Customs & Trade Compliance Specialist
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Customs & Trade, Logistics, or a related discipline.
- Four to seven or more years of progressive experience in customs and trade compliance, international trade, import/export operations, customs brokerage, or related compliance functions.
- Experience with enterprise resource planning and/or global trade management systems.
- Knowledge of import/export regulations, customs compliance, tariff classification, country of origin, customs valuation, and free trade agreements.
- Experience with customs broker oversight, customs audits, and trade compliance program administration.
- Proficiency in trade compliance systems and Microsoft Excel.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data validation skills.
- Ability to interpret regulations, maintain compliance documentation, and resolve trade compliance issues.
- Ability to manage trade compliance master data and understand its impact on customs and export processes.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, service providers, and information technology support teams.
- Manage day-to-day import and export compliance activities and support resolution of customs-related operational issues.
- Coordinate with customs brokers, freight forwarders, and service providers to ensure accurate and compliant customs filings.
- Review broker performance, monitor compliance with operating procedures, and resolve transactional discrepancies.
- Manage post-entry activities, corrections, duty recovery opportunities, and broker issue resolution.
- Perform and maintain tariff classifications and country of origin determinations.
- Make classification, origin, and trade program eligibility determinations in accordance with applicable regulations and company procedures.
- Evaluate and qualify products under free trade agreements and other trade preference programs, including management of supplier declarations, trade preference master data, and qualification rules.
- Maintain supporting documentation, records, and audit trails related to classification, origin, and trade program qualification.
- Identify opportunities for duty savings, trade program utilization, and customs optimization.
- Execute compliance reviews, transactional testing, and internal control activities to assess adherence to customs regulations and company policies.
- Identify, assess, and escalate customs and trade compliance risks and support mitigation activities.
- Investigate compliance discrepancies and support development and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Support internal audits, external audits, customs assessments, and government inquiries.
- Monitor regulatory changes and evaluate potential impacts on business processes, compliance requirements, and internal controls.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen trade compliance processes and controls.
- Support Authorized Economic Operator, Trusted Trader, and similar customs program certifications, validations, and periodic reassessments.
- Provide guidance to business stakeholders on customs and trade compliance requirements.
- Assess compliance impacts associated with new products, sourcing changes, acquisitions, and supply chain initiatives.
- Support resolution of escalated customs and trade compliance issues.
- Recommend compliant, practical, and efficient solutions that support business objectives while mitigating trade compliance risk.
- Partner with information technology and external support providers to investigate and resolve system defects.
- Support SAP Global Trade Services and other trade compliance systems through master data maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous process improvement activities.
- Maintain trade compliance data integrity and identify opportunities for process and system improvements.
- Analyze trade compliance data to identify trends, compliance risks, duty savings opportunities, and process improvement initiatives.
- Deliver trade compliance training and awareness activities to internal stakeholders.
- Support development and maintenance of procedures, work instructions, and training materials.
- Provide guidance to customs brokers and business users on trade compliance requirements.
- A professional certification such as Licensed Customs Broker, CCS, CITP, or a similar trade compliance certification.
- Proficiency in SAP GTS, strongly preferred; experience with SAP GTS Version 11 or E4H is a plus.
- Chemical manufacturing experience.
About the company
Trinseo is a global materials company that makes plastics and latex binders used across industries such as automotive, electronics, appliances, medical devices, and packaging. Its products are produced in manufacturing facilities around the world and sold to industrial customers who need dependable binder and resin materials to build their products. The materials help hold components together, improve durability, and enable efficient processing in manufacturing. What sets Trinseo apart is its broad, diversified product lineup and its worldwide production network, allowing it to serve many industries with materials tailored to their needs. The company aims to deliver high-quality, dependable materials at scale to help customers manufacture their goods reliably and maintain steady sales.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
2010
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What believers are saying
- May 2026 Chapter 11 cuts about $2 billion debt and $140 million interest.
- September 2026 launches broaden premium surfaces and flexible-film lamination sales.
- July 2026 recycled PC and PMMA demonstrations deepen customer stickiness with Signify and eyewear partners.
What critics are saying
- Lenders receive nearly 100% equity; existing shareholders are effectively wiped out.
