Luis Mata
Laredo
Summary
Experienced Import Export Manager with a demonstrated history of working in MX/US customs brokerage for almost 20 years.
Subject of matter expert in cross border Import and Export customs procedures, IMMEX and Mexican Trade Compliance regulations. Also knowledge in US customs operations such as Inbond shipments, AES-EEI's, consumption entries.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Import and Export Manager
Grupo Segrove, Customs Broker
07.2013 - Current
- Lead +70 team of import/export professionals, providing guidance and coaching to enhance performance and achieve targets.
- Provide legal advice to customers as for import export regulations, procedures, new projects and other concerns
- Develop, stablish and monitor KPI's for each import/export departments, making sure to keep lowest rate of errors and incidents at MX/US customs and on time deliveries
- Establish procedures to ensure that all import export documents submitted at customs are compliant
- Attend to customers meetings to provide statistical information, KPI's, feedback of their operations and provide suggestions to maintain customs due diligence
- Provide training courses to personnel and customers as well
- Keep personnel updated to latest versions of customs regulations and laws
- Analyze and stablish countermeasures when error occurs such as R1's or penalties at mexican customs inspection
- Analyze personnel productivity rates and carry out performance evaluation
- Create and modify SOP's for all customers in order to stablish tailored procedures according to their needs
- Analyze customs pedimento audits and stablish corrective actions to prevent recurrence of errors
- Promote and attend to VSM workshops in order to analyze and suggest improvements to customs related procedures
- Problem solving
Import Supervisor
Grupo Segrove, Customs Broker
05.2008 - 06.2013
- Lead, supervise and assist 12 members team of account executives and traffic clerks
- Supervise and perform random audits to make sure that all paperwork submitted at mexican customs are compliant
- Supervise that all account executives aid their customers properly and efficiently
- Attend to weekly training at Customs Broker Association to keep updated to any change related to mexican customs regulations
- Responded to customs, customer and internal requests about classification, duty rates and documentation requirements to support import regulations
- Established, supervised and continuously improved import process flows in conformance with rules, procedures and company policy
- Provide KPI's and metrics on monthly basis and provide executive summary of main findings and concerns.
Import Clerk
Grupo Segrove, Customs Broker
01.2005 - 05.2008
- Prepare and process import documentation according to customs regulations, laws or procedures.
- Maintain open communication with customers to get their requirements in order to schedule and process their shipments.
- Create pedimentos under regimes: Definitive, temporary, consolidados, etc
- Generate daily reports for customers: cleared shipments, pending-to-cross shipments, duties paid, etc.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Instituto Tecnologico De Monterrey
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico12.2021
Technician - HTS Classification
Universidad Tecnologica De Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo, México, Mexico07.2004
Bachelor of Science - International Trade
Universidad Valle De Mexico
Nuevo Laredo, México, Mexico07.2003
Skills
- MX/US cross border Import/export knowledge
- Mexican customs Trade Compliance and trade regulations
- US customs procedures: inbonds, FTZ's, EEI's
- Shipping coordination
- Freight forwarding experience
- Tax and duty calculation
- Incoterms Proficiency
- Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Languages
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
German
Elementary (A2)
MOOC's
Coursera: University of California, Irvine - Finanzas para profesionales no financieros. Verify at coursera.org/verify/M4CHRQ9NWPNM
Coursera: Macquarie University, Sidney Australia - Excell Skills for Business: Essentials Verify at coursera.org/verify/ZB39U5CV8A7M
Coursera: Macquarie University, Sidney Australia - Excell Skills for Business: Intermediate I Verify at coursera.org/verify/V5JZRGGCNAUM
Coursera: Macquarie University, Sidney Australia - Excell Skills for Business: Intermediate II Verify at coursera.org/verify/EDW5QZEMZERT
Coursera: Michigan University. Successful Negotiation. Currently studying.
Coursera: University of California Irvine. Time management: Work smarter not harder. Currently studying
Certification
GBU: Customs Broker Management Certification.
CONOCER: Customs Broker authorized agent.
Timeline
Import and Export Manager
Grupo Segrove, Customs Broker
07.2013 - Current
Import Supervisor
Grupo Segrove, Customs Broker
05.2008 - 06.2013
Import Clerk
Grupo Segrove, Customs Broker
01.2005 - 05.2008
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Instituto Tecnologico De Monterrey
Technician - HTS Classification
Universidad Tecnologica De Nuevo Laredo
Bachelor of Science - International Trade
Universidad Valle De Mexico
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