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Trade/Customs Compliance Manager Resume
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| Desired Industry: Import/Export |
SpiderID: 13297 |
| Desired Job Location: McAllen, Texas |
Date Posted: 6/13/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 06/12/2007 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 50-75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: MBA |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
Seeking a challenging position in the field of “Management/Finance/Coordination” where I can apply all my educational skills and work experiences where I can help others succeed and also where I can advance professionally.
Experience:
VF Intimates, L.P- Vanity Fair Brands Subdivision of Fruit of the Loom
4600 W. Military Hwy. Suit 700
McAllen, TX 78503
Position: Trade Compliance Manager for Owned Operations April 2002- Present
• Manage the Import Customs Compliance Department and supervise the Import/Export Departments from Mexico/Honduras/Dominican Republic to be in compliance with all U.S. Customs Service requirements.
• Responsible for assisting in the development of budget, forecast, variance, efficiency , P & L analysis, end-month closing, Factory Operating Statements consolidation and verification. Bank Reconciliation. U.S. Customs Reconciliation’s, and other financial analysis related with the reduction of expenses for Vanity Fair Intimates Mexican & Honduras Operations.
• Maintains control of product costs and inventory valuation.
• Supervise Accounts Payables for air and ocean freight and brokerage charges.
• Continue assisting on the monthly financial closing and reporting of manufacturing and inventory data.
• Maintains controls over inventory movement and ensures the integrity of the perpetual inventory system.
• Make cost analysis for reduction of product development, freight, and duties. Make recovery of duties through request of binding rulings; prepare post-importation claims, protest, and drawbacks submissions.
• Analyze and evaluates U.S. Custom’s programs and other international trade agreements for the reduction of duties in the importation of products.
• Research, analyze, assimilates, and evaluates all available information relating to any customs compliance issues such as marking, trademarks, classification, and customs documentation.
• Advise and provide regulatory training on issues including, but not limited to, Harmonized Tariff classification, country of origin determination, valuation, the North American Free Trade Agreement, Caribbean Basin Initiative Programs, and 9802 programs.
• Make recommendations to facilitate the development of Corporate Customs and Trade compliance programs.
• Leads projects to meet departmental initiatives such as ACH, ACE, AES, and C-TPAT.
• Analyze components, products and equipment and makes tariff classification, country of origin and valuation decisions.
• Maintains internal procedures for NAFTA qualification processes, and insures timely response to internal and external customers.
• Audit import documents such as entry summaries, commercial invoices, certificates of origin and other documents supporting the U.S. imports.
• Addresses and responds to Customs or other government agency inquiries both prior to and post entry of the merchandise.
• Provides guidance to internal VF Intimates personnel with respect to import trade issues.
• Work with Customs Brokers, Attorneys, Customs to recognize, complete, and follow-up on all submissions.
• Responsible for developing the U.S. Customs Reconciliation.
Vanity Fair, Inc.
2801 Galveston, TX 78501
McAllen, TX 78501
Position: Financial Analyst & U.S. Customs Compliance Supervisor March 1999 – April 2002
Responsible for assisting in the development of budget, forecast, variance, efficiency , P & L analysis, end-month closing, Factory Operating Statements consolidation and verification. Bank Reconciliation.
U.S. Customs Reconciliation’s, and other financial analysis related with the reduction of expenses for Vanity Fair Intimates Mexican & Honduras Operations. Supervising the Import Customs Compliance Department employees and research, analysis, assimilation, and evaluation of all available information relating to any customs compliance issues such as marking, trademarks, classification, customs documentation such as:
• Harmonized Tariff Classifications (HTS),
• Work with Customs Brokers or Attorneys to recognize, complete, and follow-up on all submissions to Customs (Voluntary Tenders, Protests, Binding Rulings, NAFTA Post-Importation Claims, & Supplemental Information Letter Claims.
• Import –Export procedures and documentation,
• Compliance with U.S. Customs record keeping systems,
• Responding for request of information (CF 29/28),
• Self-Assessment Customs regulatory audits,
• NAFTA post-importation claims,
• Qualifying products for NAFTA, CBI, 9802-SR, 807 program,
• Analyzing U.S. Customs programs and other international trade agreements for the reduction of duties in the importation of products,
• Participant on the BFI &VFI integration process involving customs compliance issues such as invoicing, valuation, classification, U.S. Customs Programs for Honduras Plant 32 and for the Dominican Republic.
SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
3201 W. Pecan Blvd.
McAllen, TX 78501
Position: Adjacent Import/Export Instructor, January 1998 – Present
Responsible for teaching, U.S. Customs Regulations and Principles of Import-Export.
In these courses, I instruct students on export management processes and procedures. Topics include governmental controls, licensing of products, FTZ applications and record keeping, drawback procedures, documentation, commercial invoices, and traffic procedures. Also, I instruct students on the U.S. Customs Regulations sections in order to help them understand the procedures, forms, time constrains and other requirements governing the importation of goods.
RUDOLPH MILES & SONS, INC. –UPS DIVISION
P.O. Box 1600
McAllen, TX 78502
Account Manager, January 1997 - March 1999
Responsible for providing maquiladora clients with technical assistance in the preparation of import-export documentation and review all new incoming material selects and isolates pertinent materials from the files. Makes analyses and evaluations of data collected; processes, reviews, and evaluates large volumes of information from a wide range of sources to determine applicability of U.S. Customs programs such as NAFTA, CBTPA, 9802-SR, 807 Programs. Perform and review NAFTA post-importation, applications for duty drawbacks, in-bond shipments, tariff classifications, entry summary analysis, marking requirements, establishing efficient procedures in their Importation’s and Exportation’s for the reduction of customs duties.
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2801 University Drive
Edinburg, TX 78539
Research Assistant, January 1995-December 1996
Responsible developing, engaging in the review of data, research, and analysis to develop business plans for small businesses. Assisting in the demographic data collection, statistical analysis, and research for Rio Grand Valley colonias project. Identifying and recommending solutions to the Rio Grade Valley Colonias problems. Aiding clients in the application for small business loans, and giving seminars related to the administration of small businesses, which included accounting, management, and marketing to small businesses located in rural or colonia areas.
Education:
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN, EDINBURG, TX
Master of Business Administration, 1996
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, 1994
U.S. Customs Broker License 1999
Texas License of Agent for Life, Accident, Health & HMO 2005
Texas Professional Legal Services License 2005
Skills:
* Computer Skills: Advance Excel, Word, Power Point, Quattro-Pro, Mainframe, and Internet,
* Fluent in Spanish
*Knowledge of the use of VFI mainframe system, SAP, VSEC, Mobious.
* Other governmental agency requirements (OGA)
* Customs Federal Regulations
* The Harmonized Tariff Schedule
* NAFTA
* CBTPA
* 9802 Programs
* U.S. Customs entry processes
* Valuation
* Informed compliance methods
* Duty drawback
* Self-Assessment Audits
* Transfer pricing (from a customs perspective)
* U.S. Customs Reconciliation
* Other governmental agency requirements (OGA)
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