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United Kingdom · International Business Global · Senior (5-8 years)

Senior Export/Import Specialist

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandSenior (5-8 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toExport/Import Manager (L5)
  • UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Senior Global Trade Coordinator · Senior Logistics Analyst (International) · Senior Customs Compliance Officer

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1What this role really is

This role is about being the go-to expert for getting our products across borders without a hitch. You'll be the one untangling the trickier shipments, making sure we stay on the right side of customs rules, and helping the newer folks figure things out. It's a critical spot, really, because if goods don't move, we don't sell. You're the one who steps in when the standard process hits a snag, ensuring our goods move smoothly, on time, and within budget.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

ERP / Global Trade Management (e.g., SAP GTS, Oracle NetSuite SCM)Advanced

Configuring custom reports, troubleshooting transaction errors, training junior staff, and analysing data from the system to identify trends or issues.

Customs & Compliance Platforms (e.g., E2open, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, Descartes)Expert

Managing product classification databases, setting up compliance rules, and using the platform to conduct internal audits and risk assessments. You're the go-to person for how to use this.

Freight Forwarder Portals (e.g., Flexport, myKN, Maersk portal)Advanced

Extracting performance data (on-time delivery, cost variance) from portals to build carrier scorecards and identify service issues, not just booking shipments.

Data Analytics & Visualization (e.g., Advanced Excel, Power BI)Advanced

Building dynamic dashboards in Power BI or Tableau to visualise landed costs, carrier performance, and lead times. You'll use Power Query to clean and merge complex datasets.

Collaboration & Communication (e.g., MS Teams, Slack, SharePoint)Advanced

Creating and managing dedicated channels or groups to streamline communication for critical shipments, coordinating between brokers, warehouses, and sales teams. You'll also use these for documenting processes.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Product Classification (HTS/HS codes)Performs initial lookup using provided tools; supervisor reviews and approves.Independently classifies routine products; escalates novel or ambiguous cases for review.Independently classifies complex new products, defends choices during audits, and trains junior staff on classification methodology.
Carrier/Forwarder Selection for a Specific ShipmentUses pre-approved carrier list and booking instructions.Chooses from approved carrier list based on cost/service criteria; escalates exceptions.Recommends new carriers for specific lanes based on performance and cost; negotiates spot rates for urgent/complex shipments within defined limits.
Customs Issue ResolutionReports issues to supervisor; assists with gathering requested documents.Investigates routine issues (e.g., missing document); proposes solutions to supervisor.Leads resolution for complex customs holds, working directly with authorities/brokers; makes decisions on next steps (e.g., re-export, duty payment) within compliance guidelines.
Process Improvement SuggestionsIdentifies minor inefficiencies; suggests small improvements to supervisor.Proposes and documents improvements for routine processes; seeks manager approval.Designs and implements new or updated SOPs for significant trade processes; presents recommendations to manager for broader adoption.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Landed Cost Variance
The difference between the estimated total cost of a product delivered to its destination and the actual cost.
Target · Maintain actual landed costs within a 5% tolerance of projections for complex shipments.

A shipment projected to cost £10,000 actually costs £10,300, which is a 3% variance – well within target.

Customs Hold Rate
The percentage of your managed shipments that are stopped or delayed by customs for inspection or documentation issues.
Target · Reduce the customs hold rate for your assigned lanes by 15% year-on-year.

If 10 out of 100 shipments were held last year, this year you'd aim for 8 or fewer.

Duty & Tax Savings Identified
The monetary value of savings you proactively find through applying Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), duty drawback programmes, or optimising classification.
Target · Identify and realise at least £50,000 in duty and tax savings annually.

Successfully reclassifying a product under a more favourable HTS code, saving £15,000 on import duties for a year's volume.

Documentation Accuracy for Complex Shipments
The error rate on critical documents (e.g., commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin) for non-routine shipments.
Target · Achieve >99.0% accuracy on all customs and shipping documents for complex movements.

Out of 200 documents reviewed, finding only one minor error on a packing list, which is a 99.5% accuracy rate.

