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Trade Compliance Leader

3M On-site senior full-time

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Description

As a Trade Compliance Leader for the Emerging Markets Region at 3M, you will lead the Trade Compliance operations to fulfill internal and external customs requirements.

You will make an impact by:

  • Leading the Trade Compliance operations in the Emerging Markets Region
  • Supporting the undisrupted import and export declarations of goods in highly regulated countries
  • Managing trade initiatives and supporting businesses by customs processing
  • Providing end-to-end leadership across all trade compliance processes of the region and supervising the local team of trade compliance experts.

To set you up for success in this role, 3M is looking for candidates who meet the following minimum requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field
  • 8-10 years of work experience in global trade compliance, customs operations, or logistics
  • Proficiency in English and Turkish
  • Previous experience working with an ERP system, preferably SAP and SAP GTS
  • Ability to interact with external stakeholders such as authorities
  • Compliance-oriented mindset

Additional knowledge that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

  • Knowledge of Arabic
  • Supervisory experience
  • Project management experience
  • Teamworking and cooperation abilities
  • Personal attributes: effective communication skills, and strong analytical skills

Job specifics:

  • Location Information: Turkey (Istanbul) or UAE (Dubai)
  • Relocation: Not authorized (ideal candidates must be already in the above-mentioned Countries)
  • Work arrangement: office-based
  • Working pattern: full-time
  • Travel expectations may include up to: 10% (mainly in Turkey, UAE, Saudi-Arabia, South Africa)

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Arabic
  • supervisory experience
  • project management experience
  • teamworking and cooperation abilities
  • effective communication skills
  • strong analytical skills

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://3m.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Search/job/TR-Turkey-Istanbul/Trade-Compliance-Leader--m-f---_R01171070

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