Export Compliance Specialist / Logistics Specialist

Summary (Position Description) : Seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Import / Export Compliance Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of international trade regulations, including customs laws, export controls, and sanctions. This role will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, managing export licenses, and providing guidance to internal stakeholders.

Reports To : Vice President of Operations

Status : Full time, Salary Exempt

Plans, documents, and implements all Local, National and International Trade Compliance Policies and Procedures, as necessary, to ensure compliance with U.S. export and import laws and regulations

Manage Duty Draw back program working with Import shipping companies

Identifies program specific import and export requirements, obtaining detailed information from business development, customer support, procurement, and contract resources on trade related initiatives.

Identifies all departments and employees involved with import and export activities, conducts appropriate training for such departments and employees, including training of new employees, and for the maintenance of training records.

Assists with import trade agreement certificate collection, reviews and country of origin verification

Develops and implements any necessary internal process review mechanisms to assess Trade Compliance levels, including the assigning of any needed corrective actions and all needed follow-up to ensure completion of those corrective actions.

Assists in providing import / export compliance guidance in support of contracts, procurement, sales, business development, logistics, and other stakeholders.

Assists in monitoring government trade and industry developments.

Ensures proper import / export recordkeeping requirements are met

Creates and updates Trade Compliance Manuals, Policies and Procedures as appropriate.

Maintaining legal records to ensure proof of compliance.

Reviews the use of licenses, exemptions and exceptions for shipments and information exports, including deemed exports.

Prepares and / or revises compliance related forms and business flowcharts.

Collaborates regularly with appropriate stakeholders and with shipping logistics on issues which relate to both trade compliance and logistics.

Identifies gaps in compliance and methods for process and procedure improvements.

Prepare reports and documents for external regulatory bodies as appropriate.

Manage internal documentation to match Export of completed units to importation of components.

Bitzer Us Inc. is a leading manufacturer of key components used in commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning systems. These key components include compressors, pressure vessels such as condensers and evaporators, compressor packages, and condensing units. Other products include waste heat-to-power equipment that converts excess heat to low-cost electricity.

You partner with others to get work done while gaining insight into customers needs and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. Conveniently located in Flowery Branch, Georgia 5 minutes off I-985 The Company is wholly owned by Bitzer SE (located in Germany), the Company is a private company and serves as Bitzer SE’s flagship North American subsidiary. On a global basis, Bitzer SE has 3,900 employees at 72 sites in 38 countries, including 20 production facilities.

Knowledge of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC), Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR), Non-US export controls, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and US and Global Customs Regulations.

Bachelors degree in international business, supply chain management, or a related field.

~3+ years of experience in import / export compliance.

~ S. export control regulations (ITAR, EAR) and customs regulations (CFR 19).

~ Knowledge of international trade agreements and free trade zones.

~ Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

~ Must have strong competency of SAP.

~ This position will require travel between Georgia and New York occasionally.

Although this position is mostly in the office environment the job will require the employee to visit the production floor and spending time in the shipping area. This role routinely uses computers and a smartphone along with using designated BITZER and SAP business software systems.

Medical Insurance (heavily subsidized by the Company)

~ Dental Insurance

~ Company paid Vision Insurance, $50,000 life insurance and Short and Long-Term Disability

~2 Weeks Paid Vacation and 5 Paid Personal Days

~ Education Reimbursement (must be approved by manager)

~100% vested immediately.

~ This Job Description does not imply an employment contract. BITZER US is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.