Position Summary
SHEIN is seeking a senior trade compliance specialist who will be responsible for managing the Company’s trade compliance concerns in the APAC (ex-Mainland China) region and working closely with the trade compliance functions and customs teams globally.
This will include compliance activities such as enabling market access, reporting compliance trends, managing customs queries and investigations, and our APAC trade compliance strategies.
Responsibilities
- Work as an integral part of the legal and compliance team to lead comprehensive trade compliance standards.
- Ensure trade compliance policies and procedures are thoroughly developed, clearly communicated, and implemented effectively by business partners.
- Develop the APAC trade compliance program.
- Work closely with the various teams within the supply chain business and direct business partners as to actions that must be taken to minimise trade risk.
- Working in English to provide trade compliance standards and other regulatory information.
- Perform other duties as assigned or required to ensure trade compliance in exports originating from the APAC region.
Skills and Qualifications
- Ability to perform professional work effectively in English.
- Qualified to practice law in the United States, the United Kingdom or the European Union.
- Experienced lawyer with at least 12 years of post-qualification experience, and minimum of 4 years of experience as an in-house legal counsel.
- Thorough understanding of global trade issues, operation of free trade agreements and customs clearance.
- Ability to interpret free trade agreements, regulations and standards and to quickly assimilate and assess new information and develop plans to capitalise or react to these requirements.
- Exceptional program and project management skills.
- Experience and capacity to lead multi-jurisdictional projects and coordinate external advisors.
- Ability to deliver results, both as an individual contributor and as a member of the APAC and global legal and compliance teams.
- Flexibility to accommodate communication required across different time zones for collaboration with different parts of the group.
- Ability to make quick decisions while exercising good judgment.
- Have a strong work ethic, attention to detail and sense of professional accountability.