Sr Manager, Ocean Freight & Customs Compliance

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The Senior Manager, Ocean Freight & Customs Compliance owns the company’s inbound ocean freight and U.S. customs clearance from booking through clearance and delivery to port drayage. The role manages ocean carrier and freight forwarder performance and leads a proactive customs compliance program designed to protect the company’s importer-of-record responsibilities, ensure adherence to applicable customs requirements, and mitigate regulatory, financial, and supply continuity risk.

This role partners across Supply Chain (Transportation, Procurement, Customer Engagement), Legal, and other business functions while providing oversight and direction to external customs brokers and logistics providers.

• Support Procurement-led ocean freight RFPs and contract negotiations with ocean carriers, freight forwarders, and NVOCCs by providing lane, volume, performance, and operational requirements.
• Manage day-to-day ocean carrier and freight forwarder performance, including transit times, rolled bookings, and allocation compliance.
• Oversee bookings and container visibility from origin through U.S. port arrival.
• Own demurrage and detention cost by tightening the handoff between customs clearance and drayage.
• Coordinate with domestic Transportation on port drayage and inland moves.
• Audit ocean freight invoices against contracted rates and accessorials, and report on ocean spend.
• Plan for and respond to port congestion, blank sailings, labor disruptions, and rate volatility.

• Own U.S. import and customs compliance as the company’s primary internal expert.
• Provide oversight of importer-of-record responsibilities and establish appropriate controls for compliant import activity.
• Monitor changes in customs regulations, tariff actions (including Section 301 and 232), and import policies, and assess their impact on the business.
• Own entry‑level compliance, including valuation, country of origin and marking, post-summary corrections, and prior disclosures.
• Provide guidance on complex, non‑routine, and out‑of‑policy import activity.
• Establish standardized customs compliance processes, documentation requirements, and governance across imported products and materials.

• Manage and audit the customs brokers supporting the company’s import activity.
• Serve as a primary…