Trade Compliance Specialist

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions, and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling, and quarrying. In 2023, sales were approximately 66 billion SEK with about 17 000 employees.

We are now looking for a self-driven, meticulous, and knowledgeable Trade Compliance Specialist with a university degree in a relevant field and a couple of years of relevant working experience to join the Trade Compliance team supporting Underground drilling, Surface Drilling and Digital Mining Technology divisions, and to help us ensure compliance in export transactions and maintaining adherence to both internal policies and national regulations. This full-time, permanent position is based in Tampere, Finland.

Your key responsibilities

• Free trade agreements in Export Transactions: Ensure compliance with conditions in Free Trade Agreements and develop mandatory documentation for record-keeping.
• Transactional Trade Compliance Evaluation: Evaluate exports on a transactional level to ensure compliance with Sandvik policies and national and EU regulations.
• Approval Recognition: Identify transactions requiring additional approvals, such as export licenses from local authorities or internal approvals.
• Restricted party screening: support in daily screening, arrange trainings and participate potential match investigations
• SharePoint Coordination: Coordinate and develop the Trade Compliance SharePoint site for effective communication and transparency within the respective organizations
• Compliance Audits: Develop and conduct compliance audits to ensure internal requirements are met.
• Trade Data Classification: Support export control and tariff code classification, work closely with internal service center, R&D, and sourcing teams. 
• Identify and develop actively process improvements for Trade compliance.

Your background and what we find important

• Proven experience in Trade Compliance, particularly in export transactions
• Strong knowledge of HS & ECCN classification and national / EU regulations of export control restrictions
• Understanding of Free Trade Agreements and Country of Origin rules.
• Excellent collaboration and documentation skills.
• Experience with SharePoint and compliance audits.
• Ability to leverage technology to drive process improvements.
• Fluency in English is a must in a global organization.

What’s in it for you? 

We offer you an interesting role in a truly international environment with great professional development and growth opportunities. In addition, we offer good employee benefits, possibility to work partially remotely, and an inclusive corporate culture focused on sustainable development, with values such as Innovation, Fair Play, Customer Focus, and Passion to Win. At Sandvik, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business, and, thereby, our customers.

Contact information 

For further information about this position, please contact the recruiting manager: Riku Helander, Director, Business Control, tel. +358 405430246 or Trade Compliance Manager, Satu Johansson, tel. +358 50 3769343.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact: HR Services Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays at 9-11 and 13-15 EEST).

Want to join our team? 

Submit your application at by Friday 8th November 2024.  Click apply and include your CV and cover letter including your salary expectation in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. We will review applications already during the application period. If a suitable candidate is found, the position can be filled even before the end of the application period.  When applying, please make sure to attach your cover letter when asked to upload your CV.  

Job ID: R0071482

About our company 

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability, and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services, and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2023 the Group had approximately 41 000 employees and revenues of about 127 billion SEK in about 170 countries within continuing operations.

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