Manager Trade Compliance Snacking

McCain Foods; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

McCain Foods is seeking a Global Trade Compliance Manager for the Snacking portfolio to lead trade compliance strategy and alignment across regions. The role supports product launches, market expansions, and cross-functional supply chain initiatives.

You will embed compliance into business decisions, manage risks, and enable efficient market access while collaborating with regional teams and external partners. Hybrid work with in-office days is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Food Science, Law, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in trade compliance, customs, international trade, supply chain, or related project management roles.
• Experience supporting new product launches, market expansions, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with SAP GTS or Oracle GTM is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary trade compliance contact for global Snacking growth initiatives, including new product launches and market expansions.
• Coordinate trade compliance execution across multiple regions with stakeholders and timelines.
• Lead trade compliance workstreams, manage risk, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Develop global guidance, tools and templates to support scalable compliance practices.

Skills

Trade compliance

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Food Science, Law, or related field

Tools

SAP GTS

Oracle GTM

Job description

Position Title: Manager Trade Claims Snacking

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 43085

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About The Role.

The Global Trade Compliance Manager, Snacking Portfolio reports to the Director, Global Trade Compliance and leads trade compliance strategy and coordination for McCain’s global snacking business. This role supports key growth initiatives including new product launches, market expansions, co-manufacturing partnerships, and supply chain changes. Working across regions, the role embeds trade compliance into business decisions, proactively manages risk, and enables efficient market access for strategic growth opportunities.

What You’ll Be Doing.

• Serve as the primary trade compliance contact for global Snacking growth initiatives, including new product launches, market expansions, and co-manufacturing partnerships.
• Partner with business teams and regional trade compliance managers to identify requirements, risks, and market access considerations early in project planning.
• Coordinate trade compliance execution across multiple regions, aligning subject matter experts, requirements, and project timelines.
• Lead trade compliance workstreams, manage risk, and provide recommendations that support effective business decisions.
• Develop global guidance, tools, templates, and documentation frameworks that support consistent and scalable compliance practices.
• Build expertise in specialized trade requirements and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and collaboration across regions.
• Manage multiple concurrent global projects, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and risks are effectively monitored and addressed.
• Maintain centralized records of compliance decisions, risks, and project outcomes.
• Provide leadership reporting and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and best-practice sharing.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful.

• Bachelor’s degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Food Science, Law, or a related field.
• Professional trade compliance certifications such as CCS, CES, or Licensed Customs Broker are considered assets.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in trade compliance, customs, international trade, supply chain, or related project management roles.
• Experience supporting new product launches, market expansions, supply chain transformations, or other complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Working knowledge of tariff classification, origin determination, import/export requirements, licensing, and trade documentation.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to deliver results without direct authority.
• Strong business acumen, problem-solving capability, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into practical guidance.
• Food, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or agri-food industry experience preferred.
• Experience with trade compliance systems such as SAP GTS or Oracle GTM is an asset.
• Demonstrated strengths in program and portfolio management, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, change management, facilitation, collaboration, and influencing.

About The Team.

The role sits within the Global Trade Compliance organization and reports directly to the Director, Global Trade Compliance. While the position has no direct reports, it collaborates extensively with Global and Regional Supply Chain, R&D, Food Regulatory, Procurement, and Logistics teams, as well as external consultants, certification bodies, and regulatory agencies. Occasional global travel is required to support business initiatives and stakeholder engagement. This role operates in a hybrid work environment with a minimum expectation of three days per week in the office.

Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain Experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics

Division: Global Supply Chain

Department: Global Trade Compliance

Location(s): NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam

Company: McCain Foods Holland B.V.