Strategic Leader, Global Trade & Duty Optimization

Wine Industry Expo; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacation

11 Paid Holidays

Health, Dental & Vision eligibility

FSA/HSA

401K match

EAP

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Heaven Hill is seeking a Director, Global Trade and Duty Optimization to lead the enterprise duty drawback program from strategy to execution. The role partners with Tax, Accounting, Legal, Compliance, and business stakeholders to maximize lawful recoveries while maintaining strong controls and audit readiness.

The ideal candidate will drive governance, reporting alignment, and data integrity, ensuring accurate financial reflection of drawback recoveries and compliance across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, International Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years leading duty drawback programs or equivalent cross-functional trade programs.
• Experience with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), drawback claims and rulings, customs brokers, government agencies, external trade advisors, and legal counsel.
• Ability to influence decision-making and drive execution across functions without direct reporting authority.
• Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills; able to reconcile large datasets.
• Strong governance, documentation, and audit-readiness mindset.
• Knowledge of duty drawback, customs compliance, import/export processes, and recovery program management.
• Ability to translate complex operational scenarios into compliance recovery opportunities.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise Drawback Strategy and Recovery Optimization.
• Own the enterprise duty drawback strategy, roadmap, and operating model; prioritize recovery opportunities and governance.
• Evaluate import/export activities to optimize duty and excise tax recovery within applicable law and company risk standards.
• Establish policies, procedures, controls, and audit protocols to support compliant claims and defendable positions with CBP.
• Build an audit-ready documentation and data environment across systems and functions.
• Partner with supply chain to integrate drawback considerations into business decisions early.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution and drive accountability for program success.
• Manage external brokers, drawback specialists, and advisors; ensure internal ownership of decisions and controls.
• Establish dashboards and routines to monitor opportunity, claims, recoveries, and compliance risk.

Skills

Influence without authority

Business acumen

Analytical skills

Financial acumen

Executive communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, International Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field

Job description

Heaven Hill is seeking a Director, Global Trade and Duty Optimization to lead the enterprise duty drawback program from strategy to execution. The role partners with Tax, Accounting, Legal, Compliance, and business stakeholders to maximize lawful recoveries while maintaining strong controls and audit readiness.

The ideal candidate will drive governance, reporting alignment, and data integrity, ensuring accurate financial reflection of drawback recoveries and compliance across the organization.