Trade Compliance and Security Specialist

Job Description :

Trade Compliance and Security Specialist

Woodland Group are seeking a full time Trade Compliance and Security Specialist for our Team in New York. The Trade Compliance and Security Specialist will reporting directly to the US Compliance Manager, and working closely with all Woodland Departments across the US supporting all trade compliance related matters, with opportunities for growth into expanded job responsibilities.

100% office-based

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting the US Compliance Manager in implementing effective strategies that ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory agencies.
• Work with the team to continually improve processes and business performance;
• Support changes in the role necessary to take the department and business forward; and
• Work to achieve personal objectives set at appraisal and / or those set monthly or quarterly.
• Achieve agreed individual objectives and hit sales targets; and
• Understand and adhere to all Woodland policies and procedures relevant to the role.
• Review import / export data and generate reports from multiple systems for analysis and compliance reporting.
• Extract monthly non-conformance reports and provide analysis of the findings to the US Compliance Manager.
• Responsible for Claims reported by each US Branch, including follow -up with customers, operators, and insurance companies.
• Conduct Export Compliance Spot Checks and data collection to identify and address compliance gaps within current processes.
• Responsible for the maintenance of training records over TSA, Dangerous Goods, and Export Compliance for Woodland US employees.
• Maintain complete and accurate records to satisfy compliance and audit requirements in Descartes, Veroot, Salesforce, and FCL.
• Review Denied Party Screenings for Woodland in Descartes Visual Compliance.
• Provide support to Woodland Brokerage and Woodland operational teams as needed.
• Assist with responses to government inquiries and other trade-related matters with TSA, Export Compliance, and Dangerous Goods regulations.
• Contribute to the development of internal trade compliance policies, procedures, training, and communications.
• Participate in ongoing training to remain current in evolving international supply chain regulations and standards.
• Work with the team to continually improve processes and business performance;
• Support changes in the role necessary to take the department and business forward; and
• Work to achieve personal objectives set at appraisal and / or those set monthly or quarterly.
• Achieve agreed individual objectives and hit sales targets; and
• Understand and adhere to all Woodland policies and procedures relevant to the role.

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

VALUES AND CULTURE

At Woodland Group, our people are our success story. You will facilitate an understanding of and empower your team to engage and take ownership of our values and culture, and drive ideas to support our work in continuously improving and developing as a business and space for our teams.

You identify with our core values :

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement :

Woodland Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics or veterans status. In addition to federal law requirements. Woodland complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Note to Recruitment Agencies;

The Woodland Group Ltd does not accept speculative CVs from agencies and politely requests agencies refrain from contacting line managers directly.