Director, Trade Compliance

About the role

Spreetail is looking for a Licensed Customs Broker to lead our global trade compliance strategy. You will design scalable frameworks to manage cross-border operations, reduce landed costs, and integrate compliance across our supply chain.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Build partnerships with Legal, Supply Chain, Finance, and IT teams to align compliance goals with business objectives.
• Evaluate existing import and export activities, classification accuracy, and documentation to identify operational gaps.
• Execute immediate improvements by refining broker standard operating procedures and resolving classification errors.
• Create a KPI dashboard to track entry timeliness, screening compliance, and classification precision.
• Design a long-term strategic roadmap and present duty-saving initiatives to company leadership.

Requirements

• Must be a Licensed Customs Broker.
• Significant experience in trade compliance, specifically regarding valuation, classification, licensing, and audits within high-volume environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects involving logistics providers, brokers, and internal cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in presenting risk assessments and strategic roadmaps to executives.
• Technical expertise in duty optimization, including duty drawback, First Sale for Export, and Free Trade Agreements.

Skills & tools

• ACE and AES systems
• ECCN and HTS classification tools
• Denied party screening software

Practical notes

• Work Your Way program: Employees choose their work location. Quarterly travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, is required for team collaboration.
• Eligible states for residency: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision plans, paid parental leave, wedding week leave, and paid time off for community service.
• No college degree is required.
• Official communication only comes from spreetail.com or Lever. Do not respond to requests for money or emails from @spreetailjobs.com.