Problem Resolution Effectiveness
How well you handle unexpected issues like port delays, customs queries, or damaged goods.
  • Feedback from Sales and Operations on your ability to quickly find solutions and keep them informed. You're the first person they call when a container is stuck.
Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing
Your ability to guide and develop junior team members, helping them understand complex trade concepts.
  • Junior specialists consistently coming to you for advice, positive feedback in 1-on-1s with your manager, and your contributions to team training materials.
Proactive Compliance Management
Identifying potential compliance risks before they become problems and suggesting ways to mitigate them.
  • Bringing up new regulatory changes in team meetings, suggesting updates to our internal processes, and successfully preventing a potential fine by catching an issue early.
Stakeholder Communication Clarity
Providing clear, concise, and actionable updates to internal teams and external partners, especially when dealing with complex or urgent situations.
  • Internal teams consistently understanding your updates without needing follow-up questions, and external partners (like brokers) praising your organised approach.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Solving Complex Puzzles

You get a real kick out of untangling a tricky customs issue or finding a clever way to save on duties for a new product. It's like a daily mental workout.

Successfully navigating the documentation for a dual-use item that requires a specific export licence, ensuring all conditions are met and the shipment clears without issue.

Being the Go-To Expert

You enjoy being the person everyone comes to when they have a question about Incoterms, HTS codes, or why a shipment is stuck. You like knowing you have the answers.

Sales asking you for advice on the best Incoterm to use for a new client in a challenging market, trusting your expertise to minimise risk.

Driving Tangible Business Impact

You're motivated by seeing your work directly contribute to getting products to customers, avoiding fines, and saving the company money. You like seeing the numbers add up.

Identifying a duty drawback opportunity that saves the company £20,000 on a specific product line over a quarter, directly impacting the bottom line.

What frustrates people
  • The "Sales Promise": Sales promising a client an impossible delivery date for a critical order without even checking with you first, leaving you to manage the fallout.
  • The Last-Minute Change: The engineering team altering a product's material composition a week before shipment, forcing a frantic re-evaluation of the HTS code and potential export licence requirements.
  • Blame for the Uncontrollable: Being held accountable for shipping delays caused by a typhoon in the South China Sea, a port strike in Hamburg, or a random customs hold—things completely out of your control.
  • Chasing Internal Data: Wasting hours hounding the finance department for the correct commercial value or the warehouse team for accurate weights and dimensions needed for shipping documents.
  • The Hidden Fee Ambush: Receiving a freight invoice that's 20% higher than quoted due to "peak season surcharges," "port congestion fees," or other ancillary charges the forwarder "forgot" to mention.
  • The "Cheapest Is Best" Mindset": Constantly having to justify to management why paying 10% more for a reliable carrier saves money in the long run by avoiding the delays, damages, and headaches that come with the cheapest, least reliable option.
What this role does not give you
  • This isn't a role where you'll be designing grand global strategies from day one; you're more focused on executing and optimising the existing ones and solving the problems that arise.
  • You won't have direct reports to manage, though you'll definitely be mentoring.
  • If you're looking for a quiet, predictable desk job with no surprises, this isn't it.

6Who you work with

Your work directly keeps our international sales pipeline flowing. Get it right, and we hit delivery targets, keep costs predictable, and stay compliant. Get it wrong, and we're looking at missed revenue, hefty fines, and potentially losing market access in certain regions. Honestly, you're a bit of a gatekeeper for global market entry.

Inside the business
  • Sales Team: For delivery dates and customer expectations.
  • Finance Department: For duty payments, landed cost analysis, and invoice reconciliation.
  • Warehouse & Operations: For shipment readiness and loading schedules.
  • Product Development: For new product classifications and material changes.
Outside the business
  • Customs Brokers: For clearance and compliance.
  • Freight Forwarders & Carriers: For booking, tracking, and issue resolution.
  • Suppliers: For accurate documentation and origin information.
  • Government Agencies (e.g., HMRC, FDA): For specific regulatory requirements.

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in an export/import or global trade compliance role, dealing with a variety of goods and destinations.
  • Proven experience independently managing complex international shipments from start to finish.
  • Demonstrable experience with HS classification for a diverse product range.
  • Solid understanding of Incoterms® 2020 and their practical application in commercial contracts.
  • Experience using at least one major ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and a customs/GTM platform.
  • A track record of identifying and resolving complex shipping or customs issues.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced AI Prompt Engineering for Trade

AI is already helping with classification and document review. The next step is knowing how to 'talk' to these AI tools effectively, crafting prompts that yield accurate, compliant, and actionable results. This is critical within 6 months.