- Q2 2026 net loss hit $120 million amid restructuring charges and weak volumes.
- A failed emergence in 2026 hands control to lenders and breaks Trinseo's standalone equity story.
What makes Trinseo unique
- Trinseo commercialized closed-loop PMMA recycling with Lapo and Signify in 2026.
- VOLTABOND 211 targets fast-charging anodes across Asia, Europe, and North America.
- Packaging Resource Hub bundles barrier coatings, lamination adhesives, and pilot-scale support.
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↑ 0%Trinseo, partners take another step Towards potential closed-loop recycling pathway for PMMA in eyewear applications. 30 Sep 2026 Trinseo, Lapo and laprima plastic Showcase Potential for PMMA Circularity with Recycling Demonstration Through Depolymerization Building on their successful collaboration to develop demonstration eyewear lenses containing recycled polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), Trinseo, Lapo s.r.l. and laprima plastics s.r.l. have achieved another significant milestone, showcasing the potential of circular solutions for the eyewear industry with PMMA recycled via depolymerization. After more than two years of dedicated development and collaboration across the value chain, the partners collected, prepared and recycled internal PMMA demo-lens waste from eyewear companies, converting it back into crude methyl methacrylate (MMA), the building block of acrylic resins. This achievement marks an important step toward demonstrating how end-of-life PMMA materials from the eyewear industry can potentially be recovered and reintroduced into the value chain through advanced recycling technologies. Turning Lens Waste into a Valuable Resource The project builds upon the earlier collaboration between Trinseo and Lapo, which demonstrated the use of recycled-content PMMA in premium eyewear lenses. In that project, Lapo tested and approved Trinseo's ALTUGLAS(TM) R-LIFE(TM) PMMA resin containing at least 86% recycled content for demanding optical applications. The latest milestone moves the industry closer to a truly circular model by focusing on recovering PMMA waste generated during lens-related activities. Through enhanced collection practices, PMMA demo-lens waste streams were gathered and prepared for recycling. laprima plastics carried out grinding and purification activities that significantly reduced contamination from other materials, including polycarbonate, glass and polyamide, creating a feedstock suitable for advanced recycling. Supported by encouraging laboratory-scale evaluations conducted at Trinseo's Rho, Italy, facility, the purified PMMA waste stream was blended with additional PMMA feedstocks and successfully processed through Trinseo's depolymerization technology. The industrial-scale trial produced crude recycled MMA for further processing, demonstrating the technical feasibility of recovering acrylic materials from post-industrial lens waste. Demonstrating the Potential of Depolymerization Recycling for Eyewear Depolymerization is an advanced recycling process that converts end-of-life PMMA back into MMA monomer, enabling the production of new PMMA materials while preserving the polymer's intrinsic value. The successful trial demonstrates how PMMA waste can be collected, processed, depolymerized and converted into recycled feedstock, helping demonstrate a potential pathway to close the loop for acrylic materials used in eyewear applications. By combining waste collection, pre-processing expertise, advanced recycling technology and application know-how, the partners have shown how collaboration across the value chain can help address the growing demand for circular material solutions. Collaboration Across the Value Chain The achievement reflects the commitment and expertise of all project partners: the eyewear company contributed by improving the collection and segregation of PMMA demo-lens waste. laprima plastics developed the necessary grinding and purification processes to prepare the material for recycling. Lapo provided application expertise in eyewear lenses, while Trinseo leveraged its depolymerization capabilities and expertise in acrylic materials to convert the recovered PMMA into recycled MMA. Driving Towards a Future with Circular Acrylics The successful implementation of Trinseo's R-LIFE(TM) business model and this recycling demonstration represent important steps toward creating more circular value chains for PMMA. While further development and scaling opportunities remain, the project demonstrates the potential of advanced recycling technologies to recover acrylic materials that would otherwise be discarded and transform them into valuable resources for future applications. By bringing together expertise from across the PMMA value chain, Trinseo, laprima plastics, and Lapo are helping to explore practical pathways for increased circularity, supporting the transition toward a more resource-efficient future for the eyewear industry.
