Nandhini Sugumaran
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic Trade Consultant with a strong background in tariff classification and export compliance. Skilled in process optimization, contributing to successful CBP clearance and antidumping duty defense strategies. With more than 8 years of functional experience across domains looking forward to leveraging my expertise to drive impactful trade solutions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Trade Consultant
GRUNFELD DESIDERIO LEBOWITZ SILVERMAN & KLESTADT LLP (GDLSK)
New York
01.2023 - 03.2025
- Providing technical and substantive support to the defense of foreign producers, exporters and importers in U.S. trade for Antidumping duty Customs proceedings
- Handling detentions under the UFLPA(Uyghur Forced Labor prevention Act) issued by CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
- Reviewing detained shipments, coordinating upstream supply chain traceability, and preparing supporting documentation for CBP to enable clearance
- Market/industry research, customs research, HTS Classification and data analysis
Advanced Analyst
Ernst & Young Global Delivery Services (GDS)
Chennai
05.2021 - 12.2022
- Providing HTS and ECCN classification for the General Electric healthcare industry
- Address License release requests or classification hold request for Export controls
- Providing in-depth classification analysis to the clients for conflicting cases
Senior Analyst - Global Tariff Classification
Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India
Chennai
04.2020 - 04.2021
- Free Trade Agreement (FTA) analysis for Nissan under Japan’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), including Japan-Thailand, Japan-Indonesia & Japan-Vietnam
- Performed Tariff Shift (Change in Tariff Classification - CTC) analysis based on Product Specific Rules in the respective EPA agreements to determine eligibility for preferential duty rates
- Coordinated with Nissan Japan in preparing evidence sheets for Certificate of Origin (CO) documentation, in line with EPA origin criteria, for advance planning requests on Completely Built Units (CBUs), production parts, and service parts - enabling economical sourcing decisions
- Internal audit, quality check, database correction, and conduct internal trainings
Analyst - Global Tariff Classification
Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India
Chennai
11.2016 - 03.2020
- Perform HTS classification for new design released automobile parts of Renault and Nissan according to the General rules of interpretation (GRI), backed by relevant technical documentation extracted from the Renault and Nissan engineering systems for 16 countries
- Extracting the supportive technical documents from Renault and Nissan engineering systems by analyzing the 2D/3D drawings of both electrical and automobile parts in a car
- Managing requests from Nissan (Japan) for tariff shift (CTC) activity by providing necessary evidence sheets based on tariff shift rules to obtain the Certificate of Origin (CO) to determine that the parts are eligible for FTA
Education
Future Leadership Programme in Supply Chain Management - Digital Supply Chain Management & Leadership
Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai (NITIE)
Mumbai08-2026
Bachelors - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology
Chennai, India01-2016
Skills
- HTS Classification
- Export Controls
- Free Trade Agreement Analysis
- Antidumping duty
- Process Optimization & Automation
- Internal Audits & Trainings
- Team Management
- Research & Analysis
- Quality Control
Accomplishments
- Successfully conducted internal compliance audits, ensuring 100% adherence to trade regulations
- Corrected and standardized a large HTS classification database, improving data accuracy and quality assurance
- Executed advance planning of HTS codes, enabling significant duty savings, and cost optimization
- Trained and mentored multiple professionals on trade compliance activities, strengthening team capability
- Led end-to-end supply chain traceability for new clients by gathering trade documents
Languages
- English - Professional
- Tamil - Native
- Telugu - Conversational
Timeline
Trade Consultant
GRUNFELD DESIDERIO LEBOWITZ SILVERMAN & KLESTADT LLP (GDLSK)
01.2023 - 03.2025
Advanced Analyst
Ernst & Young Global Delivery Services (GDS)
05.2021 - 12.2022
Senior Analyst - Global Tariff Classification
Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India
04.2020 - 04.2021
Analyst - Global Tariff Classification
Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India
11.2016 - 03.2020
Future Leadership Programme in Supply Chain Management - Digital Supply Chain Management & Leadership
Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai (NITIE)
Bachelors - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology
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