What are the responsibilities and job description for the Protective Materials Trade Compliance Specialist position at Avient Corporation?
Job Description
The Trade Compliance Manager will ensure that the organization’s global trade operations comply with all applicable customs and export regulations, with a strong focus on managing and optimizing the company’s duty drawback program. This role supports day-to-day import/export compliance, oversees drawback claims, maintains required documentation, and partners with internal teams to mitigate risk and improve cross-border trade efficiency. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days at the Greenville, North Carolina, location.
Responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITIES
Duty Drawback Program Management
QUALIFICATIONS
About Us
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.
By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com .
The Trade Compliance Manager will ensure that the organization’s global trade operations comply with all applicable customs and export regulations, with a strong focus on managing and optimizing the company’s duty drawback program. This role supports day-to-day import/export compliance, oversees drawback claims, maintains required documentation, and partners with internal teams to mitigate risk and improve cross-border trade efficiency. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days at the Greenville, North Carolina, location.
Responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITIES
Duty Drawback Program Management
- Lead the administration of the company’s duty drawback program, including data collection, claim preparation, submission, and tracking.
- Ensure all drawback claims meet U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirements and timelines.
- Maintain detailed records to support drawback filings and audit readiness.
- Analyze import/export data to maximize recovery opportunities and improve financial outcomes.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external brokers to ensure accurate and compliant drawback processes.
- Interpret and apply international trade laws, customs regulations, and export controls (e.g., EAR, ITAR, OFAC).
- Ensure accurate product classification, including HTS, Schedule B, and ECCN codes.
- Review, audit and validate import/export documentation for compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with logistics, supply chain, procurement, and sales teams to ensure compliant movement of goods.
- Support preparation of export licenses, customs declarations, certificates of origin, and other trade-related documents.
- Maintain compliance-related records in accordance with regulatory retention standards.
- Provide guidance and training to internal teams on trade compliance processes, including duty drawback requirements.
- Serve as the subject-matter expert for trade compliance questions across the organization.
- Partner with legal, finance, and operations teams to ensure alignment with trade policy and strategy.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years of experience in trade compliance, customs, logistics, or duty drawback administration.
- Knowledge of U.S. customs regulations, export controls, and drawback requirements.
- Strong analytical and data management skills.
- Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Professional certifications (e.g., CCS, CES, CUSECO).
- Experience working with customs brokers, freight forwarders, and drawback specialists.
- Familiarity with free trade agreements and country-of-origin determination processes.
- Experience with global trade management systems
About Us
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.
By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com .