Are you looking for a new opportunity in the field of trade compliance and sales support in an organisation that enables your professional growth? Would you like to facilitate efficient offer and contract preparation in an inspiring community at the cutting edge of science and technology? Do you enjoy working dynamically together with the sales and legal teams to close a deals? VTT might be just the place for you.
VTT is one of the leading applied research organisations in Europe. What unites us are curiosity, a passion for learning, and a purpose: to solve the biggest challenges of our time and turn them into sustainable growth and well-being. Our cross-disciplinary community of over 2300 brilliant minds focuses on creating impact through science-based innovation. Get to know us further by exploring VTT's tech & infra .
We are now looking for a Trade Compliance Specialist to join our Legal team.
In this position, you will have the opportunity to use and increase your skills on dealing with trade compliance requirements as part of sales process in various demanding international deals (e.g. related to US Government purchase requirements). This is an important role supporting VTT Sales to increase business with international customers in heavily regulated fields of business, such as defence, security, health tech and nuclear energy.
Our team, Legal Affairs, provides customer oriented in-house legal services especially for VTT Customer and IPR Sales and management, project managers and other specialists and for large number of jointly funded research projects. Our role is essential especially in the demanding project sales and IPR-sales deals in collaboration with the opportunity and project preparation team. We support the overall preventive risk management of various projects in the regulated areas of business by providing appropriate terms and conditions to close the deals on an acceptable risk level.

As Trade Compliance Specialist, you will:

• Play a key role in enabling VTT sales to close deals where trade compliance is a critical part of demanding international deals.
• Coordinate the preparation of offers and compliance clearance for large, complex, and heavily regulated deals, working closely with a cross-functional team (including e.g. sales, legal counsel, pricing, and finance specialists).
• Review customer RFP purchase requirements, identify the appropriate persons from VTT’s support functions, management, or external service providers (such as legal, finance, tax, data security, and quality), and coordinate the work to clarify RFP requirements for VTT.

Who we are looking for:

An experienced, enthusiastic and well-organised person with strong social skills. The ideal candiate has:

• Proven project management skills with interdisciplinary teams and preparation/overseeing experience in an international environment.
• Knowledge of international trade regulations and practices; experience in public procurement is an advantage.
• Ability to coordinate virtual cross functional team work.
• Fluent business English (especially written), understanding of legal and regulatory language is an advantage.
• A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Law, or a related field.
• Relevant corporate experience from previous roles.
• Ability to work with and engage stakeholders across different organisational levels and professions.

As a person, we hope that you are:

• A dynamic and determined team player with a passion for supporting research and innovation and driving quality and risk mitigation through appropriate documentation. You have strong self-leadership and collaboration skills, and the ability to search solutions together with the preparation team. You fit well in to our Legal Affairs team, where we support each other professionally alongside our hard work, and where humour is a daily tool for our well-being.

With VTT, you’ll enjoy:

• Work with a strong purpose. At VTT, you’ll get to use your professional expertise to help solve the greatest challenges of our time through science and innovation. Our research agenda is dedicated to creating solutions for systemic and technological challenges, such as reaching carbon neutrality and creating superior digital systems. At VTT, you’ll get to do your part in driving this meaningful change through your professional skills. Read more about our strategy, the path of exponential hope, and our organisational culture as the builder of the world's most meaningful place to work.
• An inspiring community. VTT houses all the cutting-edge fields of innovation, from quantum technology to synthetic biology, under one roof. As a professional at VTT, you’ll witness and influence the future of science and technology as it happens.
• Career and learning opportunities. As a scientific expert organisation, we emphasise learning and development and support our people in reaching their full potential. People stay at VTT for more than ten years, as we offer opportunities to develop and grow into new responsibilities. If you’re curious, ambitious, and willing to learn, VTT is the place to take your career to the next level.
• Support for your well-being. Our people are our main asset, so we take good care of them. We aim to nurture excellent team spirit and leadership and offer versatile well-being services to enable a good work-life balance. On top of 6 weeks of paid holidays annually (after one year of work), we offer exercise and culture benefits, hobby clubs, and voluntary well-being services such as meditation and cognitive ergonomics training.

Apply now and join our community of brilliant minds!
Please send your CV and application with your salary request via our recruitment system as soon as possible but at the latest by 20 October 2024. We will process applications as they come in and fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate. A security clearance procedure may be conducted during the recruitment process.

Interested and want to know more?

For further information, please contact Manager, Legal Affairs Teija Riikonen, +358 43 824 0300 Teija.Riikonen@vtt.fi on 8.10. at 14-16 or on 10.10. at 9-11.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Location: Can be based in any of VTT's cities; Espoo, Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio or Kajaani. However, the job requires regular visits to our headquarters in Otaniemi, Espoo.