Global Trade Compliance Specialist

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs spices seasonings and condiments and were only getting started. At McCormick were always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees all 14000 of us across the world are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Trade Compliance Specialist immediately in a Hybrid (50 / 50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley Maryland.

What We Bring To The Table :

The best people deserve the best addition to the benefits youd expect from a global leader (401k health insurance paid time off etc.) we also offer :

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

Wellbeing programs including Physical Mental and Financial wellness

Tuition assistance

Position Overview

Manage International Trade Compliance that helps reduce exposure from violations both in Import and Export regarding products leaving / arriving from the Americas to worldwide countries in liaison with US / CA / MX regulations.

Responsible for the technical analysis and maintenance of Tariff Classifications to provide guidance knowledge of International trade treaties trade documentation Law and Customs related activities and a requirement to maintain communications with Legal departments and government agencies such as Customs FDA USDA etc.

Position collaborates with other functions for alignment of business processes and information. This position serves as the top functional consultant on all projects touching their area of expertise.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to International Trade Compliance strategies and provide guidance and strategic support to Managers internal and external business stakeholders that helps reduce risk and exposure from compliance violations for importing and exporting activities in The Americas. Responsibilities of this position include :

Analysis of Company Flavor Solutions and Retail products spices flavors seasonings and batter / breader systems.

• Product classification with commodity codes including tariff engineering.
• Origin determination including preference eligibility verification enabling product cost optimization and duty savings.
• Analysis of International Trade Compliance regulations and implementation of plan or action steps as necessary in liaison with other business functions (R&D QA Regulatory Supply Chain Finance Import / export team and Customer Services etc.).
• Supply Chain scenarios advisory including document requirements licenses product / entity registrations and duty analysis for both import and export transactions.
• Implementation and management of Export Procedures aiming at reduction / elimination of incurred costs related to duties and other levies and subsequent adherence to International Trade Compliance framework.
• Embargo and Boycott Language compliance.
• Business Partners screening against Specially Designated Nationals and Sanctioned Party Lists as well as AES filings for Export.
• Internal and external training delivery to ensure compliance and best practice maintenance that reduces exposure to fines and penalties.
• Managing International Trade Compliance data on all workflow Tools in The Americas region as well as GTS master data maintenance (including HTS and import / export license setup).
• Communication with internal and external stakeholders including Governmental Agencies and Customs.
• Recommendation and scoping of process improvements to ensure that the business is compliant and legal as well as contributing to overall team cost avoidance and savings delivery.

Management of Export Audits including definition and deployment of mitigation actions to Export team. Provide support to Auditors and Compliance Managers.

Builds networks benchmarks and actively engages with external shared groups to gain insights on government regulations and how they impact McCormick & Co. Inc. Assures adherence to regulations and requirements.

Export compliance :

Work with various internal cross functional departments to provide any necessary documents required under Export regulations and implementation of plan or action steps as necessary in liaison with other business functions (R&D QA Regulatory Supply Chain Finance Import and Customer Services etc.).

Cross border issue resolution :

Cross Border Issue resolution to ensure that any exposure to financial or legal risk is considered as part of international trade

Business transformation :

Foreign Trade Framework implementation and facilitation of change process for key business areas within foreign trade / trade regulatory scope.

Global Geo-Political Landscape changes; Trade Wars etc.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

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As a general policy McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

Base Salary : $87910 - $153970

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location skills education experience for this role and / or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormicks Incentive Bonus (MIB) addition to a competitive compensation package permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include :

Current McCormick employees who meet these qualifications and are interested in pursuing this position must notify their direct supervisor and their unit HR representative prior to applying.

First consideration will be given to employees who have been displaced from their jobs for positions with the same grade or lower. If there are no qualified candidates all other employees will then be considered. No displaced employee will receive preferential consideration for a promotional may recruit external candidates concurrently in order to expedite the recruitment process. Qualified internal candidates submitting bids within the first ten (10) days of the job being posted will be considered before external candidates. Internal bids received after the tenth (10th) day will be considered along with external candidates. It is the policy of McCormick and Company to select and promote for all positions without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Abinitio,Apprentice,Dermatology,Cost Estimation,Data Networking,Liaison

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 87910 - 153970