Trinseo expands AVONITE(TM) Flex collection with two new design colors. 28 Sep 2026 COCO LUXE 8717 and SILKEN 8716 bring new aesthetic options to architects, designers, and fabricators. Florence, KY - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, announced the addition of two new colors to its AVONITETM Flex solid surface portfolio: COCO LUXE 8717 and SILKEN 8716. The new designs expand the collection's aesthetic versatility, offering customers additional options for creating modern, durable, and visually appealing interior environments. COCO LUXE 8717 delivers a warm, sophisticated appearance inspired by natural textures, while SILKEN 8716 offers a refined, contemporary look with a soft, elegant visual effect. Both colors complement a wide range of commercial and residential applications, including hospitality, healthcare, retail, workplace, and residential spaces. As part of the AVONITETM Flex range, the new colors combine design flexibility with the performance characteristics fabricators, architects, and designers expect from AVONITETM solid surface materials. The additions further strengthen the portfolio by providing customers with more opportunities to achieve distinctive design outcomes while maintaining durability and ease of fabrication. About Trinseo Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, partners with companies to bring ideas to life in an imaginative, smart and sustainably focused manner by combining its premier expertise, forward-looking innovations and best-in-class materials to unlock value for companies and consumers. From design to manufacturing, Trinseo taps into decades of experience in diverse material solutions to address customers' unique challenges in a wide range of industries, including building and construction, consumer goods, medical and mobility. Trinseo's employees bring endless creativity to reimagining the possibilities with clients all over the world from the company's locations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Trinseo reported net sales of approximately $3.0 billion in 2025.
Waterborne acrylic adhesive targets high-speed film lamination. September 26, 2026 Trinseo has introduced LIGOS(TM) A 9202, an all-acrylic waterborne adhesive engineered for flexible film dry lamination. Designed for high-speed lamination, the adhesive provides dry-bond performance across a range of flexible film structures. It can be incorporated into conventional gravure, roll-to-roll and slot-die coating processes. Trinseo says fast adhesion build-up and stable coating performance can help improve manufacturing efficiency. Looking for a reprint of this article? From high-res PDFs to custom plaques, order your copy today! JOIN TODAY to unlock your recommendations. Already have an account? Sign In
Trinseo expands AVONITE(TM) Flex collection with two new design colors. September 22, 2026 COCO LUXE 8717 and SILKEN 8716 bring new aesthetic options to architects, designers, and fabricators. Florence, KY - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, today announced the addition of two new colors to its AVONITE(TM) Flex solid surface portfolio: COCO LUXE 8717 and SILKEN 8716. The new designs expand the collection's aesthetic versatility, offering customers additional options for creating modern, durable, and visually appealing interior environments. COCO LUXE 8717 delivers a warm, sophisticated appearance inspired by natural textures, while SILKEN 8716 offers a refined, contemporary look with a soft, elegant visual effect. Both colors complement a wide range of commercial and residential applications, including hospitality, healthcare, retail, workplace, and residential spaces. As part of the AVONITE(TM) Flex range, the new colors combine design flexibility with the performance characteristics fabricators, architects, and designers expect from AVONITE(TM) solid surface materials. The additions further strengthen the portfolio by providing customers with more opportunities to achieve distinctive design outcomes while maintaining durability and ease of fabrication. About Trinseo Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, partners with companies to bring ideas to life in an imaginative, smart and sustainably focused manner by combining its premier expertise, forward-looking innovations and best-in-class materials to unlock value for companies and consumers. From design to manufacturing, Trinseo taps into decades of experience in diverse material solutions to address customers' unique challenges in a wide range of industries, including building and construction, consumer goods, medical and mobility. Trinseo's employees bring endless creativity to reimagining the possibilities with clients all over the world from the company's locations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Trinseo reported net sales of approximately $3.0 billion in 2025. Discover more by visiting www.trinseo.com and connecting with Trinseo on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and WeChat. Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, projections, forecasts, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are not statements of historical facts or guarantees or assurances of future performance. