Primary responsibility will be to lead all aspects of the European special programs such as duty and tax relief and suspension schemes, foreign trade zones (FTZ),inward processing relief (IPR),duty-drawback and trusted trader programs in accordance with the GE Customs Enterprise StaStandard delivery model.

• Lead the development and implementation of a strategic delivery model for European special programs.
• Maintain metrics related to duty savings and program costs to support decision making and global function reporting requirements.
• Ensure that each entity participating in a special program has all necessary permissions and rulings needed to participate in program.
• In coordination with Customs Business Process Outsource (BPO), research, document, interpret and disseminate program requirements and regulations to the business, including the monitoring and updating of any regulatory changes.
• Research and vet additional opportunities for duty savings.
• Coordinate use of special programs to ensure optimal use of programs and compliance to program requirements.
• Lead the development of a monitoring program, consistent with the Global Operations Customs (GOC) monitoring plan, to assess risk and conduct topical reviews to ensure compliance to the program requirements.
• Create process to manage and coordinate the compliance documentation for each program being utilized.
• Ensure there are trained personnel to understand program requirements and that there is a responsible person to support GE sites compliance with program requirements as necessary across 300+ sites in Europe.
• Develop and deliver consistent operational training for program compliance, including cross-functional training.
• Support responses to audits and other requests from customs administrations.
• Manage direct reports as applicable.

• 4 year College degree from an accredited university or In-country Professional Customs Certification/Accreditation or high school diploma or equivalent plus 7 years relevant experience
  Desired Characteristics
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate multiple / large projects; provide direction and leadership to a network of resources; establish clear and robust goals & achievable project plans & deliverables
• Demonstrated compliance mindset
• Demonstrated ability to use knowledge, experience and instinct to make accurate and timely decisions
• Demonstrated ability of working with all levels of internal and external organizations
• Demonstrated ability to implement simple, fast and non-bureaucratic process improvements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership experience
• Travel required
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