Senior Trade Compliance Manager
Arrow Electronics · Colorado
📍 US-CO-Denver, Colorado (Panorama Arrow Building)via workday
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Position: Senior Trade Compliance Manager
Job Description: Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow Electronics guides innovation forward for over 220,000 leading technology manufacturers and service providers. With 2025 sales of $30.9 billion, Arrow develops technology solutions that improve business and daily life. The company maintains 228 locations worldwide with over 85 countries served.
A Fortune 154 company with 21,500 employees worldwide, Arrow brings technology solutions to a breadth of markets, including telecommunications, information systems, transportation, medical, industrial, and consumer electronics. Arrow provides specialized services and expertise across the entire product lifecycle. Arrow does this by connecting customers to the right technology at the right place, time, and price. Arrow provides extraordinary value to customers and suppliers - the best technology companies in the world - and connects them through the company's industry-leading services.
Summary
The Trade Operations Manager will serve as a key leader within Arrow’s Global Logistics organization, responsible for the execution and governance of trade compliance programs, tariff mitigation strategies, duty optimization initiatives, and transportation operations. This role bridges regulatory expertise with operational execution, ensuring that Arrow’s cross-border activities remain compliant, cost-effective, and aligned with enterprise objectives.
Reporting to the VP of Global Transportation and Trade, this position partners closely with Assets, Sales, Finance, Legal Trade Compliance, IT, Supply Chain, and regional and Global Operations teams to drive consistency, accountability, and continuous improvement across Arrow’s global trade portfolio.
The Impact You'll Make
You will enable Arrow’s Global Trade Operations organization to operate with clarity, discipline, and consistency by driving execution of complex trade programs and initiatives — from tariff mitigation and duty drawback recovery to freight optimization and broker performance management. Through strong program leadership and cross-functional coordination, you will help ensure compliance with global trade regulations while translating regulatory priorities into actionable plans that protect margin, reduce risk, and support business growth.
What You Will Be Doing:
Trade Program Management & Execution
Lead and coordinate global trade programs ensuring compliance with import, export, customs, and trade regulations while supporting Arrow’s business objectives
Own and manage the Global Trade Operations — aligning priorities, sequencing initiatives, and managing interdependencies across compliance, automation, and regional and global activities
Establish and maintain a disciplined operating cadence including regular status reviews, action tracking, dependency management, and risk escalation
Translate regulatory strategy, policy changes, and leadership direction into actionable program plans with clear milestones and sustained follow-through
Tariff Mitigation & Duty Optimization
Develop and execute strategies to mitigate tariff exposure, including utilization of free trade agreements (FTAs), HTS reclassification opportunities, and first sale valuation analysis
Lead and coordinate IEEPA and Section 301/232 tariff recovery efforts, including CBP protest filings, entry audits via ACE, and liquidation monitoring within statutory windows
Oversee and expand Arrow’s Duty Drawback program — including manufacturing, unused merchandise, and rejected merchandise drawback claims — and build in-house expertise to scale the program as a potential value-added service for customers
Familiarity with FTZ operations, IMMEX/maquiladora programs, and reconciliation mechanisms used to optimize duty liability in complex supply chains
Support IMMEX program compliance and cross-border Mexico operations, including regularization of open pedimentos, SAT audit readiness, and coordination with maquiladora partners
Transportation & Logistics Collaboration
Collaborate with the Transportation team to align trade compliance requirements with inbound and outbound freight strategy across parcel, LTL, FTL, air freight, and ocean modes — ensuring cost, speed, and service-level considerations are reflected in trade program planning
Manage customs broker performance governance, including joint KPI reviews, corrective action plans, and RFP processes where trade compliance requirements intersect with carrier and broker selection
Work closely with Transportation and Supply Chain teams to ensure trade compliance requirements are embedded in inbound and outbound routing guides, vendor compliance programs, and freight payment and audit processes
Serve as the trade compliance resource for Transportation on Incoterms application — advising on risk allocation for cross-border shipments and ensuring terms are correctly reflected in commercial documents, vendor agreements, and customer contracts
Cross-Functional Influence & Executive Communication
Serve as a strategic partner to global business leadership — providing Chief-of-Staff-style support, preparing executive-ready dashboards, decision summaries, and leadership read-outs
Act as the central integration point across the enterprise, enablement, digital transformation, and regional teams to ensure consistent communication and execution of organizational priorities
Support change management and adoption of new business processes, systems, or policies by coordinating communications and tracking implementation progress
Identify program risks and gaps, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively surface issues requiring leadership attention
People Leadership & Team Development
Lead, manage, and develop a team of approximately 30 trade and logistics profes
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