Import/Export Specialist

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Founded in 1917, John Crane is a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and engineering of mission critical flow control solutions for increased efficiency, emission reductions and energy transformation. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems and predictive digital monitoring technologies. John Crane customer service is accessed through a global network of more than 200 global sites in over 50 countries employing more than 6,000 employees worldwide. We partner with our customers and help them meet the latest environmental standards and keep their operations safe and controlled.

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Job Description

Execute and manage import/export trade compliance activities across all John Crane sites in Mexico, ensuring full adherence to Mexican customs regulations while supporting John Crane’s global duty mitigation progamme and operational efficiency.

Duties & Responsibilities (not limited to)

Strategy and Governance

•Help coordinate cross functional execution in Mexico to drive appropriately embedded and operationalized changes, as needed, to John Crane’s trade compliance function in Mexico.

•Help align day to day operational processes in Mexico with corporate governance policies, controls, and ethics standards from Smiths Group.

Compliance Operations

•Serve as a subject matter expert providing clear compliance advice on international trade activity matters relating to Mexico.

•Be accountable for the controls, operational processes and frameworks required to ensure John Crane meets its export control and sanctions, customs, and antiboycott compliance obligations, as applicable, in Mexico and ensure such items are firmly embedded within our Mexico operations. Actively monitor regulatory changes to ensure any warranted changes to the same are made as appropriate / required.

•Manage and assist with, as required, John Crane’s global trade compliance activities, including product classifications, export licensing, import permitting and customs clearing, restricted party screening, recordkeeping, and self-assessments, done by the business units in Mexico, and track completion of corrective measures, if any.

Tariff Mitigation

•Help devise strategy and coordinate cross functional teams to reduce current cost and risk exposure to US and other applicable tariffs in Mexico.

•Help drive free trade zone and free trade agreement (including USMCA) utilisation and duty recovery initiatives.

Digital and Process Transformation

•Help implement the automation of classification, transaction screening and documentation workflows.

Risk Management and Assurance

•Ensure audit readiness and regulatory adherence.

•Help investigate potential compliance failures relating to Mexico, as applicable, and implement corrective actions as appropriate/required.

Stakeholder Engagement and Capability Building

•Directly report to John Crane’s Senior Regional Trade Compliance Manager, Americas, and work with a global network of other trade compliance managers and specialists.

The Individual

• A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) required.
• Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in English and Spanish.
• Additional language skills beneficial.
• Fluent in English Language

•Significant experience with trade compliance responsibilities with a company with Mexican operations.

•Significant experience in managing international trade issues relating to Mexico within a complex global supply chain environment.

•Deep operational experience with Mexican customs processes (including under Ley Aduanera and the IMMEX program).

•Experience with Customs broker management.

•Experience in developing and implementing compliance policies, processes and procedures.

•Experience with ERP systems. Experience with SAP ERP and SAP GTS and also QAD ERP, beneficial. Experience with other TCM systems, also beneficial.

•Experience with export and import controls, economic sanctions, anti-bribery/anti-corruption and other trade laws, regulations and requirements, as applicable, administered by Mexico.

•Experience with export and import controls, economic sanctions, anti-bribery/anti-corruption, and other trade laws, regulations and requirements applicable in Mexico that are administered by jurisdictions outside of Mexico (e.g., the USMCA).

•Experience helping conduct compliance audits and drafting reports.

•Experience assisting with internal investigations of potential non-compliance.

•Track record of effective contribution to strategic programmes.

•Expertise in tariff management,

•Experience explaining complex regulations to non-expert stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner and helping turn the requirements into business actions.

•Solid financial and analytical capability.

Diversity Clause

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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