Global Customs & Trade Compliance Executive
Job Description SummaryAre you ready to see your career take flight? At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. The Global Executive Customs & Trade Compliance Leader is responsible for setting and executing the global strategy for customs operations, trade compliance, tariff management, and duty optimization across GE Aerospace. In this role, you will lead global risk management for export and import operations, oversees compliant execution of high-volume cross-border shipments, and ensures adherence to GE Aerospace Enterprise Standards and regulatory requirements in all regions. This leader owns a portfolio of significant annualized duty avoidance, savings, and refunds and is accountable for building a high-performing global organization, strengthening controls, enabling business growth, and protecting GE Aerospace’s license to operate. The position leads a global operations team and functional experts across four regions (UK, EMEA, Americas, APAC), overseeing customs brokers, vendors, and site-level processes for approximately 150 locations and 150,000-200,000 shipments annually. Key Skills & Competencies Strategic leadershipAbility to set global vision, prioritize initiatives, and align stakeholders around execution Risk management & complianceIdentify, assess, and mitigate customs, tariff, and trade compliance risks Tariff & special program strategyDesign/implement global tariff management and special program optimization People leadership & developmentLead/develop global teams and build succession pipelinesWill lead a team of 34 direct reports and 66 contingent workers Executive communicationStrong written and verbal communication with senior leaders and regulators Change managementLead organizational change (new policies, tools, regulatory requirements) Continuous improvementUse data/audits/feedback to drive simplification, standardization, and process improvement Vendor & brokerage managementManage/develop/control brokers/vendors to meet performance and compliance goals Cross-functional influenceInfluence peers and leaders outside own function; communicate complex plans in executive-friendly formatsJob DescriptionRole & ResponsibilitiesGlobal strategy, governance & risk managementDefine and execute GE Aerospace’s global customs and trade compliance strategy (including tariff management and special program optimization).Establish governance mechanisms (e.g., risk councils, operating reviews) and maintain a global risk assessment framework/methodology. Own global KPIs and reporting across risk indicators, Enterprise Standard conformance, audit outcomes, lead times, tariff exposure, and duty optimization results. Global operati...