ABIRAMI R
Bengaluru
Summary
Highly Skilled Trade Compliance Specialist with more than 6 years of experience in international trade and export control regulations. Expertise includes conducting audits, developing procedures for risk mitigation, preparing documentation packages to ensure regulatory compliance, and monitoring emerging trends.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Export Compliance Officer
Expleo Group
2024.02 - Current
- Enhanced export compliance by ensuring adherence to all applicable regulations, laws, and policies.
- Managed complex export projects, ensuring on-time delivery and compliance with international regulations.
- Apply SCOMET license for dual use and military controlled items and technology
- Launched training program on export control awareness and assisted cross functional stake-holders with export control queries whenever required
- Developed internal compliance program and group export control policy and procedure
Trade Compliance Analyst
TE Connectivity
2021.08 - 2023.10
- Research and determine HS/HTS and ECN/ECCN classification as per country laws and regulations for all TE Commodities (finished goods, equipment, raw materials), Software, and technology.
- Liaison with Product Classification Engineers, Product Engineers and understand technologies, and software (product description, HTS code, ECN/ECCN numbers) and/or technical inputs to substantiate classifications
- Successfully delivered and driven compliance culture within organization with training, strategy updates and other trade compliance updates through polished presentations and infographics
- Streamlined and developed automatic process for trade compliance processes with kaizen Methodology
- Successfully implemented Custom broker scorecard and performing vigilant post entry auditing with customs broker invoices for all TE import and export shipments
- Extensive knowledge in India Export Control "SCOMET" regulations and submitted license application in DDP and DGFT portal and ensured license got approved for all export controlled orders before SLA.
- Supported in developing Internal compliance program and successfully got AEO TIER 1 certificate for TE legal entity.
- Strived hard to conduct and present detailed assessment of Joint venture facility with SOP's and developed process flow for movement of material for job work.
- Reported metrics to the Trade Compliance Manager, including tracking rates of import duties & taxes paid, customs clearance; generated an estimated cost savings for every quarter alone .
- Validated Country of origin for all Import and Export shipments
- Trained new joiners on all trade compliance policies and procedures.
- Working on ITAR assessment to establish ITAR facility in India
Associate Trade Specialist
Amber Road Software
2018.07 - 2018.12
- Master competently and independently Global Knowledge update process for delivering Trade Content to e2open clients on time and of utmost quality.
- Worked on Rules of origin.
- Accurately tracking and report on all cross-border duties, taxes and fees in e2open software
- Interacting with respective regions government officials as well as with network of trade professionals to obtain and verify trade and customs related information
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.
- Carry out other ad-hoc tasks assigned by management
Process Executive
Fulcrum Global Info Service
2017.04 - 2018.06
- Screening embargo countries and restricted party check before processing sales order and Profiling on End user status - government or non-government..
- Determination of export license required based on – Products/ Service Type, especially dual-use items.
- Handling end-user licensing and Forwarding login credentials to authenticated users for License key generation.
- Determining and closely monitoring classification of products using Harmonized Tariff Schedule of United States.
- Assigning ECCN for network / communication items.
- Responsible for Denied Party screening for various Business partners with international denial list for all their transactions.
- Releasing blocks on SAP-GTS based on export licenses.
Custom Analyst
Estrelz Maps Pvt. Ltd.
2014.11 - 2016.09
- Denied party screening support.
- Participated in the assessment of potential risks associated with importing or exporting goods; accurately identified sensitive items subject to US government regulations and denied clearance for non-compliant products.
- Preparing weekly POS reports and daily Backlog reports.
- Complied with all applicable trade regulations, import/export laws and tariff requirements to ensure that company-wide operations were compliant with international standards.
- Classify US and other importing countries HTS code and restriction check for E-commerce products.
Education
Bachelor of Information Technology -
Anna University
Skills
License Management
Tariff Classification
SAP GTS & Trade Automation
- P>Microsoft Power Suite(Excel, forms, Visio, Power Automate, Power Bi)
Broker Management
Accomplishments
- Acted as a TEOA Kaizen facilitator and solely developed a in-house tool using "Power Automate" platform to manage trade compliance process
- Performed vigilant audit in post entry shipments, 40 weeks of error free imports have been recorded
- Awarded Extraordinary Customer Experience -ECE star award by thinking "Above and Beyond" for streamlining the trade compliance process .
- Formulated and implemented trade compliance policies and procedures to ensure adherence with domestic and international import/export regulations; reduced errors by 25%.
- Participated in leadership training and Introduced automated processes for submitting import/export documents electronically, reducing manual labor time by 50%.
Timeline
Export Compliance Officer
Expleo Group
2024.02 - Current
Trade Compliance Analyst
TE Connectivity
2021.08 - 2023.10
Associate Trade Specialist
Amber Road Software
2018.07 - 2018.12
Process Executive
Fulcrum Global Info Service
2017.04 - 2018.06
Custom Analyst
Estrelz Maps Pvt. Ltd.
2014.11 - 2016.09
Bachelor of Information Technology -
Anna University