCN classification
  • Inventory Control/Forecasting
  • Budget Management
Experience
Eaton Corporation October 2011 to March 2013 TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGER
Cleveland, OH
  • Head of Trade Management for North America, South America, Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Managed four Group Trade Managers and three Country Trade Managers Designed and deployed a Center of Excellence for HTS Classification and Free Trade Agreement verification, realizing over $1.5 million in savings in first year.
  • Led Regional Global Trade Management Self-assessment process, determined risk areas in over 130 sites.
  • Implemented CAFTA Free Trade verification, resulting in savings of $800k annually.
  • Account owner for ACE, SNAP-R and D-Trade.
  • Completed RACI analysis to identify all Trade Management activities, and assigned "Responsible" "Accountable" "Consulted" and "Informed" labels to specific functions.
  • Ensured business ownership for Trade Management at the tactical level.
  • Recommended investments in Global Trade Management software, third-party consulting and e-Learning training modules to improve efficiency and reduce costs within function.
Laird Technologies September 2008 to September 2011 GLOBAL TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGER
Chesterfield, MO
  • Led Global Risk Assessment program in reviewing 34 locations, ranking each site on level of risk and developing corrective action plan to ensure each site at an acceptable level.
  • Reduced and eliminated risk in Import, Export, and Supply Chain Security.
  • Successfully validated global Harmonized classifications for raw material and finished goods, ECCN/ITAR, and Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Material.
  • Created database within ERP, and installed flagging for license requirements, HAZMAT, ITAR, etc.
  • Created and deployed ITAR Internal Control Plan and training for all company Empowered Officials, Engineers, Customer Service/Sales, and Compliance resources.
  • Managed Trade Management Software implementation project resulting in standardized documentation and automated Denied Party Screening.
  • Successfully reduced duty outlay by 20% through duty engineering, tariff consolidation, and free trade agreement participation.
  • Mitigated US Customs Pre-Penalty on disputed HTS code for US Import through successful Protest of US.
Eaton Corporation August 2007 to September 2008 TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGER
Cleveland, OH
  • Managed US Export and Import compliance for the Automotive and Truck Divisions, approximately $3.5 billion in revenue.
  • Lead Empowered Official.
  • Completed all DSP-5 and DSP-73 filings as well as MLA for site in Tzcew, Poland.
  • US Importer Self Assessment process for Electrical Division resulting in self reporting ability for the company, removed risk of a Customs Focused Assessments.
  • Integrated compliance processes into Sourcing, Transition, New Product Development and Sales decisions.
  • Created and deployed US Import and US Export training via E-learning module.
  • Reduced Import duty by 15% through tariff consolidation.
  • Created internal ITAR Technology Control Plan for military sales.
Eaton Corporation February 2005 to August 2007 MATERIALS/SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
Cleveland, OH
  • Managed US import/export compliance, domestic and international logistics, purchasing, inventory, and production scheduling.
  • Led ERP re-implementation project which reduced DOH by 25 days and inventory dollars overall by $1.5 million.
  • Instituted Lean concepts that led to work order lead time reduction of ten days.
  • External cost out of $300K in logistics savings and duty drawback.
  • Managed 9 salaried and 15 union employees.
  • Champion of Lean Pull systems.
  • Created Forecast Methodology for job shop environment, improving accuracy by 34%.
  • Lead Project Manager on divestiture of product line.
  • Full inventory review, and tender to buyer.
  • Key project member on several new foreign sourcing decisions, and new foreign production locations.
  • Completed full, landed cost review for all of these decisions.
Kellogg Company December 2001 to February 2005 PROJECT SPECIALIST/KELLOGG COMPANY
Battle Creek, MI
  • Ensured compliance of all US imports for the Kellogg Company.
  • Realized +$200K in US Duty Drawback.
  • Managed Importer Self Assessment, C-TPAT, FDA BTA's.
  • Coordinated Logistic and Compliance supply chain activity reducing lead time by 5 days.
  • Managed shipment schedules to maximize productivity and cut costs for inbound cereal inserts and freeze dried fruit.
  • Presented carrier-performance metrics, Customs Broker KPI's and monthly costs reports to executive team.
Detroit Diesel December 1999 to August 2000 MATERIALS PLANNER
Detroit, MI
Transmission Technologies Corporation December 1998 to December 1999 MARKETING INTERN
Toledo, OH
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Eaton Corporation
  • Laird Technologies
  • Kellogg Company
  • Detroit Diesel
  • Transmission Technologies Corporation

School Attended

  • Penn State University
  • University of Toledo

Job Titles Held:

  • TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGER
  • GLOBAL TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGER
  • MATERIALS/SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
  • PROJECT SPECIALIST/KELLOGG COMPANY
  • MATERIALS PLANNER
  • MARKETING INTERN

Degrees

  • M.B.A
    Bachelors of Business Administration

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