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Department The Global Technology Network (GTN) has a vacancy for a Trade Compliance Analyst within the Process Excellence organization in the Knowledge Management team. This role is a global role based in Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands) or Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands). The GTN is an organization within the Technology & Innovation (T&I) function and is responsible for the processes, systems, and communications that enable the overall T&I organization to function effectively and efficiently, including providing support for stage-gate processes, metrics, ISO certifications, Lean Six Sigma, Knowledge Management, Information Services (library), and Trade Compliance. The Technology Trade Compliance team improves business processes to maximize T&I knowledge sharing while ensuring global compliance to international trade regulations. The three main focal areas are training, export control classification processes, and information management processes. Purpose of the Role: Ensure Technology/Engineering business processes enable compliance with international trade regulations including multi-national Export Control regulations, military regulations such as U.S. ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), and global economic sanctions regulations. The Trade Compliance Analyst is a member of the Process Excellence group in the Technology & Innovation (T&I) organization, but collaborates closely with peers in Legal Affairs and Supply Chain. The T&I organization spans multiple global sites located in the following countries: Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, India, China, Japan, and the United States. The Challenge • Develop sustainable business processes to classify products and technology data with respect to multi-national dual-use and military export control, U.S. ITAR, economic sanctions regulations, and other related international trade regulations. • Implement global export control classification processes to determine and document the export control classification number (ECCN) of products and technology. Determine implications and requirements based on all relevant government regulations and implement improvements to associated processes within the global Technology & Innovation organization, such as management of R&D technical data. Lead the Technology and Innovation Classification Team and work with the SABIC International Trade Compliance team to drive process changes to ensure compliance. • Develop and implement plan to ingrain export control awareness in Technology and Innovation culture through internal training and audits. • Responsible for leading trade compliance training and audits related to classification processes and Technology & Innovation personnel. • Accountable to drive initiatives to identify and disseminate best practices and harmonize towards global ways-of-working, including rolling out best practices across global Technology and Application centers. • Participate in developing and implementing global site control plans for T&I locations that handle export controlled goods and technology. • Coordinate closely with other Trade Compliance Analysts, the Trade Compliance Team Leader, Trade Compliance Specialist, Legal Affairs Department, and IT personnel as needed. • Serve as a key contact for classification of products and technology. Your Profile • PhD, MS, or BA/BS • More than 5 years relevant experience required • Extensive knowledge of U.S. or Wassenaar-based export control regulations desired • Strong familiarity in analyzing, understanding, and applying the EAR (Export Administration Regulations) and ITAR regulations, including ECCN determination, license requirements, deemed exports, and technology data transfer • Knowledge of non-U.S. export regulations is a plus • Experience working in a corporate trade compliance environment, or government service in an agency or ministry with export controls responsibility such as U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security, is desired • Creative, with passion for Technology and attention to detail • Committed, responsible, able to work in a global and virtual team or individually, and willing to work under pressure • Strong oral and written communication skills, highly motivated, self-starter with ability to work under minimal supervision Further Information All applicants must be a citizen of a Group B country as defined in the U.S. EAR. Please apply via the website before April the 18th 2011. For further information, please contact Mary McCarthy (Recruiter) at +31 46 722 2181. Sharing our futures in leadership SABIC is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and metals. We supply these materials to other companies, who use them to make products on which the world has come to depend. We are the largest and most reliably profitable public company in the Middle East. Our success is the result of our focus on three key areas: investment in local partnerships, outstanding research and technology programs, and an ambitious global growth strategy. And last, but certainly not least, because of our talented employees who have a passion to deliver. In Europe, SABIC employs over 6,000 professionals and is running 6 world-scale production sites and 4 technology & innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (Netherlands) Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium). Based upon this strong fundament, we are a key producer of olefins, polyolefins, engineering thermoplastics resins, films and sheets in Europe. At SABIC we are pushing the limits further. We are ambitious and striving to become the preferred world leader in chemicals. To achieve this ambition, we strongly invest in our most important asset - our employees. We see it as our task to help you develop a career with us that challenges you in ways that really make you come alive. Make your career happen with SABIC.