Associate Manager, Logistics and Customs Compliance

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What You’ll Do

In this role, you will support end-to-end logistics with a focus on import and export operations to optimize and align with SSI business goals. This position is responsible for executing strategies to enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve service levels across the supply chain. The associate manager will focus on leveraging best practices, process improvements, and technology adoption to drive growth, while collaborating with other departments to ensure seamless and cost-effective logistics, inventory management, and transportation solutions.

SSI offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. You will perform and oversee import/export compliance operations for high-value product deliveries at a multi-billion-dollar scale.

Location: Hybrid, working onsite at our San Jose, CA headquarters 3 days a week, with the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of your time. Subject to change at any time.

Job ID: 42504

• Support daily logistics operations (tracking, transportation, following up on shipment discrepancies for lost/damaged/delayed/misdelivered).
• Assist Customs compliance (C-TPAT, ISA, Customs regulations, HTS codes maintenance).
• Resolve customs clearance issues with customs brokers.
• Review and process logistics vendor invoices.
• Monitor incident reports for shipment exceptions and take corrective actions.
• Vendor QBRs, KPI monitoring, and performance evaluation.

What You Bring

• Bachelors with 5+ years of relevant industry experience, or Masters with 3+ years or PhD with 0 years in Logistics Management, Transportation, and Import/Export compliance or related field preferred.
• Custom broker license, highly preferred.
• Experience with C-TPAT & ISA custom web portal, preferred.
• Experienced with the classification process.
• Exercise independent judgment, critical reasoning skills, and excellent communication skills.
• Follow-up skills, proactive, detail-oriented, and well-organized.
• Assertive, self-motivated, goal and result driven.
• Proficiency in Excel.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with all levels of management and staff.
• Must be willing to collaborate with internal/external other teams (credit, sales, vendors, inventory, legal).
• Must be willing to support sales with month end shipping inquiries and be available to support team off hours.
• You’re inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people. 
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding. 
• You’re collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches. 
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.

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