Flexport · 2 months ago
Trade Advisory Lead
Los Angeles, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$102K/yr - $127K/yr
5+ years expFlexport is a company committed to making global commerce easy and accessible. As a Trade Advisory Lead, you will lead and mentor a team to address trade compliance and duty minimization strategies while managing multiple trade advisory projects and ensuring high-quality deliverables for clients.
Freight ServiceLogisticsShippingSoftwareSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Lead and manage trade advisory projects that focus on trade compliance and duty minimization strategies, including Classification, Country of Origin, FTA analysis, FSFE, Compliance assessment, tariff engineering, etc
Perform, coordinate, and support Trade Advisory analytics and reporting from a variety of sources, providing insights and recommendations
Monitor deadlines and draft client deliverables for multiple projects at a given time, ensuring high quality and timely delivery
Proactively stay informed on the latest customs and other government agency regulations, ruling issuances, and industry trends that are relevant to our clients, and educate the team
Ensure project timelines, statuses, and invoices are appropriately managed and delivered, overseeing the work of other associates
Coordinate and facilitate software solutions, automation of data analytics, improvement of SOPs, ACE portal access, applications, and integrations, serving as a subject matter expert
Interface with CBP and our clients and offer timely responses, elevating where necessary, and guiding junior team members
Maintain active communication with clients, customs and other government authorities, and internal stakeholders, representing the team
Support Trade Advisory infrastructure and administrative requirements, contributing to team development and best practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
Licensed Customs Broker required, J.D. or graduate degree highly preferred
5-7 years trade related experience working in house, at customs brokerage, consulting or law firm preferred, with demonstrated leadership experience
Strong technical and business writing skills
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to stay on top of multiple tasks and projects, with excellent prioritization and delegation abilities
Expertise with Microsoft Office suite and Google equivalents
Strong data analytical skills
Strong industry knowledge including classification, valuation, reconciliation, duty minimization and avoidance strategies, government regulations and rulings, and other trade information, with the ability to provide expert guidance
Preferred
J.D. or graduate degree highly preferred
5-7 years trade related experience working in house, at customs brokerage, consulting or law firm preferred, with demonstrated leadership experience
Company
Flexport
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.7BKey Investors
ShopifyKohlberg Kravis RobertsSoftBank Vision Fund
2024-01-19Convertible Note· $260M
2023-08-30Series Unknown
2023-07-01Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Ryan Petersen
Founder and CEO
Stuart Leung
Chief Financial Officer
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