CustomsOperationsLeader-Americas

# ******Job Description Summary****** The Customs Operations Leader for Americas is a senior regional role accountable for end-to-end customs performance and regulatory compliance across the Americas (US, Mexico, Brazil, Canada). This leader owns tariff governance and duty accuracy, sets and enforces customs standards for roughly 60 GE Aerospace sites, and is responsible for transforming customs into a high-performing, low-defect process. The role provides strategic direction and oversight of customs brokers and vendors, ensuring that approximately 200,000 annual shipments are executed with high data quality, strong internal controls, and full alignment to GE Aerospace Enterprise Standards and regulatory requirements. The leader closely aligns with Control Tower leadership to assure customs’ contribution to lead-time stability, leverages Flight Deck principles to drive continuous improvement and standardization, and actively develops customs talent and external networks to sustain a strong pipeline and best practices. This role is open to remote consideration in the state of Ohio or Florida but must be able to travel onsite to Evendale, sometimes with short notice. # **Job Description** _**Roles and Responsibilities**_ * Provide strategic leadership for Americas customs operations, setting the vision, standards, and roadmap for a high-performing, compliant customs function * Own regional tariff governance, including oversight of HS classification, valuation methodologies, country of origin determination, and application of special programs (FTA/USMCA, FTZ, bonded, IPR), ensuring duty accuracy and minimizing leakage * Establish and enforce a governance framework for GE Aerospace sites in the Americas, including clear ownership, focal coverage, and adherence to Enterprise Standards, WIs, and control requirements * Lead the performance management and continuous improvement of customs brokers and customs vendors, setting expectations, implementing rigorous SLAs/scorecar