Regional Trade Compliance Leader—Global Purchasing

DRiV Incorporated; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DRiV Incorporated seeks a Global Trade Compliance Manager to provide tactical regional leadership within Global Purchasing. You will manage regional import/export compliance, classification controls, broker performance, and filings, aligning with global requirements and site teams.

The role leads a team or function, manages resources and budgets, and partners with cross-functional leaders to ensure compliant cross-border operations. This is a senior-level leadership position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in international trade, business, supply chain, logistics, finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in customs, import/export, global trade compliance, logistics, or a related field.
• Experience coordinating work across sites and functions in a regional or multi-country environment.
• Experience leading employees, projects, or functional resources and managing priorities within established budgets and deadlines.
• Working knowledge of customs and trade compliance requirements relevant to the assigned region.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the regional operational point of contact for customs and trade compliance and coordinate priorities across countries, sites, and business teams.
• Translate global trade compliance requirements into regional work plans, controls, procedures, training, and monitoring activities.
• Lead assigned employees or resources, set priorities, monitor quality, coach, and elevate material compliance risks.
• Partner with Global Purchasing and regional leaders to integrate trade compliance requirements into sourcing, supplier, logistics, and operations decisions.
• Oversee tariff and export-control classification processes, including HTS and ECCN data governance across ERP and broker systems.
• Coordinate import/export documentation, customs declarations, valuation, origin, assists, recordkeeping, and data elements.

Skills

Trade compliance

Data analysis

Project management

Communication

ERP systems

SAP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

SAP

ERP software

Microsoft Office

Job description

DRiV Incorporated seeks a Global Trade Compliance Manager to provide tactical regional leadership within Global Purchasing. You will manage regional import/export compliance, classification controls, broker performance, and filings, aligning with global requirements and site teams.

The role leads a team or function, manages resources and budgets, and partners with cross-functional leaders to ensure compliant cross-border operations. This is a senior-level leadership position.