Trade Compliance Program Manager

Ralliant•Plainville, CT

17h•$58,500 - $108,500

About The Position

The Trade Compliance Program Manager is a self-directed individual contributor responsible for executing and coordinating import and export compliance activities across assigned operating companies, including Qualitrol, Gems/Setra, Hengstler-Dynapar, Anderson-Negele, and related sites. The role supports corporate policy implementation, manages trade compliance escalations, contributes to audits and investigations, and partners with internal teams and external advisors to maintain an effective global trade compliance program. It requires sound judgment, organizational agility, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority. The role covers import, export, sanctions, restricted-party screening, valuation, country of origin, classification, licensing, antiboycott, and free trade agreement matters. It also supports export authorization reviews and controlled technology access processes, risk assessments, recordkeeping, training, corrective actions, and coordination with Legal, IT, and HR. 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. The essential duties require adherence to U.S. Government export control regulations. Candidates must be U.S. Persons or be prepared to collaborate with the company to secure necessary U.S. government export authorizations; continued employment depends on obtaining appropriate authorizations. The stated pay range is 58,500–108,500.

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.
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.
Candidates must be U.S. Persons or be prepared to collaborate with the company in securing necessary U.S. government export authorizations; ongoing employment is dependent on obtaining appropriate authorizations.

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 matrixed environments, align stakeholders, and move 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 role, 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 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.