Christopher Hofmann

Experience

1. Tariff Classification Program Manager

   Google

   Oct 2016 — Present · Sunnyvale, CA, US

   Develop and leverage systemic and tech-based solutions to assign classifications at scale consistently and accurately to:o Reduce shipment lead times, reduce customer level of efforto Decrease group spend by 40%(projected) Manage complexities of multi-vendor arrangement to keep operations moving forward, including:o Providing day-to-day guidance on workloado Classification project managemento PO management Decrease of 49.5% in PO spend since assuming ownership, despite 23.2% increase in ticket volumes Serve as resident HTS classification Subject Matter Experto Advise on classification hypotheticals to equip supply chain managers with a comprehensive analysis in order to make successful strategic sourcing decisions Awarded Feat of Engineering Award for Supply Chain Resilienceo Recognizes significant impact to Google; total number of awardees is limited to 10% or less of FTEso Partnered with Warehouse colleagues to implement systemic controls to mitigate duty exposure resulting from importation of merchandise within scope of Section 301 Resulted in $ millions of duty avoidance, and growing Perform classification audit of external service providers, partner with Legal Trade Compliance to perform classification audits assigned to Logistics Compliance (e.g. audit of items subject to Section 301 retaliatory tariffs, audits stemming from enquiries made by customs authorities of other jurisdictions)o Reconcile differences in opinion of multiple service providers to ensure that HTS discrepancies are resolved Engage pro-actively with Business Units, service providers, Legal to document technical guidance so that team moves forward with a unified approach for arriving at consistent, accurate classifications applied to the massive breadth of Alphabet products are classified accurately

Education

• Oakland University

  Bachelor's Degree, Economics

  2001 — 2006

Skills

• Import Compliance
• Logistics Management
• Nafta
• Import/Export Operations
• Harmonized Tariff Schedule
• Cbp
• Trade Compliance
• Participating Government Agencies
• Process Improvement
• Operations Management
• Import
• International Trade
• Export
• Product Classification
• Business Process Improvement
• International Business
• Supply Chain Management