Americas Import Trade Compliance Specialist

Americas Import Trade Compliance Specialist    This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: Job Description Summary: We seek a highly skilled Americas Import Trade Compliance Specialist to serve as an individual contributor and subject matter expert supporting import policy, customs compliance, and duty drawback for the Americas Markets.  The specialist will interpret and apply country-specific customs requirements, provide practical guidance to business partners, and help maintain effective import controls.  • Import Policy Expertise — Advise on import recordkeeping, customs valuation, preferential and non-preferential origin, tariff classification, admissibility, broker governance, post-entry activity, and duty recovery.  • Regional Compliance — Monitor regulatory developments and support consistent compliance processes across the Americas while addressing local-country requirements.  • Duty Drawback — Execute and improve the full drawback lifecycle, including data validation, claim support, recovery tracking, and compliance documentation.  • Controls and Documentation — Review compliance assurance outcomes for enhancements to existing operations to improve compliance.    • Risk Management — Identify compliance gaps, assess operational impact, recommend corrective actions, and escalate material risks.  • Process Improvement and Automation — Develop practical controls, reporting, analytics, and automation to improve accuracy, efficiency, and duty optimization.  • Audits and Inquiries —Experience with customs audits, desk reviews, requests for information, and internal assessments; coordinate timely, well-supported responses.  • Training and Stakeholder Support — Provide technical guidance and training to business units, logistics, finance, sourcing, tax, legal, and external service providers.  • Reporting — Produce clear metrics and updates on compliance performance, duty recovery, service levels, open risks, and remediation activities.  Job Description:     The Americas Import Trade Compliance Specialist is an experienced individual contributor who provides import policy expertise and operational compliance support across the Americas markets.  Ability to interpret customs requirements, develop practical guidance, performs complex analyses, and partners with business stakeholders to manage risk and improve the import processes. The role also supports U.S. duty drawback operation, preferential country of origin determination and duty optimization initiatives. Job Family Definition:   Provides specialized technical and operational support for Americas import policy/compliance and duty recovery processes. Partners with stakeholders to identify and implement business process improvements, strengthen controls, manage costs, integrate new and existing business activities, and adapt to changes in the regulatory environment.    Leads workstreams and collaborates with cross-functional and cross-regional teams to execute import policy, compliance