Director - Trade Services

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This role is in support of Cencora's global logistics and storage services marketed through our World Courier business.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Vice President of Services, the Director – Trade Services Solutions is accountable for the strategic direction, profitable growth, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence of World Courier’s Trade Services portfolio. This role provides enterprise level leadership across regions and functions, and in close collaboration with Finance and other Cencora business units, to design, scale, and optimize trade related services that address current and future customer needs while ensuring flawless execution in a highly regulated environment. This position is classified as compliance critical and carries executive responsibility for ensuring continuous compliance with all applicable corporate, divisional, and regulatory requirements. This role is available on a hybrid basis, European or UK location preferred. The successful candidate will require access to a World Courier office location to work on a hybrid basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Strategic thinker with demonstrated success scaling global service lines in regulated environments.
• Strong influencing skills suited to matrixed, multinational organizations.
• Executive‑level communication, presentation, and stakeholder management capability.
• Strong analytical and data‑driven mindset with experience linking trade, operational, and financial performance.
• Ability to represent the company in senior internal and external trade, regulatory, and customer forums.

Desirable Experience

• Experience within pharmaceutical or life sciences trade and customs environments.
• Exposure to importer of record, customs brokerage interfaces, and regulatory trade models.
• Familiarity with sustainable and compliant trade practices.

What Cencora offers

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

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