Senior Trade Compliance Specialist

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

The Senior Compliance Specialist is a mid-level Trade Compliance professional responsible for leading complex customs, export control, and logistics compliance activities supporting assigned business operations. This role serves as a subject matter expert on customs compliance, import/export regulations, export licensing, special customs procedures, and trade compliance governance. Focus on developing training documentations.

The position supports the development and implementation of customs and trade compliance procedures, conducts advanced compliance reviews, manages higher-risk customs and export control matters, and provides guidance on regulatory risk mitigation. This role requires the ability to apply customs and trade compliance requirements to nuanced operational situations, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and support continuous improvement of compliance controls and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• •Lead and perform advanced customs, trade compliance and export control reviews across assigned operations.
• •Manage complex customs compliance activities, customs declaration controls and record retention obligations.
• •Conduct audits on import and export transactions, exception handling, and compliance-sensitive shipments.
• •Support export licensing activities, including product classification reviews, controlled goods assessments, licensing applications, renewals, reporting requirements.
• •Review end-user, end-use, military undertaking, and customer compliance documentation to ensure compliance with applicable export control regulations.
• •Support sanctions compliance activities, denied party screening reviews, and trade compliance due diligence processes.
• •Maintain oversight of customs, trade compliance, and regulatory documentation to ensure records remain accurate, complete, and audit-ready.
• •Prepare and coordinate responses to internal audits, external audits, customs reviews, and regulatory inspections.
• •Provide guidance and support to Operations, Logistics, Customer Service, Finance, Tax, Procurement, and Supply Chain stakeholders on customs and trade compliance requirements.
• •Analyze compliance risks, identify process gaps, and support development and implementation of corrective actions and process improvements.
• •Support the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of customs and trade compliance procedures, work instructions, internal controls, and compliance documentation.
• •Able to deliver training to the site.

Education Requirements

• •Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience (focus in International Trade, Customs, Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, Law, or related field preferred).
• •Demonstrated expertise in preferential and non-preferential origin determination.
• •Experience working in a multinational and matrixed organization preferred.

Experience in export licensing administration

Experience in regulatory across Asia especially in Vietnam

Experience supporting audits and compliance reviews.

Experience Requirements

• •4–9+ years of relevant experience in Trade Compliance, Customs Compliance, Logistics Compliance, International Trade and Export Controls
• •Demonstrated experience supporting customs compliance programs and import/export operations.
• •Experience in customs special procedures.
• •Experience supporting export controls, product classifications, licensing, sanctions, and restricted party screening activities.
• •Experience supporting customs audits, regulatory inquiries, compliance assessments, and corrective action activities.
• •Experience working with customs management systems, ERP platforms, customs reporting tools and trade compliance records management processes.

Key Skills and Knowledge

• •In-depth knowledge of international trade regulations, customs compliance requirements, and import/export processes.
• •Strong understanding customs special licensing and customs valuation concepts.
• •Advanced knowledge of export controls, export licensing, sanctions compliance, and denied party screening requirements.
• •Advanced analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• •Strong interpersonal, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills
• •Experience supporting audits, investigations, regulatory reviews, and corrective action implementation.
• •Ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.
• •Ability to interpret and apply complex customs and trade regulations to operational business activities.
• •Strong knowledge of AI tools and Microsoft office
• •Strong custom knowledge in Vietnam regulations.

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