Lead Specialist - Trade Compliance, Import (Semiconductor)

Location: Malta, New York, United States; based in Malta, NY

Salary: $107,000–$178,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a full-service semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and fabrication services with manufacturing operations across three continents.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day import compliance execution and provide practical guidance to business teams, logistics partners, customs brokers, freight forwarders, suppliers, and service providers.
• Conduct risk-based audits of customs entries covering tariff classification, customs valuation, country of origin, duty treatment, special tariffs, and supporting documentation; investigate discrepancies and drive corrective action.
• Develop and improve import compliance procedures, records, controls, and operating practices across applicable sites.
• Lead Foreign-Trade Zone feasibility and potential operations, including admissions, withdrawals, inventory controls, reconciliations, audits, and coordination with sites, brokers, service providers, and government agencies.
• Support customs valuation, tariff classification, Section 301 and Section 232 measures, exclusions, duty mitigation, CTPAT, regulatory submissions, export operations, and compliance escalations.
• Use data, metrics, and trend analysis to identify risks, improve controls, reduce avoidable duties and delays, measure program effectiveness, deliver training, and lead cross-functional trade compliance projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, international business, logistics, finance, business administration, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Advanced working knowledge of U.S. import regulations, customs operations, internal controls, and recordkeeping requirements.
• Ability to lead projects, coordinate cross-functional work, influence without direct authority, and guide business partners or less-experienced colleagues.
• Strong analytical, investigative, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and drive complex issues to timely resolution.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English.
• Proficiency with trade compliance, customs, ERP, and data-analysis tools, with the ability to learn and apply new systems quickly.

Nice to have

• U.S. Licensed Customs Broker, Certified Customs Specialist, or another relevant trade-compliance credential.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience in trade compliance, customs, import operations, or customs brokerage.
• Experience managing international transportation and logistics operations, including carrier and freight-forwarder coordination, shipment execution, routing, documentation, cost management, and cross-border delivery issues.
• Semiconductor industry experience or experience in another highly regulated, technology-focused manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with Foreign-Trade Zone operations, controls, reconciliations, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with Section 301 and Section 232 measures, tariff classification, exclusions, duty impact analysis, and mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing or materially supporting a CTPAT program, including validations and corrective actions.
• Experience supporting export operations, including shipment execution, documentation, issue resolution, and compliance escalations.
• Experience working effectively in a global, matrixed organization across multiple sites and functions.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with logistics, supply chain, procurement, finance, tax, legal, security, site operations, information technology, business teams, external partners, and regulatory authorities.
• Operate with independence and accountability while managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Communicate risk assessments, options, recommendations, and tradeoffs to functional and business leadership.
• Perform work safely, ethically, and in accordance with applicable company requirements.
• Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment conditions, laws, and regulations.