Specialist, Trade Compliance Roa

**JOB Title**: Specialist, Trade Compliance, GSC Polymers, ROA

**ORG UNIT**: Polymers Supply Chain

**LOCATION (CITY/COUNTRY)**: Singapore

**HIRING MANAGER**: Sr. Manager, Logistics, Polymers Supply Chain

**JOB PURPOSE**:
This position provides leadership to the Rest of Asia Trade Compliance, Supply Chain and Operations teams to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations for import/export. Leads, Coaches and orchestrates to improve processes and supply chain efficiencies in cross border activities. Works within Global Trade Governance, regional commercial operations, regional supply chain organizations, global and regional EHSS organizations, Government relations and Legal to implement an efficient international trade capability across Rest of Asia region.
- Responsible to design and implement business processes that ensure international trade compliance, security, SHERQ compliance across Asia supply chain. Conduct pro-active health check/audit in the area of trade compliance across Asia Pacific to identify areas of trade compliance risks, develop compliant processes and systems for the fulfillment of domestic, intercompany, and import/export orders within Asia Pacific, to ensure the processes are aligned to the strategy, meet customers’ expectation and are fully compliant to national and international legislations.
- Manage and continuously improve Supply Chain Trade Compliance, Security & SHERQ within end-to-end supply chain processes in Rest of Asia. Lead to report & execute Trade Compliance, susCHAINability, EHSS/SHEM policy towards applicable internal and external stakeholders across various transportation mode, storage facilities, logistics service providers, etc. A member of the SHERQ Compliance team under the leadership of the Global SHERQ manager owns the Supply Chain SHERQ process.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Trade Compliances:

- Represent SABIC's global trade requirement and interests when participating in cross-functional projects designed to grow the business.
- Manage relationship with local service providers including brokers, freight forwarders and consulting firms
- Collaborate with global Trade Compliance teams and cross functional stakeholders to drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase compliance with global trade regulations.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of global trade policies, regulations, national and international guidelines and industry standards.
- Work across RoA geography to develop and implement solutions in support of trade compliance
- Support business growth by introducing to the business about leveraging different regional and bilateral Free Trade Agreements duty optimization opportunities and their related compliance
- Institute and maintain operational processes & controls and relevant systems around import and export activities, including import/export controls, license management, HS-code classification, bonded goods and all deemed import/export compliance, import/export documentation and etc., to ensure corrective action and import/export processes are in place to comply with regulations in Asia Pacific.
- Provide strategic leadership to reinforce compliance processes and continuously strengthen supply chain team expertise in international and local trade regulations.
- Monitor developments in international and local regulations and respond to them in timely manner.
- Actively coordinate the closure of notices and audits from customs and other relevant departments.

Audit (SC, EHSS and Trade Compliances) & Policy Development and Legislation:

- Design and develop SC compliance audit process and measurements for Asia Pacific region. Work closely with supply chain, finance, tax, legal and global compliance team.
- Conduct proactive compliance audit according to the established process and measurement in each Asia Pacific regions.
- Monitor national & international legislations and external developments in the field of transportation safety, internal trade, sanctions requirement and security, to ensure compliance across end-to-end SC processes.

Delivery, Consultancy and Challenge:

- Develop and implement measurements that ensure strong compliance culture and develop alert mechanism to pro-actively identify and address potential red flags.
- Actively work with tax, legal, finance, other related functions and cross SBU to improve compliance processes and systems.
- Provide support to SABIC Asia SC management/Senior Management in the field of transport safety, compliance & security, with respect to the implementation and compliance of legislation to ensure the licenses to distribute, develop & introduce tools and programs to improve transport safety, security in order to ensure compliance in the entire Supply Chain.

SHERQ Plan Development and SHERQ Monitoring:

- Implement the Area specific items of the Global Supply Chain Annual SHERQ plan.
- Monitor SHERQ performance of Supply chain contractors per agreed schemes and requirements.