Trade Compliance Specialist

Key responsibilities will include:
• Customs Compliance: Coordinating with customs brokers and third‐party contractors on import and export declaration filings for Vietnam and any other APJ countries. Duties will include reviewing, preparing, and providing the required information to ensure timely and compliant lodgment of customs clearance adhering to global, regional and county specific regulatory and clearance requirements. This includes ensuring essential trade data such as HS codes, value, product descriptions, product origin, and product specifications are complete and made available to the customs broker.
• Other Government Agency Licensing: Supporting the determination, application, and management of import and export licenses required by other government agencies (e.g., Vietnam's cryptographic, cybersecurity, and radio equipment licenses). Duties include ensuring timely and accurate submissions to local authorities, maintaining relevant metric reports, identifying operational trends, and serving as the point of communication for all licensing‐related matters.
• Regulatory Compliance Operations: Maintaining complete and accurate import/export records and licenses for Tech Data legal entities in the region, ensuring proper documentation, systematic tracking, and continuous monitoring of license utilization and compliance.
Additional responsibilities that might be assigned:
• Support development and maintenance of trade compliance Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) working closely with regional and global co-workers as needed.
• Ensure vendors, contractors, brokers, and business partners follow established compliance processes as defined by our global and regional policies and SOPs.
• Conduct independent import reviews based on defined sampling requirements.
• Perform quality checks on record‐keeping and follow up on missing or incomplete documents.
• Support the monitoring and interpretation of international trade regulations relevant to the IT and telecommunications sectors across the APJ region.
• Assist the Local Regulatory Compliance Manager with trade compliance activities, assigned projects, and country‐specific initiatives.
• Provide support for other global or APJ regional trade compliance programs as required.