UK & International Trade Compliance Lead

CO2007 CDW Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking a senior Trade Compliance Manager for UK & International operations to translate global policy into regional action, protecting CDW’s reputation and enabling international growth.

You will lead regional analysts, oversee licensing, screening, and country-of-origin determinations, and partner with Sales, Procurement, Logistics and Legal to embed scalable compliance across ERP and case-management platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in international trade compliance, including export controls, sanctions and customs.
• Proven experience leading or managing trade compliance teams.
• Strong working knowledge of UK export controls and sanctions frameworks, with exposure to EU dual-use regulation and U.S. EAR/ITAR in re-export scenarios.
• Proven experience managing regulatory relationships and supporting audits or investigations.
• High level of judgement, integrity and commercial awareness.
• Expertise in HS/HTS classification, ECCN/CLC determination, country of origin, valuation and Incoterms.
• Experience with licence applications (including SPIRE/LITE) and trade compliance systems.
• Strong technology literacy and comfort working with digital and automated compliance solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional trade compliance leadership and policy interpretation across UK and international entities.
• Oversee classification, licence management, restricted party screening and customs compliance.
• Provide guidance on HS/HTS classification, ECCN/CLC determination, country of origin, valuation and Incoterms.
• Engage with regulatory authorities, customs brokers, freight forwarders and logistics partners.
• Drive governance, standardisation and harmonisation of trade compliance processes and controls.
• Deliver regional trade compliance training aligned to global programmes.
• Track regional KPIs and support audits and regulatory inquiries.

Skills

International trade compliance

Team leadership

Export controls

Sanctions compliance

Customs compliance

Regulatory governance

Trade analytics

Risk management

Education

Trade compliance certification

Tools

Screening tools

ERP systems

Case management platforms

Job description

CDW is seeking a senior Trade Compliance Manager for UK & International operations to translate global policy into regional action, protecting CDW’s reputation and enabling international growth.

You will lead regional analysts, oversee licensing, screening, and country-of-origin determinations, and partner with Sales, Procurement, Logistics and Legal to embed scalable compliance across ERP and case-management platforms.