Senior Compliance Manager
PCNA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Hunt Valley • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Ensure all products meet domestic and international regulatory requirements, including safety, environmental, and industry standards.
- Monitor and interpret changes in regulatory laws and standards, ensuring timely updates to policies and procedures.
- Oversee product labeling, documentation, and certifications to ensure compliance with global regulations.
- Lead the company’s Social Compliance and Ethical Sourcing programs, ensuring all global suppliers meet labor, human rights, health & safety, and environmental standards.
- Oversee and manage factory audit programs in partnership with the overseas sourcing and quality teams.
- Partner with overseas sourcing teams to ensure continuous monitoring, corrective action management, and long-term improvement of supplier compliance performance.
- Maintain accurate documentation and audit records to support customer requirements, brand standards, and international regulations.
- Develop and manage comprehensive trade compliance programs to ensure adherence to import, export, and customs regulations.
- Oversee Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) operations, including zone admissions, inventory control, weekly entries, reconciliations, and annual reporting.
- Serve as the primary liaison with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), FTZ operators, and internal stakeholders to maintain activation, compliance, and audit readiness.
- Manage customs brokers and trade partners, ensuring performance standards and KPIs are achieved through quarterly reviews and scorecards.
- Ensure accurate product classification, origin determination, and valuation to meet regulatory and financial requirements.
- Monitor and manage trade restrictions, sanctions, and embargoes relevant to company operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or related field (Master’s preferred)
- Minimum of 7+ years of experience in regulatory and trade compliance, including direct Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) management experience
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. Customs regulations, HTS classification, INCOTERMS, EAR, ITAR, and global product standards (FDA, CPSC, UL, EPA, APHIS)
- Proven ability to manage and optimize FTZ operations and duty mitigation programs
- Experience conducting internal audits, managing customs brokers, and engaging with regulatory agencies
- Proven experience managing social compliance or ethical sourcing programs within a global manufacturing or sourcing environment
- Strong understanding of international labor standards, social audit frameworks (SMETA, BSCI, SA8000), and corrective action management
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency with compliance software, data analysis, and trade management tools
- Preferred: Licensed U.S. Customs Broker or FTZ Operator/Administrator certification
Benefits
- Full healthcare and benefits!
- Flexible scheduling
- 401k Matching
- Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays
- PCNA Cares Share Fund – donating to teammates in times of need
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
regulatory compliancetrade complianceForeign Trade Zone (FTZ) managementU.S. Customs regulationsHTS classificationINCOTERMSEARITARsocial complianceethical sourcing
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
Licensed U.S. Customs BrokerFTZ Operator/Administrator certification