Trade Compliance Program Manager

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As a member of Western Digital’s Global Trade Compliance team, this individual will engage in the oversight, enhancement, and maintenance of the Western Digital’s customs compliance programs including management of policies, procedures, and guidance in support of business operations.  This individual will also support export compliance and control measures.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Help drive the development of SOPs and training and the refinement and implementation of customs and import compliance-related processes and best practices.
• Manage the Company’s customs registrations and licenses, reconciliation, and drawback programs.
• Monitor and assess impact of local and global customs changes and related laws and regulations, ability to summarize and provide guidance to mitigate risk (e.g., Section 301, USITC litigation cases, Forced Labor, Preferential Trade Agreements, Supply Chain Due Diligence, etc.).
• Contribute to ERP and other business systems enhancement including drafting business requirements, technical specifications, and test scenarios associated with systemic Trade controls.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams and global business partners to ensure socialization and alignment of Customs and other Trade requirements.
• Serve as the resource for internal business partners, providing compliance information, including guidance on procedures, risks, and Trade data management.
• Coordinate with internal teams, customs brokers, logistics providers, and government agencies to resolve customs-related issues and inquiries.
• Support oversight and enhancement of export control programs including parties screening, end-user/end-use controls, licensing, commodity control assessment, and anti-diversion risk controls.
• Work with local and regional resources to monitor, assess, and communicate the impacts of global customs changes and related laws and regulations.
• Oversee the accuracy, completeness, and retention policy of Company’s Trade records including conducting regular audits of import processes and transactional activities to ensure compliance with Trade regulations and internal policies.
• Support the development of SOPs and training and the refinement and implementation of Customs compliance-related processes and best practices.

Required:

• BS/BA degree required; Brokers License preferred.
• 8+ years of direct import and export compliance experience, preferably with semiconductor or technology industry.
• Solid understanding of the Section 301 Tariffs, and Reconciliation programs, HTS and ECCN classifications
• Comprehensive knowledge of Customs Regulations, Valuations policies and US export controls.
• Proven experience with Trade classifications.
• Experience conducting trade compliance risk assessments.
• Oracle GTM proficiency is highly desired, Salesforce a plus; tech savvy and comfortable dealing with systems and utilizing technology to address compliance needs; can design processes and systematic controls.
• Critical thinking, diligence, excellent problem solving and record retention skills; ability to work successfully in a global, cross-functional, multi-cultural team environment.
• Ability to learn new and different technologies and stay abreast of emerging technologies.

• Ability to communicate cross-functionally and contribute to strategic initiatives.

Skills:

• Excellent analytical skills and ability to detect trade compliance risks and vulnerabilities.
• Skilled in MS Office suite of products (including MS Teams).
• Effective written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate technical details to various stakeholders; able to quickly adjust priorities to meet business needs.

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 2/1/25, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.  Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.