Trade Compliance Manager in Loughborough

Responsibilities

• Direct division's trade compliance internal management system consisting of: Policies, procedures, internal controls, provider relationships and provide employee training to ensure that impacted employees understand and follow specific legal principles involving laws and regulations governing the importation, exportation and cargo security controls of goods and technology.
• Develop and communicate strategic plans and compliance gaps to senior management.
• Supervise directly or indirectly, divisional import / export role-based specialists.
• Investigate and resolve potential compliance issues and respond to questions from internal or external customers and government regulatory agencies.
• Manage customs brokerage and customs facing forwarder processes.

Drive continuous process improvement and lead-time reduction.

Establish, monitor and support service provider performance against clearly defined KPIs/SOPs.

• Liaise with internal and external managers in support of international trade activities.
• Manage country specific AEO program.
• Provide economic sanctions management guidance.
• Support, monitor and assure compliance relating to military and dual-use export control licensing activities.
• Ensure data integrity related to tariff, country of origin, and value information declared to Customs authorities.
• Manage compliance with preferential trade and VAT recovery programs.
• Create and manage record keeping program and digital image solutions.
• Evaluate, design, implement, and manage internal and external Trade Compliance specific IT solutions.
• Respond to all government requests in a factual and timely manner.
• Conduct and report findings of audits and internal risk assessments. Follow-up with Compliance Improvement Plans.
• Support various Supply Chain and Logistics projects and tasks.
• Facilitate division and sales company support for export transaction guidance.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in international trade, business administration or law desired; Minimum: Undergraduate degree in business or relevant trade related professional certification
• In-Depth knowledge of EU, UK and US Export licensing and controls, Tariff Classification, Valuation and Country of Origin Determination laws, Customs & International transport processes, Supply Chain Security programs.
• ITAR and BIS Regulation experience.
• International Cargo Security Certification experience.
• Capability to positively interact with a wide range of individuals in a professional and confident manner.
• 10+ years of trade compliance experience.
• Proven track record of exceeds on performance evaluation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Share Point , Power BI).
• SAP/GTS and JDE experience.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.
• Bias for action, assertive, strong initiative, customer focused.
• Collaborative in a matrix oriented environment.
• Ability to conduct training and present to large groups.
• International travel up to 10%.

Fluent in English, Multi-lingual language preferred.

EMEA Business Descr

You will supervise the import / export role-based specialists and hves frequent interaction with all levels of Parker employees, customs, government and supplier representatives in all regions of the world.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies.

For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged.

This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

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