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Export Control Manager

Huskvarna,
Sweden
Closing date: 5 January 2025

Want to influence the bigger picture? At Saab, you can realise amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact – and your part matters.

Your role

We are looking for a new Export Control Manager to Training & Simulation. The domain Export Control is a part of the newly formed Business Support organization which is a part of the Strategy & Purchasing department. You will be working in close cooperation with current export control function but also functions such as Purchasing, Information Security, Compliance, Contract Management and Shipping. Training & Simulation is a highly international company working with customers and support sites throughout the world. Your role will be to support and guide the organization in accordance with export regulations.  The export control function at Training & Simulation works closely together with Export Control function at Business Area Dynamics.

The role as Export Control Manager (RA-95) – is to ensure implementation of applicable laws and corporate legal/commercial directives and decisions by directing and supporting the Business Units. The Export Control Manager work consists of, but is not limited to, application of different types of export authorizations, reporting, monitoring compliance, and signing legally binding statement and undertakings within the area of export control. It also consists of generally securing adherence of applicable laws and regulations within export control.

Within this specific role, you will work closely with the Business Unit functions such as project management, development, sourcing, production and shipping. You will be monitoring and supporting them so that they have:

  • Well-adapted, efficient and competent organizations to secure compliance

  • Well-adapted support systems and routines to manage export control issues to secure compliance

  • Adequate training in Export Control

  • Adequate training and knowledge of product classification within export control

Your profile

You have experience and a proven track record in Export Control within companies handling complex system solutions. Your background might be as an engineer with experience in development or product management, now aiming to focus on Compliance. Alternatively, you may have a legal background with an interest in technology or work in shipping and wish to specialize in export-related issues.

You possess strong problem-solving and analytical skills, are self-motivated, and inspire others. You can represent the function internally and externally, align with Saab’s strategies and policies, and effectively drive and implement them.

Required skills:

  • Structured

  • Ability to read and understand rules and regulations

  • Communication skills in English, verbal and written

  • Service minded and pedagogic

  • Solution oriented and flexible

  • A true team player

The ideal candidate would have:

  • Good understanding of Training & Simulation and its products, organization and ways of working

  • Knowledge/Interest in logistics and shipping

  • Being certified “Export Control Manager” is meriting. However, the successful candidate will undergo training and become certified

  • Good understanding of Export Control

  • Understanding of the GMS processes: Win Business, Execute Business and Manage Project or similar from outside Saab

  • Good understanding of design and product structures in IFS

  • Knowledge about ITAR

  • Knowledge about software and third-party products

Education, training and counselling are essential parts of the work tasks and we therefore put a lot of emphasis on personal characteristics.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be a part of

Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between. 

Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 23,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here