David Thomas

Experience

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  Burroughs, Inc.

  Jan 1999 - Jul 2000

  Master Scheduler
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  Henkel Corporation

  Aug 2000 - Feb 2011

  Responsible for Global Trade systems and strategies for North America for the US subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. Manager of warehouse and consignment inventory.

  • Senior Manager Global Trade, Americas

    Mar 2008 - Feb 2011

  • Logistics Compliance Specialist

    Aug 2000 - Mar 2008
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  Deloitte

  May 2011 - Jul 2012

  Manager Customs and Global Trade

  SAP GTS and US Customs and Global Trade Consulting.

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  Terex Corporation

  Jul 2012 - Mar 2018

  Senior Manager Customs and Global Trade

  • Responsible for developing international global trade department, policies and procedures for Fortune 500 global organization that manufactures and distributes aerial work platforms, cranes, and material processing and material handling products.• Manage customs team of five direct reports in four countries.• Manage all Foreign Trade compliance issues and government regulations including import, export, ITAR, EAR, EU and other global regulations.• Developed ITAR and EAR compliance programs.• Manage and file ITAR and EAR licenses.• Implemented Amber Road Global Trade Management solution.• Implemented online training customs training program.• Implemented global logistics security programs (C-TPAT and AEO)• Managed customs brokers and freight forwarders. Show less

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  Shure Incorporated

  Jun 2018 - Nov 2020

  Senior Manager Global Trade Compliance

  • Responsible for managing international global trade department, policies and procedures for privately held global organization that manufactures and distributes consumer and professional audio systems. Brought four different locations under one Global Trade Team, reporting to me.• Manage customs team of nine direct reports in four countries with a team of 20.• Manage all Foreign Trade compliance issues and government regulations including import, export, ITAR, EAR, EU and other global regulations.• Developed EAR and export compliance programs.• Manage and EAR licenses.• Implemented online training customs training program.• Implemented global logistics security programs (C-TPAT and AEO)• Managed customs brokers and freight forwarders for international logistics.• Manage Free Trade Agreements for multiple locations around the world.• Manage cross functional teams with Operations, Finance, Sales, Marketing and Engineering.• Manage customs duty spend, monitor trends and study duty mitigation programs.• Implemented Free Trade Zone management software in Mexico and China. Show less

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  HARMAN International

  Dec 2020 - now

  Senior Manager Global Export Controls and Sanctions

  Responsible for managing global export compliance globally, denied party screening, compliance training and process management.