Contextual Prompting · Constraint-Based Prompting · Iterative Refinement · Output Validation · Integrating with Internal Data

  • This week: Experiment with ChatGPT or Claude to draft customs declarations or compliance summaries.
  • This month: Try to get our internal AI tools to classify a complex product, then refine your prompts to improve accuracy.
  • Month 2: Share your best prompts and the results with the team, explaining your process.
  • Month 3: Explore how to integrate AI tools with our existing data sources (e.g., ERP product data).

Quick win: Use AI to draft initial responses to routine customs queries or to summarise lengthy regulatory updates.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attend webinars and seminars from customs authorities (like HMRC) or trade associations to stay current on regulatory changes.
  • Participate in industry forums or online communities to share best practices and learn from peers.
  • Take advanced courses on specific trade topics, like Free Trade Agreements, export controls, or specific country regulations.
  • Seek out opportunities to mentor junior colleagues, as teaching reinforces your own knowledge.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Data Storytelling for Compliance & Risk

We're collecting more data than ever on our shipments, but simply presenting numbers isn't enough. Leadership needs clear, concise narratives that highlight compliance risks or cost-saving opportunities. This is critical within 12 months.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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Built for Senior Export/Import Specialist

2 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements in logistics operationsPearson Education Ltd · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 3
  2. Understand the Importance of Compliance in Supply Chain LogisticsOpen Awards · covers 5 of 10 standardsLevel 3
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The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Data Storytelling for Compliance & Risk

We're collecting more data than ever on our shipments, but simply presenting numbers isn't enough. Leadership needs clear, concise narratives that highlight compliance risks or cost-saving opportunities. This is critical within 12 months.

  • Audience-Centric Reporting
  • Visualisation Best Practices
  • Narrative Structure
  • Actionable Insights
  • Risk Communication

Geopolitical & Economic Acumen

Global trade isn't just about documents anymore; it's heavily influenced by political tensions, new trade agreements (or breakdowns), and economic shifts. Understanding these drivers is critical within 6 months to anticipate risks and opportunities.

  • Trade Policy Analysis
  • Supply Chain Resilience
  • Currency Fluctuations
  • Regional Economic Blocs
  • ESG in Supply Chain

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Incoterms® Mastery
  • Harmonized System (HS/HTS) Classification
  • Landed Cost Analysis & Optimisation
  • Trade Compliance & Risk Mitigation
  • Customs Valuation & Transfer Pricing
  • Documentary Credit Management

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Export/Import Specialist (L2) to Senior Specialist (L3)

    2-3 years at L2

    Skills to master

    • Independent management of diverse shipments, initial problem-solving skills, basic HS classification, and clear communication with external partners.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivering on routine shipments
    • Proactively identifying minor issues
    • Starting to take on slightly more complex tasks with minimal supervision
  2. 2

    Customs Brokerage Agent to Senior Specialist (L3)

    4-6 years in brokerage

    Skills to master

    • Deep knowledge of customs declarations, tariff codes, and specific country import procedures. Experience interacting directly with customs authorities.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Managing a portfolio of complex client accounts
    • Successfully resolving customs queries
    • Demonstrating a strong understanding of compliance
  3. 3

    International Logistics Coordinator (with compliance focus) to Senior Specialist (L3)

    4-6 years in logistics

    Skills to master

    • Strong operational understanding of freight movement, carrier management, and an emerging knowledge of trade compliance.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Managing complex freight movements
    • Troubleshooting logistics issues
    • Showing a keen interest in the customs and compliance aspects of shipments

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here isn't just about moving boxes; it's about mastering the intricate dance of global commerce. The expertise you build will open doors to a wide array of challenging and rewarding opportunities, both within our organisation and beyond.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Senior Export/Import Specialist is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements in logistics operationsLevel 5

Applied to your work in Senior Export/Import Specialist

This unit aims to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical, and social requirements within logistics operations.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Senior Export/Import Specialist

