Trade Compliance Program Manager

Ralliant•Raleigh, NC

16h

About The Position

The Trade Compliance Program Manager is a self-directed individual contributor who executes and coordinates import and export compliance activities across assigned operating companies, including Qualitrol, Gems/Setra, Hengstler-Dynapar, Anderson-Negele, and related sites. The role requires organizational agility, sound judgment, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority. It supports corporate policy implementation, manages trade compliance escalations, contributes to audits and investigations, and collaborates with legal, operations, supply chain, finance, IT, HR, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and external advisors to maintain an effective global trade compliance program. The position covers operational import/export compliance, trade classifications and controls, export authorization reviews, training, risk assessments, recordkeeping, corrective actions, and translating regulatory changes into actionable business requirements. Travel to Ralliant Operating Companies in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, and South Carolina is required at least twice a year or as needed.

Requirements

3–5 years of progressive import/export compliance experience, including hands-on operational execution, regulatory interpretation, escalation management, and program support.
Strong working knowledge of U.S. import and export regulations, including HTS classification, country of origin, customs valuation, EAR, ITAR/USML, sanctions, restricted-party screening, antiboycott, export licensing, and recordkeeping requirements.
Experience supporting trade compliance programs in a manufacturing, industrial, technology, instrumentation, or multinational environment.
Ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, identify compliance risk, and drive issues to resolution with limited supervision.
Strong organizational agility and ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and coordinate across legal, supply chain, finance, engineering, IT, HR, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and external counsel.
Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical procedures, controls, training, and business guidance.
Strong judgment, accountability, attention to detail, and ability to manage escalations involving legal, commercial, and operational risk.
Ability to travel to Ralliant Operating Companies in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, and South Carolina at least twice a year or as required.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with Oracle GTM, JD Edwards, or SAP GTS.
Skills with Excel and data analysis.
Customs Brokers License.

Responsibilities

Execute day-to-day trade compliance activities for assigned operating companies, coordinating with customs brokers, business partners, and functional stakeholders.
Serve as a first-line escalation resource for import, export, sanctions, restricted-party screening, valuation, country-of-origin, classification, licensing, antiboycott, and free trade agreement matters.
Navigate complex matrixed environments, align stakeholders, and drive compliance actions to closure without direct reporting authority.
Implement, communicate, and maintain corporate trade compliance policies, procedures, work instructions, escalation protocols, and control requirements.
Manage HTS, ECCN, USML, country-of-origin, valuation, and transfer/intercompany pricing compliance activities with internal teams, brokers, and external experts.
Support export authorization reviews, license determinations, license exceptions and exemptions, re-export and in-country transfer reviews, government filings, and controlled technology access processes.
Contribute to audits, investigations, annual risk assessments, recordkeeping reviews, broker SOPs, duty savings initiatives, and corrective action plans.
Develop and deliver practical trade compliance training based on employee roles, trade touchpoints, and regulatory risk.
Partner with Legal on contract language, IT on access controls and screened web downloads, and HR on technology control plans and non-U.S. person visitor reviews.
Monitor applicable trade laws and regulations and translate changes into clear, actionable business requirements.
Travel to Ralliant Operating Companies in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, and South Carolina at least twice a year or as required.