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words like "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "forecast," "outlook," "will," "may," "might," "see," "tend," "assume," "potential," "likely," "target," "plan," "contemplate," "seek," "attempt," "should," "could," "would" or expressions of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements reflect management's evaluation of information currently available and are based on the Company's current expectations and assumptions regarding its business, the economy, its current indebtedness, and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Factors that might cause future results to differ from those expressed by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our ability to complete the steps contemplated by the RSA; our ability to complete voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; our ability to obtain Court approval of our pre-packaged plan of reorganization and debtor-in-possession financing; our ability to complete the Chapter 11 process on an expedited basis; our ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals; our ability to reduce our debt obligations and interest expense; the potential adverse effects of the Chapter 11 process on our liquidity and results of operations; the timing or amount of recovery, if any, to our stakeholders; uncertainty regarding our ability to retain key personnel; the diversion of management's attention as a result of the Chapter 11 process; increased administrative and legal costs related to the Chapter 11 proceedings; changes in our ability to meet its financial obligations during the Chapter 11 proceedings and to maintain contracts that are critical to its operations; the effectiveness of the overall restructuring activities pursuant to the Chapter 11 process and any additional strategies that we may employ to address its liquidity and capital resources and achieve its stated goals; the actions and decisions of equity holders, creditors, regulators, and other third parties that have an interest in the Chapter 11 process, which may interfere with the ability to confirm and consummate the steps contemplated by the RSA; our ability to execute on our long-term growth strategy and operate from a positive free cash flow position; and those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, under Part I, Item 1A - "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in its other reports, filings and furnishings made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. As a result of these or other factors, the Company's actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Therefore, Trinseo caution you against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. Ready for a partnership? From design to manufacturing, Trinseo'll work hand in hand with you to determine solutions unique to the needs of your business. Latest Consumer Goods News
Trinseo launches Latex Binders Packaging Materials Resource Hub to advance customer collaboration. September 15, 2026 New digital resource connects barrier coating and lamination adhesive technologies with technical expertise, development capabilities and resources for packaging applications As packaging requirements continue to evolve, brands, converters and material suppliers are balancing performance, product protection and cost with growing expectations for recyclability, circularity and more efficient use of resources. Regulatory requirements are also accelerating change. In Europe, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation establishes new requirements aimed at reducing packaging waste and advancing recyclability, recycled content and reuse, with new recyclability requirements taking effect beginning in 2030. To help customers explore opportunities within this changing landscape, Trinseo has launched a new Packaging Materials Resource Hub dedicated to packaging technologies and capabilities within its Latex Binders business. The Hub brings together complementary barrier coating and lamination adhesive technologies, along with technical expertise, development capabilities and resources, in one easy-to-navigate digital destination. By connecting these capabilities around packaging applications and customer needs, the Hub provides a starting point for customers to explore what's possible and identify opportunities for deeper technical collaboration. "Packaging customers are navigating increasingly complex requirements, making collaboration across the value chain more important than ever," said Arthas Yang, SVP, Latex Binders. "The Packaging Materials Resource Hub gives customers a clearer view of the technologies, expertise and development capabilities available within our Latex Binders business, while creating a direct pathway to engage our teams around their specific packaging development needs." Explore Technologies, Capabilities and Resources The Packaging Materials Resource Hub gives customers access to information on: * Barrier coating technologies for paper-based packaging applications * Lamination adhesive technologies for packaging structures * Packaging applications and structures supported by Latex Binders * Development, testing and pilot-scale capabilities * Trinseo's Discover, Develop, Validate and Commercialize approach to technical collaboration * Product and technical literature, case studies, videos and other resources Customers can explore the areas most relevant to their needs, learn more about Latex Binders' capabilities and connect with technical experts to discuss their specific packaging development needs. From Digital Discovery to Technical Collaboration The Hub is designed to make it easier for customers to move from initial discovery to more informed technical collaboration. Visitors can learn how Trinseo supports packaging development from discovery and development through validation and commercialization, while exploring Latex Binders' development, testing and pilot-scale capabilities that support that process. For customers exploring paper-based flexible packaging opportunities, a dedicated collaboration pathway allows them to share information about their application, performance requirements and sustainability objectives. These details can help inform further discussions with Trinseo's technical experts about technologies and development approaches that may warrant further evaluation. The Hub will also continue to evolve. Its Resources section will grow as new product literature, technical content, case studies, videos and other materials become available, providing customers with an ongoing destination for exploring Latex Binders packaging technologies, knowledge and capabilities. Explore the Packaging Materials Resource Hub and discover how Trinseo Latex Binders can support your next packaging development opportunity. Latest Consumer Goods News