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Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.
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As an Associate Supply Chain Compliance Specialist with our Global Trade Management team,you will play a key role in safeguarding customs trade compliance throughout L&P’s import source‑to‑pay activities. In this role, you will ensure that processes, documentation, and cross‑functional interactions align with trade compliance and internal standards while delivering strong service and support to our partners across all business units. You’ll join a collaborative, detail-driven team that values continuous improvement, strong partnerships, and accountability.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and maintain positive business relationships with L&P partners and other external stakeholders.
- Pre-screen import purchase orders to ensure compliance with U.S. Custom and other import requirements.
- Ensure accuracy of import PO data, including manufacturer, country of origin, incoterms, mode of transport, carrier and broker, and other details that will have direct effects on subsequent logistics, AP, and customs compliance obligations.
- Oversee import PO acknowledgment and status tracking; monitor for potential supply chain issues and proactively work to resolve.
- Collaborate with Accounts Payable, suppliers, and branches to resolve any match variances or other issues to ensure timely payment and fulfillment of customs-clearance obligations.
- Maintain and review import reporting - including open order and in‑transit - to identify variances, delays, or risks, and work towards timely resolution with the appropriate partners.
- Coordinate with regional offices to support supplier qualification activities, including on-site assessment, improvement plan, and other required documentation.
- Initiate systems setup and maintenance for import vendor and manufacturer data; ensure ongoing supplier and trade-records compliance by facilitating annual Supplier Data validation.
- Act as a subject matter expert and advise management and leadership on trade compliance for planning, forecasting, risk mitigation, and business strategy.
- Participate in and help lead operational activities, including documentation development/maintenance, analytics, reporting, training and other projects.
- Participate in other GTM, Corporate, or business unit initiatives as needed.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful
- Takes initiative and ownership while supporting business partner needs.
- Sound judgment and ability to work autonomously and independently.
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal and persuasive communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Proven ability to build and maintain effective collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.
- Resourceful problem‑solver with strong analytical capabilities.
- Highly detail‑oriented with strong organizational and planning skills to manage multiple priorities.
- Committed to continuous improvement and able to adapt quickly to changing business and regulatory requirements.
- Dedicated to ongoing learning, professional development, and expanding subject‑matter expertise.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
- Demonstrated success in administering/implementing trade program activities.
- Exercises sound judgment and accountability when making decisions related to trade compliance, partner communication, and process execution.
- Provides leadership and guidance for other team members participating in these activities.
What to Do Next
Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.
Our Values
Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.
- Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
- Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
- Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
- Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.
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