Director, Global Trade Compliance

Job Description:

Director, Trade Compliance

Reports To:

VP/GVP Transportation

Location:

New Albany, OH (Hybrid)
Role Summary The Director, Trade Compliance leads A&F’s global trade compliance and Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) strategy, governance, and execution. This role ensures compliance with U.S. Customs and international trade regulations while improving operational efficiency, speed to market, supply chain resilience, and landed cost.

As A&F’s primary trade expert and a strategic advisor to executive leadership, this leader partners across Finance, Tax, Technology, Sourcing, Transportation, Planning, International, Franchise, and Wholesale to incorporate trade considerations early, balance compliance with commercial agility, and support evolving sourcing and growth strategies. The Director builds scalable capabilities and future leaders while using analytics, automation, and process modernization to reduce risk, strengthen business continuity, and identify financial opportunities.

What Will You Be Doing?

Trade Strategy, Governance & Risk Management Develop and lead the company's enterprise-wide global trade compliance strategy, governance framework, and operating model.

Advise executive leadership on trade risks, regulatory and tariff developments, sourcing impacts, and optimization opportunities, translating complex issues into clear business recommendations.

Monitor geopolitical, regulatory, tariff, and trade developments continuously; assess their potential impact on sourcing strategies, business continuity, growth initiatives, and supply chain risk; and translate emerging risks and opportunities into timely business recommendations.

Lead enterprise-wide trade compliance governance, audit readiness, internal controls, and corrective action initiatives to proactively mitigate risk and ensure regulatory compliance.

Assess and leverage artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and automation capabilities to identify compliance risks, monitor regulatory changes, improve trade program efficiency, and strengthen decision-making across global trade operations.

Trade Compliance & FTZ Operations Ensure compliance with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations and other applicable import/export requirements across global sourcing operations.

Oversee product classification, customs valuation, country of origin determination, broker management, recordkeeping, and post-entry compliance processes.

Direct FTZ operations, administration, inventory controls, admissions, weekly entries, regulatory reporting, recordkeeping, and audit readiness across the distribution network.

Identify and implement opportunities to optimize FTZ utilization, duty savings, tariff mitigation strategies, and landed cost performance

Business Partnership & Trade Optimization Partner closely with Sourcing, Product Development, Logistics, Transportation, Finance, Tax, Planning, Technology, Inventory, International, Franchise, Wholesale, and Distribution Center teams to incorporate trade considerations early and support sourcing diversification, market expansion, inventory flow, and operational execution strategies.

Lead trade program utilization strategies, including free trade agreements, duty drawback, First Sale opportunities, and supply chain security initiatives such as C-TPAT.Balance compliance requirements with business enablement, helping the organization improve speed to market, reduce landed cost, and strengthen supply chain resiliency.

Manage relationships with customs brokers, FTZ authorities, consultants, carriers, government agencies, and external compliance partners.

Technology, Analytics & Continuous Improvement Establish performance metrics, dashboards, controls, and reporting capabilities that provide…