We move water – and what moves you?

VAG-Armaturen plays a leading role wherever water is purified, conveyed, stored and distributed. As a team we continue our history of success every day, with outstanding commitment and innovative strength. Become a part of our worldwide growth on the future market of "water" and join our strong team of more than 1,100 employees.

We continue to grow steadily. To strengthen our team at our location in Mannheim (GER) we look for a

Global Logistics and Trade Compliance Manager (m/w/d)

Your responsibility:

• You define, implement, maintain and improve export control policies and procedures (Trade Compliance program and organization for VAG group) and ensure all group divisions are following applicable export control regulations.
• You establish strong working relationships with management teams and cross-functionally across relevant teams in all sites worldwide.
• Overall group responsible for approving or rejecting individual cases when considering new projects or countries based on compliance risk assessment.
• You supervise the determination and maintenance of HTS/ECCN (or similar) classification and all other relevant master data within the system landscape.
• Compliance risk assessment and controls design. You conduct periodic audits, assessments, and reviews to ensure compliance.
• You apply for and manage export licenses and provide guidance on the interpretation and application of international Export laws and regulations.
• You gain full transparency of global logistics cost and related performance to identify optimization potential.
• You optimize global logistics in the Group and across the entire supply chain.
• You lead and coordinate initiatives to reduce overall global logistics cost.
  
   

Your profile:

• You hold a  bachelor´s degree and minimum 5 years of global Export Controls and Trade Compliance experience, demonstrated in the design and development of programs, policies and practices in EU export controls. Prior experience in either a supply chain or distribution environment is of benefit.
• This position requires strong Trade Compliance skills and related systems knowledge based on experience and relevant continuing education and training.
• You have strong analytic skills and you are able to research and analyse data and synthesize results into actionable plans.
• Experience in management of and negotiation with TPL and global freight tenders demonstrated in previous roles.
• Excellent interpersonal and management skills are essential as you will be interacting with different business units, 3rd party and government officials.
• You have a Self-starting approach. Proactive, systematic, data driven and hands-on mentality with the ability to prioritize and work effectively.
• You have excellent verbal & written communication skills in English and German.
• You are adept in the use of MS Office and ideally you are familiar with SAP/BW.