Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is a world leader in remotely piloted aircraft, tactical reconnaissance radars, and advanced surveillance systems. The Import/Export Administrator IV will provide international trade compliance guidance, manage export licensing and authorizations, support global business activities, and ensure compliance with applicable import/export laws and regulations.
Responsibilities
- Providing International Trade Compliance (ITC) support to internal customers: programs and activities within the business with requirements involving global trade. The expectation is relative self-sufficiency in the process of guiding programs to develop and manage compliant execution of their international activities
- Establishing, interprets and implements policies and procedures and ensures compliance with requirements for license generation and tracking and tracks submitted licenses throughout U.S. Government review and approval processes; ensures timelines meet with contract requirements. Develops and coordinates internal compliance training; develops and maintains associated documentation
- Represents the organization with internal and external worldwide import/export operations, organizations and government representatives
- Provides direction to administrative staff
- Develops and manages activities related to export licenses in support of international business development activities; resolves complex issues
- Develops accurate databases, documentation and reports to reflect import/export activities
- Establishes and implements policies and procedures and ensures compliance with requirements for license generation tracking and record keeping; tracks submitted licenses throughout U.S. Government review and approval processes; ensures timelines meet with contract requirements
- Represents the organization as the primary contact with internal and external customers and government representatives
- Ensures compliance to foreign and domestic laws and regulations regarding all import/export activities; oversees and participates in internal and external audits
- Develops and coordinates internal compliance training; maintains associated documentation
- Maintains an awareness of regulatory changes or rulings and their impact on import/exports; analyzes special programs and recommends changes to existing programs or implementations of new programs; identifies import/export issues and provides leadership in developing solutions
- Provides direction to administrative staff
- Responsible for ensuring all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations are observed wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company
- Responsible for ensuring work is accomplished in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices Additional Functions Other duties as assigned or required
Skills
- • Typically requires a Bachelors or Masters degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related field and ten or more years progressively complex experience with a Bachelors or eight or more years progressive experience with a Masters, in import/export administration Additional professional experience may be substituted in lieu of education
- • At this hiring level, this position requires a bachelor's degree with 10 or more years of progressively complex experience in International Trade Compliance (ITC), or a master's degree with 8 or more years of progressively complex ITC experience
- • The successful candidate must demonstrate a thorough understanding and application of import/export administration and licensing principles, theories, practices and concepts; and leadership skills including organizing, scheduling, conducting, and coordinating work assignments to meet project milestones or established completion dates
- • Must possess the ability to contribute to the development of new concepts, processes, techniques and standards; resolve a variety of moderately complex administrative and technical matters and; demonstrate excellent working knowledge of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), US Customs regulations and Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS)
- • U.S citizenship is required
- • the ability to identify issues, analyze and interpret data and develop solutions to a variety of moderately complex problems
- • excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills to accurately document, report, and present findings
- • strong interpersonal skills to influence and guide employees, managers, customers and other external parties
- • the ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information
- • the ability to initiate, plan, lead and manage projects
- • the ability to represent the company as a knowledgeable resource on internal and external projects ; and
- • excellent computer skills
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment is essential as is the ability to work extended hours and travel as required
- This is a hybrid position based in San Diego, CA, Washington D.C. or another General Atomics office location in the United States; successful candidate not based in San Diego will be required to travel to San Diego occasionally for meetings, training, etc
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Relocation assistance provided
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