ITAR - Export Compliance Advisor

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Region: Americas 
Country: USA 
State/Province: New Hampshire 
City:  Merrimack 

Summary

At Celestica, our people make the difference and fostering an environment that enables our employees to thrive and succeed continues to be one of our strategic priorities. Celestica is dedicated to delivering end-to-end product lifecycle solutions to drive our customers' success. Our growing Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) organization focuses on applying Celestica's advanced capabilities, knowledgeable people and innovative tools to enable companies in the industrial, retail, aerospace, defense, healthcare and smart energy markets with highly complex, mission critical applications to improve their competitive advantage.
 
Our Global Supply Chain operates as a unified virtual system with our customers and suppliers by acting as seamless extensions of their operations. We offer customized, flexible and integrated supply chain solutions, supported by a global technology platform and a dedicated, market-focused team. 

We are currently seeking an ITAR/Export Compliance Manager to ensure Celestica's export operations are in compliance with government International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The successful candidate must be willing to accept the designation of "Empowered Official" for ITAR.

Detailed Description

• Develops and updates export policies and guidelines as needed. 
• Evaluates product specifications based on export regulations, classifies items, and identifies any special instruction or requirements to employees and customers. 
• Conducts education programs and performs due diligence to ensure compliance to country regulations. 
• Conduct audits of sites managing ITAR programs, and ensuring Technology Control Plans are up to date and complied to.
• Ensures current and thorough knowledge of relevant regulations, laws and upcoming changes. 
• Responsible for writing and implementing Manufacturing License Agreements (MLA) and Technical Assistance Agreements (TAA). 
• Responsible for writing and implementing Department of State licenses and Bureau of Industry & Security export licenses.
• Responsible for process development, re-engineering, implementation and training relating to operational improvements or legislation changes related to area of responsibility. 
• Acts as a liaison with government bodies including, Commerce and State Departments. Assesses feasibility of programs with implementation requirements, establishes roll out plan, and initiates program execution.
• Interfaces with various levels of Celestica management to ensure processes are in place and working such that we maintain compliance with ITAR and export compliance processes.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of the aerospace and defense industries and the manufacturing environment materials and processes. 
• Strong knowledge of the ITAR and EAR rules and regulations.
• Ability to identify and resolve high complexity process/system problems using financial, analytical, and/or statistical models.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety
• Knowledge of basic computer applications such as Word, Excel, Power Point, and multiple business applications.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 6+ years of relevant experience as an ITAR specialist.
• Strong knowledge of the ITAR and EAR regulations.
• Experience with ITAR and EAR license applications.
• Experience with SAP Global Trade Services Module preferred.

Typical Education

• Bachelor's Degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.  

Salary

$90-120k annually

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law. 
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.

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