Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43085
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
The Global Trade Compliance Manager, Snacking Portfolio reports to the Director, Global Trade Compliance and leads trade compliance strategy and coordination for McCain's global snacking business. This role supports key growth initiatives including new product launches, market expansions, co-manufacturing partnerships, and supply chain changes. Working across regions, the role embeds trade compliance into business decisions, proactively manages risk, and enables efficient market access for strategic growth opportunities.
What you'll be doing.
- Serve as the primary trade compliance contact for global Snacking growth initiatives, including new product launches, market expansions, and co-manufacturing partnerships.
- Partner with business teams and regional trade compliance managers to identify requirements, risks, and market access considerations early in project planning.
- Coordinate trade compliance execution across multiple regions, aligning subject matter experts, requirements, and project timelines.
- Lead trade compliance workstreams, manage risk, and provide recommendations that support effective business decisions.
- Develop global guidance, tools, templates, and documentation frameworks that support consistent and scalable compliance practices.
- Build expertise in specialized trade requirements and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and collaboration across regions.
- Manage multiple concurrent global projects, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and risks are effectively monitored and addressed.
- Maintain centralized records of compliance decisions, risks, and project outcomes.
- Provide leadership reporting and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and best-practice sharing.
What you'll need to be successful.
- Bachelor's degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Food Science, Law, or a related field.
- Professional trade compliance certifications such as CCS, CES, or Licensed Customs Broker are considered assets.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in trade compliance, customs, international trade, supply chain, or related project management roles.
- Experience supporting new product launches, market expansions, supply chain transformations, or other complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Working knowledge of tariff classification, origin determination, import/export requirements, licensing, and trade documentation.
- Strong project management, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to deliver results without direct authority.
- Strong business acumen, problem-solving capability, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into practical guidance.
- Food, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or agri-food industry experience preferred.
- Experience with trade compliance systems such as SAP GTS or Oracle GTM is an asset.
- Demonstrated strengths in program and portfolio management, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, change management, facilitation, collaboration, and influencing.
About the team.
The role sits within the Global Trade Compliance organization and reports directly to the Director, Global Trade Compliance. While the position has no direct reports, it collaborates extensively with Global and Regional Supply Chain, R&D, Food Regulatory, Procurement, and Logistics teams, as well as external consultants, certification bodies, and regulatory agencies. Occasional global travel is required to support business initiatives and stakeholder engagement. This role operates in a hybrid work environment with a minimum expectation of three days per week in the office.
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
AI & Digital Capabilities.
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics
Division: Global Supply Chain
Department: Global Trade Compliance
Location(s): NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam
Company: McCain Foods Holland B.V.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in International Business, Supply Chain, Food Science, Law, or related field
- Professional trade compliance certifications (CCS, CES, Licensed Customs Broker)
- Minimum 5 years experience in trade compliance, customs, international trade, supply chain, or related project management
- Experience supporting new product launches, market expansions, or complex cross-functional supply chain initiatives
- Working knowledge of tariff classification, origin determination, import/export requirements, licensing, and trade documentation
- Strong project management, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
- Strong business acumen, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Food, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or agri-food industry experience
- Experience with trade compliance systems such as SAP GTS or Oracle GTM
- Demonstrated program and portfolio management, change management, facilitation, collaboration, and influencing
McCain Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. materials and external profiles cite medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside an Employee Assistance Program, with some sites also noting wellness options and onsite resources. Core coverage is repeatedly positioned as a solid element of the package across U.S. locations.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching is offered and is indicated as a consistently strong component of the U.S. package. References to favorable assessments of the 401(k) align with it being one of the better‑rated benefits in the U.S.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, sick time, and paid holidays are commonly included, with parental leave also highlighted in company materials and third‑party summaries. Some locations additionally mention bereavement leave and occasional paid volunteer time.
McCain Foods Insights
What We Do
The power it has to uplift and bring people, Guided by our purpose - Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food - we believe that working together with our teams, business and community partners will bring sustainable growth and positive change - today, tomorrow and for generations to come. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in over 160 countries and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. Our product quality, people and customer dedication help us achieve global sales in excess of CDN $10 billion. Through our investment and innovation, we continue to be a global leader in prepared potato products, including our famous French Fries and appetizers. We are passionate about supporting and developing our people-providing opportunities to grow and learn in their roles, as well as building careers for the long term.
Why Work With Us
We are working to bring digital tools and data into our processes to drive efficiency, automation and data-driven insights. From connecting our business, enabling our supply chain, supporting our customers, to reinventing agriculture. So if you are a tech expert looking to join a company transforming technology, think of McCain.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
In both our manufacturing plants and corporate offices, we believe connection brings out the best in our people. While in-office expectations will vary by role, flexibility is key. In our corporate offices, the hybrid standard is 3-days in office.


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