International Trade and Compliance Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as the UK/EU subject matter expert and escalation authority for complex and high-risk trade compliance matters.
• Act as the primary trade compliance contact for UK/IOM, with functional responsibility across France and Germany.
• Own and deliver day-to-day trade compliance activities while defining and embedding scalable processes and controls across UK/EU sites.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across Legal, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to ensure trade compliance is integrated into business processes and decision making.
• Drive alignment of trade compliance practices across sites, balancing regulatory requirements with operational practicality and varying levels of site capability.
• Maintain and update Trade Compliance policies, procedures and resources.
• Ensure compliance with UK export controls, EU regulations (including German and French national controls), and extraterritorial US ITAR/EAR requirements.
• Own and execute export licensing activities for UK/IOM (OGEL, SIEL, F680, ITAR, EAR), while providing oversight and support for licensing in Germany and France.
• Own export control classification for goods, technology and software, and maintain robust classification processes across supported sites.
• Oversee cross-border shipments, transfers and access to controlled technology, ensuring compliant movement and handling
• Provide expert guidance on sanctions, embargoes and trade restrictions, supporting business decision-making.
• Lead tariff classification and customs compliance for UK/IOM, providing guidance and operational support to EU sites on valuation, origin and simplified procedures.
• Oversee courier approvals, logistics processes, customs spend reviews and continuous improvement initiatives (for UK/IOM sites).
• Identify, assess and mitigate trade compliance risks, supporting investigations, corrective actions and voluntary disclosures where required.
• Conduct monitoring activities, internal compliance checks and support internal/external audits, ensuring timely closure of corrective actions.
• Conduct third-party screening and approvals in line with site requirements.
• Manage business travel and visitor approval processes in line with UK and US regulatory requirements. 
• Deliver training, guidance and day-to-day support to engineering, operations, supply chain and commercial teams.
• Manage and develop the UK Import/Export Administrator and provide operational cover where required.