Managed Services
Hi. I’m Shannon Bryant, LCB. I am a strategic, fast- acting, battle-tested global trade executive with over $90MM of career cost savings achieved over 15 years of global supply chain experience leading global trade at well-known major US companies.
Trade-IQ is a boutique trade consulting practice that provides duty optimization assessments, managed trade services, and contract trade program & project support to US importers and exporters.
My customers are US-based companies, importing from and exporting to foreign countries, that are paying customs or other indirect taxes on their international purchases or sales - but don’t have dedi- cated in-house trade compliance support resources to manage their international customs & indirect tax spend.
Services Provided:
Duty Optimization
Do you want to pay more taxes? Of course not!
Everyone everywhere wants to pay the least amount of taxes possible. I’ll review your trade data for classification, valuation, origin, and program based strategies to implement recovery, abatement, avoidance, and deferral actions to minimize your customs tax obligation.
Wanna hear the best part?
I conduct the analysis at no cost or risk to you. If I can find you savings, I charge 20% of the Net annualized value I find. That’s a year one ROI of 5x, and a great investment in your future trade success!
Managed Trade Services
Certain transactional trade functions lend themselves to outsourcing more than others.
To provide my clients ongoing business continuity without disruptions from turnover, technological hinderances, out of office coverage, or the cost of obtaining a full-time-employee with the required trade expertise, I provide the following managed services at a rate of $150/hour.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule Classification (HTS) & Product Database Management
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Solicitation & Administration
Post-Transaction Testing / Transaction Auditing & Trade Data Analytics
Program & Project Management Support Services:
Import / Export Manual Creation
SOP Generation
Training Content Development
Program Audit
Risk Assessment
Project Management
Implementation Support
RFP Development & Execution
Process Review & Automation
Trade Technology Development
Why utilize outsourced trade services?
Higher level expertise at lower an- nual cost than an equivalent quali- fied FTE.
Pay for results & only what you need
Overcome talent & skills gaps in the industry
Increased business continuity with minimal disruption
Why me?
Tech-Savvy & data driven, but experienced enough to know when not to over-complicate a straightforward process.
Lightning fast: I’m often accused of having a secret assistant.
Effective, yet entertaining communicator. I know how to talk about trade in a way that folks want to listen to.
Customer Driven: I only care about what affects you, and getting you the best end outcome possible.