Foreign Trade Lead Mesoamérica

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At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s P&S Logistics Team is seeking a Foreign Trade Lead Mesoamérica in Mexico City. This role will provide support in driving business growth through effective management of CU foreign trade and CAC logistics operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and team development while optimizing financial performance.

Accountabilities

•  Ensure import, export, and transportation times meet established targets.
• Build, monitor, and deliver the annual expense and cost budget associated with operations.
• Ensure operations are executed in full compliance with applicable regulations in each country where we operate directly and provide timely documentation to our customers to execute their customs and logistics processes according to legislation.
• Provide quality information to the P&S organization regarding operational status, process improvement opportunities, and new operational models or schemes to achieve significant positive impacts.
• Handle customer complaints and identified non-conformities according to defined policies and procedures.
• Manage the performance of all required operational providers through relevant KPIs that must meet SMART goals. Ensure providers invoice their services in a timely manner.
• Maintain an IRA (Inventory Record Accuracy) above 99% in each storage site under their scope and responsibility.
• Comply with all company policies, codes of practice, procedures, protocols, and other defined standards in each operational process.
• Maintain fluid communication channels with Customs Authorities and Ministries of Agriculture in countries within scope to ensure compliance with international regulations, including meetings and visits. Properly address any audits or requirements that authorities may request from the company regarding foreign trade operations under leadership.
• Optimize, digitize, and improve processes from operational, financial, HSE, Quality, Security, and Sustainability perspectives.
• Align, contribute, and work as a team with other processes within and outside P&S, ensuring optimal supply chain flow.

About Syngenta  

Syngenta is a global leader in agricultural innovation with a presence in more than 90 countries. Syngenta is focused on developing technologies and farming practices that empower farmers, so they can make the transformation required to feed the world’s population while preserving our planet. Its bold scientific discoveries deliver better benefits for farmers and society on a bigger scale than ever before. Guided by its Sustainability Priorities, Syngenta is developing new technologies and solutions that support farmers to grow healthier plants in healthier soil with a higher yield. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland; Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States. Read our stories and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram & X. 

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in foreign Trade, International Business, Industrial Engineering, or related fields. Project and change management skills and experience
• Minimum 4 years of experience in foreign trade and international logistics
• Experience using SAP for transactions related to purchasing, billing, inventory, and transportation. 
• Experience implementing and/or operating special customs schemes (IMMEX, AEO, Free Trade Zones, among others).
• Experience managing or leading customs and/or logistics providers
• Understanding of customs agency operations and logistics operators
• Knowledge of customs regulations and related requirements.
• Critical Leadership Capabilities: Courage, Curiosity, Collaboration and Accountability

Be part of the Syngenta Experience

• Competitive salary and attractive benefits
• Dynamic and international environment
• Modern office environment and collaboration tools
• Forward thinking policies (e.g. remote working, career breaks)
• Support personal development in a diverse and inclusive environment

Important: 

Beyond just believing in the power of diversity, Syngenta promotes an inclusive culture that embraces differences in all its forms. Here we believe that the feeling of belonging allows people to be the best versions of themselves, building an increasingly welcoming and productive environment. All candidates qualified for our positions, without distinction of race, gender, age, nationality or disability.

*This position will require immediate availability.

* This position will not provide relocation support.

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