Job Description
Global Trade Operations Lead - Hyderabad
Empower Clean Energy, Enable Global Trade
At Nextpower, we're accelerating the world's transition to smart, sustainable solar energy solutions. As the Global Trade Operations Lead, you will play a critical role in ensuring our global operations move efficiently, responsibly, and in full compliance with international trade regulations.
This is a hands-on functional leadership role with global ownership of trade operations, data, and systems. You will define standards, drive execution, and serve as the central authority for trade operations across regionsenabling both compliance integrity and business agility in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Systems & Infrastructure: Own the strategy, management, and continuous improvement of trade systems infrastructure, including Oracle GTM, Anaplan, and related platforms. Drive system integration, data architecture alignment, and process automation to improve scalability, accuracy, and efficiency.
- Trade Data, Classification & Controls: Own and maintain the global HS classification repository, ensuring records are complete and up to date; manage product master updates and uphold the control framework for classification data. Establish and govern SOPs and control frameworks for trade operations, including compliance checks, data standards, and process consistency across regions.
- Tariff Strategy & Data Ownership: Own and continuously enhance Nextpower's Global Tariff Model, including estimating and managing the financial impact of tariffs and trade policy changes. Govern the integrity, accuracy, and lifecycle of tariff and trade data, ensuring audit readiness and alignment across systems and reporting.
- Analytics & Insights: Lead the development and delivery of data, analytics, and reporting solutions derived from global trade and customs data. Build scalable dashboards and insights to monitor tariff exposure, compliance performance, and operational trends, enabling data-driven decision-making across the business.
- Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment: Serve as the subject matter expert and functional authority on trade operations, driving alignment and decision-making across cross-functional stakeholders including supply chain, finance, and logistics.
- Capability Building: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to analysts and regional stakeholders, enabling consistent execution, capability building, and continuous improvement across the function.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in International Trade, Supply Chain, Law, Data Analytics, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in trade compliance, trade operations, or related fields; 10+ years preferred, with demonstrated ownership of programs, systems, or functional domains.
- Expertise in HS classification, customs valuation, origin determination, and global trade documentation processes.
- Experience with Oracle GTM, Anaplan, or equivalent global trade management systems.
- Strong data analytics capability, including experience working with large datasets, building reports or dashboards, and translating data into actionable insights (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools).
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Proven ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and drive process improvement and automation initiatives.
- High integrity, attention to detail, and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
Why Join Nextpower
- Be part of a purpose-driven organization enabling clean energy worldwide.
- Take ownership of critical trade operations systems, data, and processes with global impact.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across supply chain, finance, logistics, and engineering.
- Grow your career in a high-performance culture built on innovation, integrity, and sustainability.
At Nextpower, we are driving the global energy transition with an integrated clean energy technology platform that combines intelligent structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale power plants. Our comprehensive portfolio enables faster project delivery, higher performance, and greater reliability, helping our customers capture the full value of solar power. Our talented worldwide teams are redefining how solar power plants are designed, built, and operated every day with smart technology, data-driven insights, and advanced automation. Together, we're building the foundation for the world's next generation of clean energy infrastructure.
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