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A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

The Projects and Contracts Manager promotes economic interests, risk management and market access, promotes global relations, and ensures compliance with various laws and regulations governing international trade and National Security for the Timken Gears and Services and Timken Motor Companies of Timken Power Systems. The position reports to the Business Manager - Commercial Services.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage all global trade and contract compliance issues for the business.
• Facilitate and assist on operational transactions/movements for direct and indirect export transactions, as well as all Imports.
• Responsible for all classifications , including ECCN, HTS, COO and product/portfolio jurisdictions (EAR-ITAR) and related government reporting.
• Attend meetings and seminars to ensure that our Compliance tools and skill sets remain current.
• Manage the due diligence process with World Head Quarters via Exiger; and assist with sales representative and distributor agreements as requested

Basic Qualifications:

• Senior manager expertise in trade and related contract compliance in a business environment
• Trade compliance understanding and the ability to coordinate conformance activity across entities
• Ability and experience to read and analyze complex specifications and contracts
• Requires excellent communication skills
• Must have demonstrated skills in risk management and mitigation within the commercial contracting environment
• Ability to multi-task and manage competing projects
• Business acumen
• Bachelor’s degree in business
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in contract review and risk mitigation

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.