Sr. Manager of Import Compliance

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Trade Compliance, with dotted line reporting to PCC’s Chief Compliance Officer, the Sr. Manager of Import Compliance will manage Import compliance as dictated by the US Department of Commerce, the Department of State (Directorate of Defense Trade Controls), Customs and Border Protection, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and other relevant international trade regulations for approximately 14 facilities with import activity within the United States and assist with various international locations as needed..

The Sr. Manager of Import Compliance will provide support and resources to facility-level compliance owners and manage strategy initiatives affecting the movement of goods and information. He or she will also conduct an assessment of each operation’s import compliance program to ensure that all operations have the tools in place to effectively and efficiently comply with import controls and regulations.

The Sr. Manager of Import Compliance will also assist the operation with obtaining necessary licenses from the relevant US government agencies. He or she will also consult with Customs Brokers and interface with government officials as needed.

• Implement and manage an effective import compliance program, including all risk areas: valuation, classification, country of origin, documentation, and record keeping.
• Identify and draft cradle to grave procedures for all desk-level activities involved in the movement of goods across borders (import).
• Work with finance and supply chain/procurement to ensure imported goods are appropriately valued.
• Keep abreast of global tariff changes and effects on Airframe Products businesses. Assist executive management and finance to quantify effects of global changes.
• When needed, interact with customers or suppliers to make most efficient and cost effective arrangements for cross border movement of goods in supply chain
• Classify products for import to the U.S. under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and Schedule
  
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• Perform evaluation and analysis of eligibility for preferential treatment under Free Trade Agreements (e.g. USMCA); manage requests to suppliers for supporting documentation and information.
• Analyze and interpret import regulations and maintain current knowledge of changes.
• Identify and implement procedures to minimize import duties as allowed under law.
• Advise site General Managers and senior staff, including division finance personnel, about import compliance aspects and risks of proposed business decisions; collaborate effectively with peers at related company sites.
• Work proactively with departments to prevent import disruptions.
• Monitor compliance activities and the effectiveness of internal controls;
  Review with site department managers their import compliance internal controls (procedures, work instructions, forms, checklists, and tools) to ensure they are current and compliant.
• Produce and analyze reports from Customs’ ACE portal, internal ERP/MRP, and other information systems.
• Oversee relationships with freight forwarders and customs brokers; audit for effectiveness.
• Work with site level and Regional Fa Trade Compliance Manager to maintain effective import compliance programs at assigned sites.
• Maintain the highest ethical standards, even when challenged from above.
• Understand and live by company’s ethics and business conduct policies.

• Documented ability to establish and manage import compliance matters for a global organization
• Willingness and ability to interact with manufacturing leaders to work on solutions to any gaps to desired state of compliance
• Strong familiarity in the workable analysis and understanding of ITAR, EAR, CBP regulations, Treasury sanction programs and Bureau of Census, Foreign Trades Statistics Regulations (FTSR) and UK BIS regulations
• Strong working knowledge of licensing and classification (such as USML, CCL, Schedule B, HTS and UK Controlled Goods Lists)
• Experience in interactions with Governmental trade compliance authorities, including the Department of State (Directorate of Defense Trade Controls), the Department of Commerce (Bureau of Industry and…