Senior Manager, Trade Compliance - APAC

The Senior Manager, Trade Compliance - Asia Pacific leads Celanese's regional trade compliance program, ensuring compliance with customs, import/export regulations, export controls, sanctions, and other trade-related regulatory requirements across APAC. This role serves as a strategic business partner to regional leadership, providing risk-based guidance that supports compliant business growth, supply chain resilience, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the Asia Pacific Trade Compliance Program in alignment with global compliance standards and business objectives.
• Serve as the regional subject matter expert and trusted advisor for customs compliance, export controls, sanctions, trade remedies, and supply chain security programs.
• Ensure compliance with applicable import/export, customs, export control, and sanctions regulations across APAC jurisdictions.
• Lead regional customs compliance activities, including, customs valuation, country of origin determination, free trade agreement optimization, duty optimization, and special customs regimes.
• Oversee export control processes, including product classifications, restricted-party screening, licensing requirements, and end-use/end-user reviews.
• Lead compliance with anti-dumping, countervailing duty, and other trade remedy measures, including exposure assessments, regulatory reporting, risk mitigation and assessing proactive measures.
• Establish and execute risk-based compliance monitoring, auditing, and corrective action programs together with internal stakeholders.
• Manage interactions with customs authorities and export control agencies, including audits, inquiries, and compliance reviews.
• Drive implementation and maintenance of trade facilitation and supply chain security programs, including AEO.
• Monitor regulatory and geopolitical developments, assess business impacts, and provide proactive guidance to stakeholders.
• Partner with business, supply chain, logistics, procurement, finance, legal, and IT teams to embed compliance into operational processes and digital solutions.
• Develop and deliver trade compliance policies, procedures, training, and awareness programs.
• Lead, coach, and develop regional trade compliance personnel while fostering a strong culture of compliance and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor's degree in International Trade, Business, Supply Chain, Law, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in customs, export controls, sanctions, and international trade compliance.
• Strong knowledge of trade regulations across key APAC jurisdictions, including China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India and ASEAN countries.
• Demonstrated experience managing government audits, customs authorities, and regulatory engagements.
• Experience managing anti-dumping and trade remedy requirements, including duty exposure analysis, government inquiries, and mitigation strategies.
• Experience with AEO programs, special customs regimes, free trade agreements, and duty optimization strategies.
• Proven leadership, stakeholder management, and change management capabilities in a multinational environment.
• Experience working in a Trade Consulting Firm or Government Agency is a plus