Nos équipes localisées à Vélizy-Le-Bois développent, installent et maintiennent en condition opérationnelle les solutions de signalisation ferroviaire, mais également les systèmes intégrés de communication et de supervision pour les grandes lignes et les transports urbains.

• Support the Chief Compliance Officer by leading and developing a “best-in-class” export and trade compliance programme, promoting ethical behavior and building a strong “compliance culture” from management downwards as it pertains to export and trade compliance for the Hitachi Rail GTS portfolio and the wider Hitachi Rail perimeter.
• Deliver high value-add expertise to the business by ensuring regulatory horizon scanning and actionable advice to stakeholders. Ensure procedures are updated timeously if there are changes to applicable laws and regulations. Ability to interpret and ensure compliance with any applicable legal or regulatory developments globally.

• Regular and frequent self-assessment to identify gaps and create corrective action plans that will support trade compliance across all Hitachi Rail GTS entities, products, and the portfolio.
• Partner to deliver on an integrated post-acquisition export and trade compliance programme across the combined Hitachi Rail perimeter.
• Play a key role in cross-functional communication and influencing, building relationships and counselling and advising stakeholders on export, trade control, and sanctions risks, among others.
• Develop and deliver advice, communications, templates and tools, setting and monitoring KPIs, and delivering on key processes related to export and trade compliance.
• Ensure compliance across Hitachi Rail GTS with Hitachi Group Corporate Export Regulation Department (CERD) requirements and notices and maintain and build effective engagement with CERD.
• Develop and mature trade compliance manuals, policies, procedures and processes and verify the consistent application of related requirements by partner functions in Engineering, Commercial/Sales, Procurement, and Logistics.
• Deliver targeted training to a global workforce, with a particular focus on first line of defense functions and departments to manage and mitigate risks and ensure no violations of relevant laws, sanctions regimes, or export regulations.
• Partner with relevant functions to ensure product classification in relevant tools and systems, specifically in critically reviewing and accurately classifying dual use technology products per relevant European and US regulations.
• Conduct assessments and audits of the Export and Trade Compliance Programme in partnership with internal and external auditors and Hitachi Group stakeholders as required.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with all elements of EU Regulation and US Export Administration Regulation (EAR) requirements.
• Maintain and build relationships with relevant local authorities responsible for issuing export licenses throughout core Europe markets where we operate (France, Germany, Spain, UK, Italy, Portugal), the Bureau of Industry and Security (US), and other authorities when required per business needs.
• Collect relevant documentation and prepare submission files for obtaining authorisations/licenses from relevant, competent authorities and ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements for submission files. Respond and follow-up on any queries from relevant authorities.
• Maintain a global export license registry that tracks all licenses issued to Hitachi Rail globally.
• Verify the consistency of the documentation prepared during the export, re-export, and re-transfer of Dual Use Export Controlled goods with respect to the authorisations/licenses issued by competent authorities.
• Escalate and report to the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer immediately on any potential violations of the regulations on the export, re-export, and transfer of products.

• Advanced Degree in Law, Finance, Engineering or other relevant professional qualification.
• A minimum of 10-15-years’ combined experience as a practicing, expert trade compliance professional in global business, directly managing a global export and trade compliance programme.
• Has managed a significant part of an export and trade compliance programme for an international company, with demonstrated knowledge of the core European regulatory landscape as well as other key global legal regimes regulating export controls and sanctions.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of EU Regulation, and US Export Administration Regulation (EAR) with an ability to implement a programme that ensures full compliance with all regulatory requirements. Familiarity with ‘Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)’ certification.
• Ability to interact with senior government officials and well as senior internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in submitting export license authorisation requests to competent authorities.

• Good verbal and written communications skills, listening, influencing and presentation skills, ability to work and communicate in a diverse global organisation.
• You are recognised for your sense of leadership, well-developed interpersonal skills, and ability to deliver with autonomy with a keen focus on results.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously, strong at problem-solving and critical thinking, business and financial acumen.
• Team player, with cultural awareness and curiosity, willing to work with other functions and members of the global Legal & Compliance team on joint initiatives.
• Absolute integrity and trustworthiness plus the credibility and ability to communicate the importance of the same to all levels of the organisation.
• Highly proficient in IT tools such as Word, Excel, Power Point.
• Fluent in English. Additional European language skills (French, Italian, German, Spanish) would be highly advantageous.

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