The company our client is afortune 500 global leaderand one of the world's largest producers ofinterconnect systems and advanced electronic components, serving critical industries including aerospace, automotive, industrial, and communications. In mexico, the organization operates a highly strategicshared services platform, supporting25+ business units and manufacturing operationsacross the country. This center plays a pivotal role in enabling operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and cross-border efficiency within a complex, high-volume environment. As part of its continued growth and increasing operational sophistication, the company is seeking an experiencedcustoms operations managerto lead and elevate its customs and trade compliance function across mexico and the u.the position overview this is ahigh-impact leadership roleresponsible for overseeing customs operations across amulti-plant, multi-division manufacturing network. The position requires a seasoned leader who can operate at bothstrategic and execution levels, ensuring full compliance while driving efficiency, standardization, and continuous improvement. You will lead a team of 30+ professionals and act as thecentral authority on trade compliance, partnering closely with operations, finance, supply chain, and executive leadership. Key responsibilities own end-to-end customs complianceacross all divisions and manufacturing sites in mexico lead, develop, and align ateam of 30+ professionals, ensuring clarity of priorities, accountability, and performance establish and drivekpis and performance metricsto ensure operational excellence and compliance rigor ensure all processes, procedures, and training programs remainfully aligned with evolving regulations core functional leadership ensure full compliance withmexican and u.s. customs laws, immex, usmca, and other trade agreements leadtrade compliance strategy, including duty optimization and utilization of programs such asprosec and rule 8th overseeannex 24 / annex 30 (civa),aeo / ctpat programs, and supply chain security initiatives managecustoms audits (mexico & u.including preparation, response, and corrective actions ensure accuracy acrosshts classifications, valuation, country of origin, and documentation maintain integrity of customs systems and data, including reconciliation and reporting processes interface directly withmexican and u.s. authorities, managing permits, certifications, and compliance requirements oversee itar compliance where applicable leadership & decision authority define and implement department procedures and governance assign roles and responsibilities across the customs organization act as primary liaison with government agencies and external advisors approve customs transactions, certifications of origin, and duty payments determine when external legal counsel is requiredthe candidate experience & education bachelor's degree ininternational trade, law, supply chain, or related field. Prior solid experience in a customs, import & export, or trade compliance leadership role such as: director of customs & trade compliance, senior import & export manager, customs & trade compliance manager or similar. Experience withctpat, oea, civa, and trade compliance systems. Ms office including sound experience with excel. Fully bilingual (english/spanish) leadership profile & competencies strongexecutive presencewith the ability to influence across functions and levels deep expertise incustoms and trade compliance, combined with strong business judgment proven ability to lead incomplex, multi-site environments. Prefer experience leading in large global organizations. Highly disciplined with a focus onprocess rigor and execution excellence strongfinancial acumenand understanding of duty impact on the business collaborative leader with the ability to work cross-functionally (finance, ehs, security, hr, operations) hands-on, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset high integrity, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail customer-oriented with aresults-driven and ownership mentalitywhy this role this is a unique opportunity to: lead customs operations at scale within ahighly respected global organization influence and optimize trade compliance across acomplex, multi-plant footprint play a critical role in supportingcross-border manufacturing and nearshoring strategies be part of a company known foroperational excellence, innovation, and long-term growth