Customs Compliance Leader - LATAM

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Job Description SummaryThe LATAM Customs Compliance Leader is responsible for driving customs governance, compliance, and risk management across the Latin America region. This role ensures compliance with applicable customs regulations, GE HealthCare policies, and trade requirements through robust monitoring, auditing, broker management, and stakeholder engagement. The role serves as a trusted advisor to business and operations teams, leading customs compliance programs, identifying risks, implementing corrective actions, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen regional customs processes and controls. Job DescriptionGE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator with over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50,000 employees globally. We enable clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications, and services, supported by our Edison intelligence platform. We operate at the center of an ecosystem working toward precision health -digitizing healthcare, helping drive productivity and improving outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world. Roles and Responsibilities Lead Customs Compliance governance activities across LATAM, ensuring adherence to applicable customs regulations and GE HealthCare policies. Plan, execute, and coordinate internal audits, external regulatory audits, and regional customs monitoring reviews. Assess customs-related processes and controls, identifying risks and driving corrective and preventive actions. Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, and business stakeholders to ensure compliant import and export activities across the region. Lead Customs Broker Management processes, including performance oversight, compliance reviews, and governance initiatives. Manage third-party Due Diligence and approval processes in accordance with company compliance requirements. Serve as the regional customs compliance advisor, providing guidance on regulatory requirements, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement opportunities. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in International Trade, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics, Law, Finance, or a related field. Significant experience in Customs Compliance, Global Trade, Import/Export Operations, Trade Compliance, or Customs Governance. Experience managing or participating in customs audits, regulatory reviews, and compliance assessments. Knowledge of customs regulations and trade compliance requirements across LATAM countries. Experience working with customs brokers and third-party service providers. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess risk and develop corrective actions. Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and work across multiple countries and business functions. Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Spanish. Desired Characteristics Experience working in multinational companies with regional customs compliance responsibilities. Knowledge of FTAs, tariff classifications, valuation, origin determination, and customs programs. Experience supporting healthcare, medical device, manufacturing, or highly regulated industries. Familiarity with internal control frameworks, compliance monitoring programs, and risk management methodologies. Portuguese language skills are highly desirable. Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a regional environment. Continuous improvement mindset. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity. Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support. At GE HealthCare, requesting medical certificates of non-pregnancy or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status as a requirement for employment, continued employment, or promotion is strictly prohibited. #LI-MM8 #LI-Hybrid Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: No