Position Title: Manager Trade Claims Snacking
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43085
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
The Global Trade Compliance Manager, Snacking Portfolio reports to the Director, Global Trade Compliance and leads trade compliance strategy and coordination for McCain’s global snacking business. This role supports key growth initiatives including new product launches, market expansions, co-manufacturing partnerships, and supply chain changes. Working across regions, the role embeds trade compliance into business decisions, proactively manages risk, and enables efficient market access for strategic growth opportunities.
What you’ll be doing.
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Serve as the primary trade compliance contact for global Snacking growth initiatives, including new product launches, market expansions, and co-manufacturing partnerships.
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Partner with business teams and regional trade compliance managers to identify requirements, risks, and market access considerations early in project planning.
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Coordinate trade compliance execution across multiple regions, aligning subject matter experts, requirements, and project timelines.
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Lead trade compliance workstreams, manage risk, and provide recommendations that support effective business decisions.
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Develop global guidance, tools, templates, and documentation frameworks that support consistent and scalable compliance practices.
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Build expertise in specialized trade requirements and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and collaboration across regions.
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Manage multiple concurrent global projects, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and risks are effectively monitored and addressed.
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Maintain centralized records of compliance decisions, risks, and project outcomes.
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Provide leadership reporting and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and best-practice sharing.
What you’ll need to be successful.
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Bachelor’s degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Food Science, Law, or a related field.
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Professional trade compliance certifications such as CCS, CES, or Licensed Customs Broker are considered assets.
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Minimum 5 years of experience in trade compliance, customs, international trade, supply chain, or related project management roles.
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Experience supporting new product launches, market expansions, supply chain transformations, or other complex cross-functional initiatives.
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Working knowledge of tariff classification, origin determination, import/export requirements, licensing, and trade documentation.
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Strong project management, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to deliver results without direct authority.
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Strong business acumen, problem-solving capability, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into practical guidance.
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Food, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or agri-food industry experience preferred.
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Experience with trade compliance systems such as SAP GTS or Oracle GTM is an asset.
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Demonstrated strengths in program and portfolio management, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, change management, facilitation, collaboration, and influencing.
About the team.
The role sits within the Global Trade Compliance organization and reports directly to the Director, Global Trade Compliance. While the position has no direct reports, it collaborates extensively with Global and Regional Supply Chain, R&D, Food Regulatory, Procurement, and Logistics teams, as well as external consultants, certification bodies, and regulatory agencies. Occasional global travel is required to support business initiatives and stakeholder engagement. This role operates in a hybrid work environment with a minimum expectation of three days per week in the office.
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
AI & Digital Capabilities.
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics
Division: Global Supply Chain
Department: Global Trade Compliance
Location(s): NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam
Company: McCain Foods Holland B.V.
