Sr. Analyst, Trade and Customs (Aerospace & Defense)

Molex; Georgetown (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Education assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Life insurance

Disability

Job summary

Molex's Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS) division seeks a Sr. Analyst, Trade and Customs to support U.S. and Canadian import/export operations, focusing on aerospace, defense, and regulated products.

You will work with brokers, partners, and internal teams to ensure compliant shipments and robust documentation and controls across ADS operations. You will analyze import activity, manage tariff and regulatory classifications, and contribute to audit readiness, process improvements, and KPI

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, International Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 3+ years of trade compliance, customs, or import/export experience.
• Experience with customs brokers, entry reviews, post-entry activities, and import/export compliance.
• Knowledge of HTS, Schedule B, ECCN, country of origin, valuation, Incoterms, and trade regulations.

Responsibilities

• Support U.S. and Canadian import/export operations with brokers and internal teams.
• Review HTS, ECCN/Schedule B, origin, valuation, Incoterms, and other requirements.
• Assist customs clearance for aerospace, defense, and regulated shipments.
• Perform post-entry audits, corrections, and responses.
• Maintain trade compliance procedures, SOPs, and audit files.
• Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Legal to resolve issues.
• Support broker performance reviews, duty exposure tracking, and reporting.
• Utilize SAP GTS, SAP, Glovia, ACE, and ERP reporting to monitor data.
• Support special programs like FTZ, bonded warehouse, drawback, and more.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve compliance.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/International Business/Supply Chain

Certified CCS or Licensed Customs Broker (preferred)

Tools

SAP GTS

SAP

Glovia

ACE

Power BI

Job description

The Sr. Analyst, Trade and Customs will support U.S. and Canadian import and export operations, with a primary focus on U.S. imports involving aerospace, defense, regulated, and controlled products. This role will help ensure shipments move compliantly and efficiently while supporting classification, country of origin, valuation, tariff applicability, customs documentation, recordkeeping, and audit readiness.

The Sr. Analyst will work closely with customs brokers, freight forwarders, and internal business partners to resolve trade compliance issues, analyze import activity, and strengthen processes and controls across ADS operations.

Our Team

The Trade and Customs team supports import and export operations across the business, partnering with Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing, Legal, and other functions.

This role will work closely with external customs brokers, freight forwarders, and government authorities to support compliant trade operations in a highly regulated aerospace and defense environment.

What You Will Do

• Support day-to-day U.S. and Canadian import and export operations, working with customs brokers, freight forwarders, transportation providers, and internal teams to resolve shipment, documentation, and clearance issues.
• Review import transactions and broker documentation for HTS classification, ECCN/Schedule B, country of origin, valuation, Incoterms, marking, PGA requirements, ADD/CVD, Section 301/232, IEEPA, TSCA, and other applicable requirements.
• Support customs clearance for aerospace, defense, regulated, controlled-product, and customer-specific shipments, escalating higher-risk compliance issues when appropriate.
• Support post-entry activities including entry audits, post-summary corrections, protests, corrective actions, CF 28/29 responses, liquidation notices, and documentation for government and internal reviews.
• Maintain trade compliance procedures, SOPs, work instructions, audit files, and recordkeeping documentation supporting import and export compliance and internal controls.
• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Legal, and other teams to resolve customs holds, product-data gaps, documentation requests, tariff recovery matters, and other trade compliance issues.
• Support broker performance reviews, entry accuracy monitoring, duty-spend analysis, tariff exposure tracking, corrective actions, dashboards, metrics, and management reporting.
• Use SAP GTS, SAP, Glovia, ACE, broker portals, ERP reporting, and other systems to research trade data, monitor transactions, support audit readiness, and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Support special customs programs including FTZ, bonded warehouse, drawback, reconciliation, duty recovery, temporary imports, repairs and returns, and other applicable programs.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen compliance, improve processes, reduce customs-related costs, and capture potential duty savings.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Business, International Business, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• 3+ years of trade compliance, customs, or import/export experience within a multinational company, manufacturing environment, or other regulated industry.
• Experience working with customs brokers, entry reviews, post-entry activities, corrective actions, and import/export operational compliance.
• Working knowledge of HTS, Schedule B, ECCN, country of origin, customs valuation, Incoterms, Free Trade Agreements, ADD/CVD, PGA applicability, and import documentation requirements.
• Working knowledge of U.S. Customs regulations, recordkeeping requirements, tariff applicability, and regulated import/export shipment processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated attention to detail and documentation.
• Ability to effectively work across multiple functions and with external customs brokers, freight forwarders, and service providers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate trade compliance requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, follow through on issues, and appropriately escal compliance or operational risks.
• Ability to travel approximately 10-20%.
• Must meet applicable U.S. person requirements necessary to support regulated and ITAR-controlled products and programs.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) or Licensed Customs Broker (LCB) credential.
• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, controlled products, or other highly regulated manufacturing operations.
• Experience with SAP GTS, SAP, Glovia, ACE, customs broker portals, or import data analytics.
• Experience supporting drawback, reconciliation, Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ), bonded warehouse operations, duty recovery, temporary imports, or other special customs programs.
• Experience supporting import/export restrictions, license determinations, or regulated aerospace and defense shipments.
• Experience developing trade compliance metrics, dashboards, and management reporting.
• Power BI experience.

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Who We Are

Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS)

Molex's Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS) Division delivers mission-critical connectivity, signal technologies, and electronic solutions designed for the most demanding environments. Drawing on decades of engineering excellence and innovation, we support aerospace, defense, space, and other high-reliability markets where performance is essential and failure is not an option.

From enabling next-generation communications and data transfer to providing rugged interconnect and electronic solutions for mission-critical systems, our technologies help customers advance capabilities across air, land, sea, and space. At ADS, we combine deep technical expertise, operational excellence, and a culture of principled entrepreneurship to create value for our customers, communities, and one another.

Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense through innovation, reliability, and purpose-driven solutions.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• ADD
• Disability
• Retirement
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.

In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.