Trade Compliance Leader (m/f/*)

As a Trade Compliance Leader (m/f/*) for the Emerging Markets Region at 3M, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world.

Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading the Trade Compliance operations in the Emerging Markets Region to fulfill internal and external customs requirements.
• Supporting the undisrupted import and export declarations of goods in highly regulated countries like the Arabic Emirates, Saudi-Arabia, South Africa, Turkey and others
• Manage the trade initiatives and support the businesses by customs processing allowing frictionless air, ocean and ground transport. Correct, review, and validation import, and export activities and implement continuous improvements.
• Supporting the area and global trade compliance organization with in-depth knowledge of local customs processes and influencing internal and external partner
• Acting as a customs expert for customer operation and logistic execution and other supply chain functions by providing guidance, support, and partnering across multiple workstreams
• 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 from day one, 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

• 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, UEA, Saudi-Arabia, South Africa)

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