Customs and Trade Compliance Manager

Job Description
About The Job 
The Customs and Trade Compliance Manager ensures the efficiency and accuracy of all compliance activities. The Customs and Trade Compliance Manager makes sure that the work is organized in an optimal way in order to secure efficiency as well as a high level of internal control.
In this role, you will work to ensure Customs compliance in support of a dynamic Supply Chain, while promoting a vibrant Customs organization that strives to be a trusted resource to all stakeholders. The Customs and Trade Compliance Manager works to protect the IKEA brand through best practices and helps facilitate the realization of the IKEA vision to make a better everyday life for the many people!
Your main tasks will include: 
Responsible for oversight of day-to-day compliance functions
Ensure implementation, management, and documentation of all pre-entry and post-entry processes, including HTS classification, antidumping and countervailing duties, Partner Government Agency requirements, and drawback
Support and monitor the strategic use of Free Trade Agreements
Secure efficient and effective internal controls and compliance to internal and external rules and regulations
Develop and implement working methods across Compliance functions
Lead and develop the Compliance Team in accordance with the principle of leading Business and People together
Support and develop training on relevant Customs topics for stakeholders and business partners
Manage and maintain interaction with Customs authorities as well as support external audits and local certification procedures
Continuously evaluate current ways of working, identify control weaknesses, develop solutions, and implement improvements
Support the establishment of one common annual business plan for the Customs organization and deliver agreed activities
Ensure that local activities are organized in an optimal way for efficiency and internal control
Take active part in the development of the Customs IT landscape and provide support in the establishment and implementation of compliance related system updates
Ensure local competence level in accordance with responsibilities, including back-up and succession planning
Interface with other key IKEA departments impacting Customs functions/operations
Monitor changes in local rules and legislation and provide timely communication of events with potential business impact
Contribute to regional/global development to support projects and establishment of working methods
Implement and maintain local Customs and trade solutions such as bonded warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones
Support expansion projects with compliance and duty implications
When applicable establish trade statistics and communicate with relevant stakeholders
Responsible for establishing brokerage policy toward trade compliance, supporting the management of Customs brokers/agents, and maintaining standard operational procedures
Actively identify and manage risks related to Customs processes