Position Summary...The Manager, Origin Verification oversees origin verification activities to ensure compliance with trade regulations, customs requirements, and company policies. This role leads origin reviews by assessing supplier documentation, validating country-of-origin claims, identifying compliance risks, and resolving discrepancies. The manager partners with suppliers, business teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to strengthen compliance processes, enhance controls, and support regulatory readiness. Through data analysis, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives, the role promotes accountability, reduces trade compliance risk, and ensures accurate origin determinations. These efforts support business objectives, maintain supply chain integrity, and enable consistent compliance across global trade operations.
About the team
The Origin Verification Team ensures accurate and compliant country of origin determinations by conducting origin reviews and validating supplier origin claims in accordance with applicable trade regulations, free trade agreement requirements, and company policies. Collaborating closely with suppliers, sourcing partners, customs brokers, and internal stakeholders, the team evaluates supporting documentation, identifies and mitigates origin compliance risks, and resolves discrepancies that could impact import eligibility or regulatory compliance. They maintain strong governance by documenting origin determinations, supporting audit readiness, and promoting consistent application of origin requirements. Focused on delivering timely, accurate, and transparent origin reviews, the team helps protect the company from trade compliance risk, supports preferential trade program eligibility, and enables compliant, efficient global import operations across the enterprise.What you'll do...
- Manage daily origin verification activities, including conducting origin audits, validating supplier documentation, and completing origin reviews.
- Prepare and document origin determinations and responses to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inquiries, Requests for Information (CF-28), Notices of Action (CF-29), and other regulatory requests.
- Analyze trade data and reporting to assess financial and compliance impacts resulting from origin determinations, supplier changes, or regulatory updates.
- Partner with merchants, sourcing, suppliers, and cross-functional business teams to evaluate product changes and determine origin verification requirements.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for country of origin requirements, trade agreements, and origin-related compliance inquiries.
- Identify compliance risks, recommend corrective actions, and drive resolution of origin discrepancies through root cause analysis and process improvements.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, audit documentation, and origin verification records to support governance and audit readiness.
- Deliver reporting, metrics, and insights to leadership on origin review performance, compliance trends, and risk exposure.
- Provide team leadership, coaching, and backup support to the Senior Manager while fostering continuous improvement and operational excellence.
What you'll bring: - Proven expertise in country of origin determination, origin verification, and trade compliance within complex global supply chain environments.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations, country of origin rules, free trade agreements, and applicable customs requirements.
- Experience conducting origin audits, evaluating supplier documentation, and preparing defensible origin determinations and regulatory responses.
- Ability to analyze trade data, assess financial and compliance impacts, and identify risks associated with origin claims and product changes.
- Experience partnering with merchants, sourcing teams, suppliers, customs brokers, and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve origin-related compliance issues.
- Demonstrated ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives, develop standard operating procedures, and strengthen origin verification processes and controls.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven accountability, sound judgment, and attention to detail while delivering accurate, timely, and audit-ready origin verification decisions.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00 - $155,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field and 2 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related area.
2 years’ experience using intermediate functionality of Microsoft Office.
Preferred Qualifications...Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field, Project Management Certification, Supervisory experience
Primary Location...811 Excellence, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.