WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:- Lead nVent’s global trade compliance program, including strategy, governance, risk assessments, policies, procedures, controls, and continuous improvement, in alignment with Ethics and Compliance leadership and business priorities.
- Provision of legal advice and operational execution guidance for the global trade compliance program, working collaboratively with key stakeholders to translate applicable laws and regulations into practical, standardized business processes and controls.
- Assess the impact of global import, export, customs, sanctions, and related regulatory developments on nVent’s businesses, products, customers, and supply chains, and lead timely implementation of required changes.
- Lead, develop, and appropriately resource a high-performing global trade compliance team, fostering employee engagement, accountability, innovation, and alignment with the program’s purpose and priorities.
- Partner with stakeholders to embed trade compliance requirements into business processes, systems, and decision-making.
- Oversee risk-based training and communications that increase awareness, reinforce governance and control requirements, and address higher-risk activities by country, region, function, and role.
- Establish and monitor controls for restricted-party screening, sanctions, embargoes, end-use and end-user restrictions, and escalation and resolution of potential matches.
- Direct trade compliance due diligence and integration for acquisitions, divestitures, new products, new markets, and material supply-chain or business changes.
- Manage and provide legal counsel on government inquiries, audits, investigations, disclosures, and enforcement matters, and oversee related corrective actions and remediation.
- Develop analytics, metrics, and periodic reporting to evaluate program effectiveness, identify trends and control gaps, support data-driven decisions, and communicate material risks and progress to leadership and other stakeholders.
YOU HAVE:- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; Juris Doctor required; active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 8+ years of international trade compliance experience within a global organization, including responsibility for import and export compliance and demonstrated experience leading a global team and program.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, engineering, technology, or other complex global supply-chain operations.
- Experience interacting with customs authorities and other government agencies, including handling government investigations, disclosures, audits, and remediation.
- Expert knowledge and understanding of global trade laws and regulations including those administered by CBP, BIS, OFAC, DDTC or similar global regulatory agency requirements.
- Strong knowledge of Global (including US, Latin America, EU, EMEA/I, APAC) import/export compliance regulations.
- Strong executive communication and change-management skills, with demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams in a global matrix environment.
- Ability to translate complex trade laws and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable business controls.
- Knowledge of government procurement and domestic-content certification requirements, including the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) (preferred, not required).
Pay Transparency
nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.
Compensation Range:
$172,900.00 - $257,000.00
Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.
Benefit Overview
At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:
Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.
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