Trade Compliance Manager

Defense Company in Sacramento area is seeking Trade Compliance Manager with a minimum of 5 years experience managing import and export activities under State Department Jurisdiction (International Traffic in Arms Regulations - ITAR).  Candidates must have a detailed understanding of the ITAR and Customs regulations.  They must be analytical, organized and able to apply the ITAR in many different types of business transactions.

 

Trade Compliance Manager would be responsible for all aspects of trade compliance for the Sacramento location of a larger company.  They will report to a Director that is not on location.  Day to Day activities include:

 

Assisting with the development of licensing strategies and compliance procedures for international marketing, sales, support, offshore procurement and manufacturing of defense articles.

 

Preparing, submitting and statusing license applications, agreements, and other requests for approval to the Office of Defense Trade Controls.

 

Participating in compliance audits and investigations.

 

Handling complex business transactions involving  licenses, and agreements.  Delivering training as required for employees engaged in international business activities.

 

Making control classification decisions for both hardware and  technical data..

 

Enforcing Corporate Office Trade Compliance Policies.

 

Working with Customs Brokers to ensure  shipments  clear Customs properly.

 

Candidates should be probative in their approach to ensure proper authorizations from the State Department are obtained in a timely manner.  They must be organized and able to communicate well with multiple functional areas.  Candidates would become an empowered official for this location.

 

This global company not only offers a challenging position within the  high-tech industry that makes a global impact – it offers a flexible benefits program to employees and their eligible dependents from a wide selection of coverage.  These include:  Comprehensive Health and Dental Plans; Life, Dependent Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plans; Short and Long-term Disability; Health Care and Dependent Care Spending.  It also offers a comprehensive retirement savings plan through Fidelity Investments, which includes a matched 401K savings plan through which employees can also purchase company common stock. To further invest in its employees, the company  employs a combination of approaches including educational assistance, seminar training, and in-house employee training efforts.  To maintain a balance of both career and personal/family life, without sacrificing the quality of either, the company offers a range of competitive time-off benefits programs.