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Landed Cost VarianceThe difference between the estimated total cost of a product delivered to its destination and the actual cost.A shipment projected to cost £10,000 actually costs £10,300, which is a 3% variance – well within target.Maintain actual landed costs within a 5% tolerance of projections for complex shipments.
  • Customs Hold RateThe percentage of your managed shipments that are stopped or delayed by customs for inspection or documentation issues.If 10 out of 100 shipments were held last year, this year you'd aim for 8 or fewer.Reduce the customs hold rate for your assigned lanes by 15% year-on-year.
  • Duty & Tax Savings IdentifiedThe monetary value of savings you proactively find through applying Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), duty drawback programmes, or optimising classification.Successfully reclassifying a product under a more favourable HTS code, saving £15,000 on import duties for a year's volume.Identify and realise at least £50,000 in duty and tax savings annually.
  • Documentation Accuracy for Complex ShipmentsThe error rate on critical documents (e.g., commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin) for non-routine shipments.Out of 200 documents reviewed, finding only one minor error on a packing list, which is a 99.5% accuracy rate.Achieve >99.0% accuracy on all customs and shipping documents for complex movements.
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Senior Export/Import Specialist to Lead, Global Trade Operations (L4), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 5 · in progressAI Fluency→ Lead, Global Trade Operations (L4)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey here isn't just about moving boxes; it's about mastering the intricate dance of global commerce. The expertise you build will open doors to a wide array of challenging and rewarding opportunities, both within our organisation and beyond.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Senior Export/Import Specialist
  • Incoterms® Mastery
  • Harmonized System (HS/HTS) Classification
  • Landed Cost Analysis & Optimisation
  • Trade Compliance & Risk Mitigation
  • Customs Valuation & Transfer Pricing
  • Documentary Credit Management
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14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Senior Export/Import Specialist is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Lead, Global Trade Operations (L4)

    3-5 years as Senior Specialist

    This is a step into a more strategic and leadership-focused individual contributor role, potentially managing a small team or a specific trade lane.

    • Designing and optimising end-to-end trade compliance workflows
    • Managing carrier and broker relationships at a strategic level
    • Leading small-scale technology implementations

  2. Export/Import Manager (L5)

    5-7 years as Senior Specialist (or 2-3 years as a Lead)

    This is a move into formal people management, owning the entire trade operations function for a specific region or product category.

    • Setting departmental KPIs
    • Owning the logistics budget
    • Leading customs audits
    • Being the primary point of contact for high-level regulatory inquiries
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Imagine cutting down on the tedious, repetitive parts of your job, freeing you up to focus on the truly complex problems and strategic thinking. That's exactly what AI can do for a Senior Export/Import Specialist. We're not talking about replacing you; we're talking about giving you a superpower.

At our organisation, we're actively exploring and implementing AI tools to make our global trade operations smoother, faster, and more compliant. You'll be at the forefront of using these technologies, not just observing them. Think of AI as your personal assistant for the mountains of paperwork and data analysis.

Automated HTS Code Suggestion

Our AI tools scan product descriptions, engineering specs, and bills of materials to suggest the most probable Harmonized System (HS) codes. It'll provide supporting documentation and flag any ambiguities, letting you focus your expert eye on the trickiest classifications, saving you hours of manual research.

Predictive Landed Cost Analysis

AI models analyse historical freight rates, fuel surcharges, port congestion data, and seasonal trends. This helps predict the total landed cost for future shipments with far greater accuracy than static spreadsheets, giving you better data to provide accurate quotes and identify cost-saving opportunities.

Intelligent Document Extraction & Verification

AI-powered Optical Character Recognition (OCR) automatically extracts key data (like PO numbers, values, quantities) from supplier commercial invoices and packing lists. It then cross-references this against the purchase order in our ERP, instantly flagging any discrepancies for your review. No more manual data entry errors.

Proactive Risk Monitoring & Alerting

Our AI systems continuously monitor global news, government publications, and port authority updates. They'll provide real-time alerts on potential disruptions like new trade sanctions, port strikes, or extreme weather events affecting key shipping lanes, letting you react faster and mitigate risks.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Senior Export/Import Specialist?

Common routes in include Export/Import Specialist (L2) to Senior Specialist (L3) (2-3 years at L2), Customs Brokerage Agent to Senior Specialist (L3) (4-6 years in brokerage) and International Logistics Coordinator (with compliance focus) to Senior Specialist (L3) (4-6 years in logistics). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Senior Export/Import Specialist progress to?

This role can lead on to Lead, Global Trade Operations (L4) (3-5 years as Senior Specialist) and Export/Import Manager (L5) (5-7 years as Senior Specialist (or 2-3 years as a Lead)), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Senior Export/Import Specialist in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 5 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Senior Export/Import Specialist?

Increasingly, Data Storytelling for Compliance & Risk and Geopolitical & Economic Acumen. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Senior Export/Import Specialist, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Senior Export/Import Specialist: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 5

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in International Business Global

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you gain here are highly transferable. You could move into other industries with complex global supply chains (e.g., automotive, pharmaceuticals, aerospace) or specialise in specific areas like trade law, supply chain technology, or international finance.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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