Apac Trade & Compliance Leader

Telemetry Today Llc; Sydney; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking an experienced APAC Senior Trade Compliance Manager to support import/export compliance across APAC markets. You will interact with Security, Development, Legal, Tax, Procurement, and Operations to drive trade compliance initiatives.

You will build and own core trade compliance processes, advise on HTS, Schedule B, and ECCN classifications, and monitor regulatory changes impacting planning. Fluent in English plus Mandarin or Bahasa Malaysia is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of direct experience with customs and trade compliance in APAC Region.
• 5+ years' direct experience handling imports and/or exports customs clearance operations in APAC Region.
• 3+ years' experience leveraging technology to drive process improvements.
• Fluent in English + Mandarin or English + Bahasa Malaysia.

Responsibilities

• Build and own core trade compliance processes and analytical rhythms to align with subsidiary and key programs' objectives.
• Establish and manage positive business relations with key stakeholders and business teams.
• Manage daily tasks related to providing import/export compliance guidance in APAC markets, including conducting research, updating status reports, and coordinating team deliverables.
• Assist with technology, hardware, and software trade classification, including: HTS, Schedule B, and ECCN.
• Interface with internal and external functional partners to identify and rectify information/process gaps.
• Develop, document, and maintain operational processes and procedures.
• Build communications and training plans to ensure all internal and external partners are aware and aligned to trade compliance processes.
• Monitor import/export regulatory or procedural changes that could impact planning for import or related requirements in the APAC region, and clearly communicate those guidelines to stakeholders during the export/import planning process.
• Generate and contribute to performance requirements, timelines, and metrics for all related activities.
• Proactively identify and drive process improvement initiatives.
• Build and maintain a strict adherence to reporting and assessments.

Skills

Trade compliance

Customs clearance

APAC experience

Process improvement

Job description

Senior Manager - Trade Compliance, APAC, Global Trade and Product Compliance

Description AWS is looking for an experienced APAC Senior Trade Compliance Manager to support our business on a broad range of import and export compliance matters. You will interact with AWS Security, Development, Datacenter Engineering, AWS Services, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Tax, and other internal businesses and external stakeholders to drive trade compliance initiative. This position will report to the APAC Regional Trade Compliance Manager within the Global Trade and Product Compliance (GTPC) organization for AWS Security in Singapore. AWS is at the forefront of providing a broad set of global cloud-based services including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, deep Machine learning, robotics, and enterprise applications, to help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale. GTPC is responsible for ensuring that the infrastructure equipment necessary to support the AWS services are imported/exported in a compliant manner across the multiple countries where AWS operates and will expand.

Key job responsibilities

• Build and own core trade compliance processes and analytical rhythms to align with subsidiary and key programs' objectives
• Establish and manage positive business relations with key stakeholders and business teams.
• Manage daily tasks related to providing import/export compliance guidance in APAC markets, including conducting research, updating status reports, and coordinating team deliverables.
• Assist with technology, hardware, and software trade classification, including: Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), Schedule B, and Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)
• Interface with internal and external functional partners to identify and rectify any information/process gaps
• Develop, document, and maintain operational processes and procedures
• Build communications and training plans to ensure all internal and external partners are aware and aligned to trade compliance processes
• Monitor import/export regulatory or procedural changes that could impact planning for import or related requirements in the APAC region, and clearly communicate those guidelines to stakeholders during the export/import planning process
• Generate and contribute to performance requirements, timelines, and metrics for all related activities
• Proactively identify and drive process improvement initiatives
• Build and maintain a strict adherence to reporting and assessments

About the team

Why Amazon Security At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Qualifications and Experience

• 7+ years of direct experience with customs and trade compliance in APAC Region
• 5+ years' direct experience handling imports and/or exports Customs clearance operations and escalations in APAC Region
• 3+ years' experience leveraging technology to drive process improvements
• Fluent in English + Mandarin or English + Bahasa Malaysia