Global Trade Compliance Lead

At Morgan Advanced Materials, our rich history and dedication to innovation define who we are. Since our establishment in the UK in 1856, we have expanded globally, now operating across 70 sites in 18 countries. Our goal is to create a more sustainable world and enhance quality of life. We actively pursue this purpose through the development and production of advanced materials. 

Within our business unit, we specialise in innovating cutting-edge carbon, graphite, and carbide products that deliver outstanding performance. We use our expertise to tackle complex challenges across many diverse industries to provide effective solutions for our valued customers. 

Our products are shaping a better future; from enabling electric cars to charge faster and drive longer distances to maximising the operational efficiency of wind turbines. We are proud to help generate power for billions of people, deliver water to drought-stricken regions, improve the efficiency of industrial pumps, and protect lives both on the land and in the air. 

Key Figures: Revenue £1,114.7m (2023), ~8,500 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK.  Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.

OVERVIEW & SCOPE OF THE ROLE

The Global Trade Compliance Lead will support the implementation and administration of a best-in-class global trade compliance system. The role requires proficiency with U.S. Trade Control laws and regulations and a working knowledge of Trade Control laws and regulations globally. The ideal candidate is someone with a servant leadership style who is analytical, adaptable, coachable, and has strong problem-solving and process design and implementation skills.  

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Supporting the creation and administration of a global trade compliance system.
• Administering denied party screening accounts, processing denied party screening events, and assessing denied party screening escalations.
• Collaborating cross functionally to design and implement processes to operationalize trade controls within the GBU.
• Developing trade compliance assessment tools.
• Performing trade compliance assessments.
• Teaching specified site personnel how to perform certain trade compliance related activities.
• Preparing trade compliance related training and training personnel as needed.
• Supporting trade operations.
• Preparing license applications.
• Performing item classification and supporting drafting of classification requests.
• Supporting timely closure of trade compliance related internal audit corrective actions.
• Providing trade compliance guidance to GBU personnel to enable compliance with applicable trade control regulations.
• Supporting information collection and data transformation to enable recordkeeping.
• Leading or supporting small to medium sized cross functional/cross BU projects.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Must be a U.S. Person as defined by 22CFR120.62.
• Minimum four years’ experience working in import and export controls.
• Proficient with U.S. trade control regulations. Working knowledge of global trade control regulations.
• Excellent communication skills and able to communicate complex ideas to a broad audience.
• Willingness to travel to the Companies’ U.S. sites up to 10% of the time. Global travel may be required depending on work objectives.
• Skilled in process design and implementation.

Desired qualifications

• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Visio.
• Experience leading small to medium sized projects.
• Experience working in a multi-site, multi-national organization.

Morgan Advanced Materials is an EEO/AA/M/W/D/V Employer Ind-1