8 - Process and Applications Specialist

About the role

The Trade Compliance Specialist will lead and maintain Celestica’s Internal Compliance Program (ICP) for Fort Worth, Texas, ensuring the site meets all bulk and multiple-use permits. They will navigate U.S. EAR, ensuring seamless compliance for U.S.-origin military technology and dual-use items. They will implement and audit controls for Intangible Technology Transfer (ITT), manage cross-border exchanges of technical data, software code, and schematics via digital platforms, and direct visitor and personnel compliance vetting against EAR, ITAR, and global regimes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain Celestica’s Internal Compliance Program (ICP) for Fort Worth, Texas, ensuring site meets all the bulk and multiple-use permits.
• Navigate U.S. EAR, ensuring seamless compliance for U.S.-origin military technology and dual-use items.
• Implement and audit controls for Intangible Technology Transfer (ITT), managing the cross-border exchange of technical data, software code, and schematics via digital platforms.
• Direct visitor and personnel compliance vetting against EAR, ITAR, and global regimes to secure necessary government authorizations for facility and technology access.
• Assign and validate ECCN classifications for high-complexity goods in Capital Equipment, and Cloud Solutions.
• Leverage SAP GTS to automate trade compliance workflows, including restricted party screening, export license determination, and managing GTS Blocks to prevent non-compliant shipments.
• Act as a primary site point-of-contact for Texas customs Audits, inspections, and disclosures.
• Lead investigation efforts and ensure timely reporting of any unlawful disclosure of strategic technology to relevant authorities.
• Administer and deliver mandatory trade compliance training programs to ensure continuous site-wide regulatory awareness.
• Maintain a comprehensive, auditable record management system for all security vetting, permits, and compliance training logs.
• Execute critical trade compliance documentation, including the completion of End User Statements and comprehensive End Use Determinations (analyzing product type, classification, and usage).
• Develop and administer critical trade compliance documentation with meticulous revision control.
• Reviews, recommends, and implements enhancements/new systems required by business.
• Implements and ensures adherence to SCM policies and practices.
• Cover site internal audits to highlight issues, assist in audit readiness, and ensure corrective action plans.

Requirements

Deep expertise in the U.S. EAR and familiarity with Dual-Use regulations is highly desirable. Must have an excellent sense of discretion and sensitivity when handling data governed by privacy regulations. Must be self-directed and able to work under minimal supervision. Hands-on experience applying for export permits and use of SNAP-R system. Knowledge of recent directives requiring notification for high-performance AI chips and accelerators.

Skills

• Deep expertise in the U.S. EAR and familiarity with Dual-Use regulations.
• Excellent sense of discretion and sensitivity when handling data governed by privacy regulations.
• Self-directed and able to work under minimal supervision.
• Hands-on experience applying for export permits and use of SNAP-R system.
• Knowledge of recent directives requiring notification for high-performance AI chips and accelerators.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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