Global Trade Compliance Operations Leader

Umicore; Antwerpen; Sur place; EUR 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Umicore is seeking a Global Trade Compliance Operations Director to lead the regional teams across EMEA, North America, and APAC from Brussels or Hoboken. You will oversee export controls, sanctions, and customs compliance, and translate strategy into practical, compliant operations.

You will drive KPIs, coordinate audits, and ensure alignment with global policies while advancing the Internal Compliance Program across regions. Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in trade compliance operations leadership in a multinational environment.
• Experience coordinating teams across multiple regions or countries.
• Strong understanding of trade compliance frameworks, including export controls, sanctions, and customs.
• Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, International Trade, Law, or related field.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to consolidate complex information into clear insights.

Responsabilités

• Lead and coordinate the Global Trade Compliance Operations team, including Regional Managers across EMEA, North America, and APAC.
• Ensure effective execution of export controls, sanctions, and customs activities at regional and country level, in line with global policies and standards.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear operational plans and ensure consistent implementation across regions.
• Establish and maintain a structured operational cadence, including regular alignment with Regional Managers and consolidated reporting.
• Consolidate regional operational input into a single overview, highlighting key risks, priorities, and required actions.
• Coordinate cross-regional operational topics such as audits, licence renewals, regulatory changes, and customs-related matters.
• Ensure that operational practices and processes are consistently applied across regions, while taking into account local regulatory requirements.
• Act as a quality check for escalations, ensuring that topics are clearly documented, prioritised, and supported with recommendations.
• Support resolution of cross-regional operational topics such as resource allocation, priorities, and timelines within the defined mandate.
• Define, monitor, and report operational KPIs across regions, including audit readiness, licence management, screening timelines, customs performance, and overall compliance execution.
• Monitor workload and resource allocation across regions and support adjustments where needed.
• Ensure close alignment with the Global Export Controls and Sanctions team and the Global Customs team, translating global guidance into practical application in the regions while maintaining clear separation of roles and responsibilities.
• Ensure that feedback from the regions is captured and used to improve policies, procedures, and ways of working.
• Support the operational readiness and implementation of strategic initiatives such as system roll-outs, process harmonisation, and governance changes

Connaissances

Trade compliance leadership

Cross-region coordination

Export controls knowledge

Analytical mindset

Clear communicator

Strategic execution

Matrix organization experience

Proactive mindset

Fluent in English

Formation

Master’s degree in Business/Supply Chain/International Trade/Law

Outils

SAP GTS

Description du poste

Umicore is seeking a Global Trade Compliance Operations Director to lead the regional teams across EMEA, North America, and APAC from Brussels or Hoboken. You will oversee export controls, sanctions, and customs compliance, and translate strategy into practical, compliant operations.

You will drive KPIs, coordinate audits, and ensure alignment with global policies while advancing the Internal Compliance Program across regions. Fluency in English is required.