Mohammed Salihu
Prague,Czechia
Summary
Adept in trade compliance and team management, spearheading IT solutions for screening, enhancing operational efficiency. Excelling in fostering teamwork and leveraging skills to streamline processes to achieve business needs and improve customer experience fostering trust and continuous growth.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Screening Center
DHL Express
Prague, Czechia
02.2023 - 09.2024
- Overall responsibility for managing Trade Compliance screening centre matters.
- Manage 10 team leaders, with 80 agents from 34 nationalities responsible for coaching, training, and developing subordinate staff.
- Responsible for overall efficient and effective screening process for Denied Party, Sanctions and Export Control and Customs Compliance including analysis and resolution.
- Validating due diligence performed for individuals, entities and countries covering United Nations UN, United States of America US(OFAC/BIS),European Union EU including CH, United Kingdom UK, German DE Authorities security,United Arab Emirates UAE and China's Anti Foreign sanctions law.
- Research potential breaches of applicable internal controls by cooperation with relevant internal and external stakeholders (e.g., country OPS, CS, Country-Support managers, Director Export Controls, VP Export Controls and customers).
- Provided guidance to entities and foreign missions in exporting humanitarian and diplomatic shipments to Russia and HRSC.
- Implementation of screening process for monitoring and controlling circumvention of sanctions in relation to Russia and Belarus imposed by European Union and OFAC with focus on Lithuania,Germany,Poland,Finland, among others.
- Provided monthly, quarterly and yearly customer and vendor due diligence reports to country CFO and country managers to ensure compliance.
- Assist with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and improving productivity to ensure all KPI's are achieved. Including Compliance KPI's for ,Quality/Audit KPI and timeliness of 60 minutes screening globally.
- Implementation of cross divisional trainings in form of workshops and sharing resources and best practices to ensure alignment of screening procedures.
- Working closely with Finance/Treasury department and country CFO to ensure that customers and vendors flagged during due diligence are promptly screened and accounts closed to ensure compliance.
- Updating screening tools with Internally flagged entities as well SDN's for screening and reporting for account closures with CFO and Director of Export controls.
- Leading cross divisional work shops to improve compliance processes for performing due diligence within other divisions like eCommerce,Freight forwarding and Supply Chain.
- Participation in cross divisional discussions with other screening centres in Asia Pacific(Malaysia) and Americas(Costa Rica) to resolve multi-jurisdictional compliance matters.
- Leading weekly team leaders meeting and SMT,Participation in monthly/quarterly meetings with cross divisional SMT and stakeholders to present details of validated individuals, entities and customers by international regulations and sanction programs.
Trade Compliance Supervisor
DHL Express
Prague, Czechia
01.2020 - 02.2023
- Directly responsible for multi-national sub-team of 12 agents performing screening and due diligence on customers and vendors.
- Ensured timely submission of required reports to regulatory agencies, avoiding fines or sanctions due to noncompliance.
- Facilitate daily performance dialogues with teams to improve engagement and activate leadership.
- Host weekly departmental meeting show casing highlights from previous week on KPI's, general updates and achievements.
- Implementing Controlled Military Items screening by performing due diligence using Global export control list/regulations(ITAR/USML), Harmonised System Code HS Code, National Stock Number (NSN), United Nations Dangerous Goods Number UNDGN and content descriptions.
- Reviewing license from customers for Export Administration Regulations and verification of ECCN classifications on commercial invoices and Bill of Ladings.
- Overseeing screening of RU outbound shipments for OFAC and EU export controls for commodities to Eurasia and rest of world.
- Assisting in resolving customs disputes, minimising financial penalties and shipment delays by improving and maintaining KPI timeliness, quality and compliance.
- Validating escalations from agents on red flags identified during due diligence for Controlled Military and Dual Use Items.
- Escalating validated reports identified through red flag based systems for performing due diligence to head of screening.
- Enhance trade compliance procedures by implementing robust internal controls and monitoring systems for screening and performing due diligence.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on changing international trade regulations, proactively adjusting company policies as needed to deal with such needs including UN,EU,OFAC/BIS,UK and DE Authorities requests.
- Implementing screening process for International sanctions screening processes with verification of sectorial sanctions SSI and Specially Designated Nationals and blocked persons lists.
- Developed comprehensive training programs to onboard employees on trade compliance regulations and perform monthly audit to monitor compliance for quality assurance.
- Advising senior management on potential trade compliance risks and impact on business operations, facilitating informed decision making.
- Leading IT solutions implementation by organising workshops for couching, mentorship and trainings.
- Updating automated solutions used for screening, including whitelisting and green list entries to ensure efficient screening for customers.
- Participation in recruitment, onboarding and coaching of new agents.
