Specialist, Trade Compliance

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Job Title: Specialist, Trade Compliance

Job Code: 29201

Job Location: Greenville, TX (Onsite)

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

The Specialist, Trade Compliance will prepare agreements in accordance with federal regulations to support International business initiatives, including: employment of foreign persons, manufacturing abroad, and sourcing and development relationships with foreign entities.

• Interprets governmental responses and provides guidance to stakeholders.

• Establishes and maintains relations with government licensing authorities to ensure the company's position on licensing and technology is conveyed, understood and accepted.

• Analyzes business initiatives per regulatory requirements and advises Divisional, Sector and Segment management on compliant execution of activities.

• Conducts training sessions for employees and assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal regulations.

• Develops and conducts audits of internal controls and procedures by examining artifacts to ensure compliant transactions.

• Supports external audits and inquiries from US governmental control agencies such as Customs, DoS and DoC through data gathering and corrective action execution.

• Influences product development decisions through technical jurisdictional analysis to support business strategies in a compliant manner.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

• Act as a subject matter expert responsible for the effective and compliant execution of the division export program

• Enforce and maintain enterprise-level policies and procedures in accordance with L3Harris corporate Trade Compliance policies and U.S. export and import control regulations

• Apply for DoS and DoC export licenses as required

• Manage international agreements and licenses

• Oversee division International Travel

• Work with internal and external service providers, freight forwarders and customs brokers

• Provide strategic export guidance and advice to stakeholders (i.e. business development, sales operations, contracts) for direct commercial sales and foreign military sales programs

• Attend Global Trade University Training and other external third-party import/export training seminars, as required

• Ability to perform data mining and ad hoc reporting.

• Provide training to stakeholders involved in international business to increase compliance of the organization's policies and applicable laws related to trade, exports and import compliance and monitor effectiveness of the training

• Conduct periodic self-audits and implement corrective action, as required

• Assist Global Trade Group with investigations of non-compliance with import/export laws and regulations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

• Minimum 2 years experience with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), US Customs regulations and other participating government agencies (i.e. FDA, FCC, ATF).

• Minimum 2 years experience with export product knowledge in dealing with overseas product and/or technical data on state of the art products.

• Minimum 2 years experience with experience working with freight forwarders and customs brokers.

• Must be a US citizen

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interface with personnel at all levels, both verbally and in writing

• Strong presentation skills

• Exhibits a high attention to detail, integrity and discretion

• Ability to apply U.S. Government regulatory requirements in complex scenarios

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and SharePoint

• Proficiency in OCR EASE export administration and licensing software

• Analyze, evaluate, and develop input to existing and new processes and procedures.

• Good organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple and changing priorities.

• Basic understanding of Incoterms and Global Logistics.

• Proven ability to build and maintain effective internal and external customer relationships.

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