- Performing monthly audit on team members to ensure compliance of work and to provide both motivational and developmental feedback according to results.
Trade Compliance Analyst
DHL Express
Prague, Czechia
09.2018 - 01.2020
- Streamlined trade compliance procedures by implementing efficient documentation processes, resulting in reduced errors and improved operational efficiency.
- Performing due diligence screening on commercial invoices, parking lists and bill of ladings to ensure content have accurate classification and allowed percentages for export controls (Bulk cargo, crude and petroleum, steel, chemicals, among others).
- Handled export and import authorisations, permits and certifications with 99% compliance.
- Submitted and verified domestic and international authorisations and licenses for legal movement of goods across borders.
- Performed Denied party due diligence on high matches applying Name/Address/Sector screening techniques.
- High Risk and Sanctioned Country screening for SY,CU,IR,NK and RU/BY(Crimea), ensuring all import and exports are approved or have needed license for transport.
- Import Control systems for screening shipments flagged by EU Authorities for High Risk Cargo Monitoring HRCM and potential explosives.
- Reviewing documents for BIS listed entities including Huawei and affiliates.
- Screening US Department of state shipments to ensure no controlled military items are being transported by verification on TARIC and ITAR.
- Ensure correct classification of Dual Use items with correct codes and ECCN.
- Reviewed risk reports to identify concerning activities and informed area managers for prompt action.
- Working in multi-national team with team members from over 25 countries across Europe,Middle East,Asia,Americas and Africa. Learning from diversity and rich cultural experiences of colleagues.
International Logistics Coordinator
VIP Cargotrans
Prague, Czechia
02.2018 - 06.2018
- Application of OFAC/EU and UN sanctions programs globally with focus on EMEA.
- Russian Sanctions (Crimea) screening for SDN's and Sectorial Sanctioned entities as well as controlled goods.
- Ensuring regional goods meet EU requirements on controlled percentages and content for general goods.
- Managed comprehensive internal export controls for verified compliance with BIS regulations.
- Monitored global trade regulations closely, adjusting company processes as necessary to maintain compliance and minimise delays.
- Maintained detailed records of all international shipments, ensuring company-wide transparency and facilitating accurate reporting for both internal stakeholders and regulatory agencies with zero penalties.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to address logistical challenges, fostering culture of collaboration and problem-solving.
- Prepared and documented shipment activities and cargo movements to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records to increase sales by 5%.
Education
Master of Science - Economics and Management
VSFS
Czech Republic 09/2024 -
Bachelor of Science - Nautical Science
Regional Maritime University
06.2008 - 08/2012
High School Diploma - Biological Science
Ghana Secondary Technical School
Ghana 07.2004 - 06/2007
Certificate of Higher Education - ICT and Information Technology
IPMC
Ghana 09.2007 - 11/2007
Skills
- Friendly, Positive Attitude
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Computer Skills
- Customer Service
- Team Management
- MS Office
- Supervision and leadership
- Calm under pressure
- Problem-solving
- Public speaking
- Quality Assurance
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Accomplishments
- Facilitator and internal trainer Certificate - Madrid,2019.
- Employee of the month - September 2019,Employee of the quarter Q4 2019;
- Supervisor of the year - 2021
- Supervisor of the year - 2022
- Achieved all IKO's by introducing Multi Channel Tool for Denied Party and Sanctions and export control tasks.
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
Czech
Elementary
Turkish
Elementary
French
Beginner
Personal Information
Title: Logistics/Trade Compliance Officer
Affiliations
- Travelling
- Sports and Football
- Historical Architecture and Arts
Certification
- CIS Facilitation and Training - Madrid,2019
- 21st Century manager Training - Brussels,2021
- Certified International Manager Training - Leipzig,2022
- Dangerous and High Risk Cargo screening - Prague,2019
- First Aid and Survival Techniques - Prague,2019
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Head of Screening Center
DHL Express
02.2023 - 09.2024
Trade Compliance Supervisor
DHL Express
01.2020 - 02.2023
Trade Compliance Analyst
DHL Express
09.2018 - 01.2020
International Logistics Coordinator
VIP Cargotrans
02.2018 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nautical Science
Regional Maritime University
06.2008 - 08/2012
Certificate of Higher Education - ICT and Information Technology
IPMC
09.2007 - 11/2007
High School Diploma - Biological Science
Ghana Secondary Technical School
07.2004 - 06/2007
- CIS Facilitation and Training - Madrid,2019
- 21st Century manager Training - Brussels,2021
- Certified International Manager Training - Leipzig,2022
- Dangerous and High Risk Cargo screening - Prague,2019
- First Aid and Survival Techniques - Prague,2019
Master of Science - Economics and Management
VSFS
09/2024 -
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