Import Analyst

Saab; Washington; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab, Inc. is expanding its Trade Compliance team to stand up import compliance for defense and commercial programs. The role calls for a self-starter who can author policies, build relationships across sites and brokers, and design how U.S. imports are authorized, documented, and measured.

Responsibilities include developing an import control framework, coordinating with brokers and the export team, and maintaining HTS classifications and licenses. Travel 5–10% domestically is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Experience in U.S. import compliance and customs authorization.
• Ability to draft and operationalize import policies and SOPs.
• Experience coordinating with brokers, forwarders, and site shipping teams.
• Knowledge of HTS classifications, ECCN/USML, and import/export controls.
• Willingness to travel domestically 5–10%.

Responsibilities

• Develop and run the U.S. import control framework including entry review and CBP inquiries.
• Build relationships with sites, brokers, and forwarders to ensure compliant handoffs.
• Draft and operationalize import policies and SOPs for licensing and duties.
• Coordinate imports/exports with international affiliates.
• Review entry packets to clear imports and resolve classification/valuation issues.
• Manage HTS classifications and ECCN/USML queries with export team.
• Administer DFE under HTSUS 9808.00.30 and manage DCMA certificates.
• Oversee TIBs, carnets, ITAR licenses, and DFARS documentation.
• Support ACE reporting, duty accuracy, and cost-center coding.
• Maintain bonds and Powers of Attorney with brokers.
• Manage broker/forwarder relationships and KPIs; approve ISR and tariff questionnaires.
• Document activity in OCR EASE/SharePoint and evolve tooling.
• Replace knowledge with repeatable processes via SharePoint.
• Assess sites against import requirements and address gaps.
• Domestic and potential international travel 5-10%.

Skills

Import compliance

Policy writing

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Tools

PIEE

SharePoint

OCR EASE

Job description

Job Description:

Saab, Inc. is growing, and import compliance is being stood up as its own discipline within Trade Compliance, separate from logistics execution. The successful candidate is a self-starter who is motivated to advance U.S. import compliance and customs authorization for defense and commercial programs, build relationships across sites and brokers, write import policies and turn them into understandable operational procedures, and help design how U.S. imports are authorized, documented, and measured. In this role, you will authorize the cross-border move and maintain compliance. Supply Chain’s logistics team will book freight, create BOLs, and settle carrier invoices.

Responsibilities:

• Construct, improve, and run the U.S. import control framework for Saab, Inc., including entry review, exception handling, and CBP inquiries.

• Build relationships with site shipping, programs, brokers, and forwarders so the handoff works, with shipment facts in and compliance direction and authorization out.

• Draft and operationalize import policies and SOPs, including clearance, Temporary Import Bond (TIB), Carnet, DSP-61 temporary import license, permanent import, Duty-Free Entry (DFE), broker engagement, and recordkeeping.

• Engage with Saab, Inc.’s international affiliates and other entities to coordinate imports into and exports from the U.S.

• Clear imports through Customs by reviewing entry packets and resolving classification, valuation, origin, and document issues before the broker files.

• Assign and maintain HTS classifications, add and track items in the system, and coordinate ECCN/USML questions with the export team.

• Administer DFE under HTSUS 9808.00.30 by adding eligible contracts in Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), coordinating Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) certificates with brokers, and keeping DFARS 252.225-7013 documentation complete.

• Manage TIBs, carnets, and ITAR temporary import authorizations, including DSP-61 licenses and exemptions, as well as tracking, close-out, and retention.

• Support ACE for imports, including Periodic Monthly Statement duty accuracy, protest flags, and payment authorization. Logistics and Accounting code the same statement to cost centers.

• Support customs bonds, including U.S. and Non-Resident Importer (NRI) Canada, and Powers of Attorney and the authorized-filer list under subject matter oversight.

• Manage the compliance side of broker and forwarder relationships, including SOPs, the authorized-broker list, and compliance KPIs. Logistics owns rates, booking, and freight-invoice approval.

• Approve International Shipping Requests (ISR) and domestic tariff questionnaires as assigned.

• Put import and temporary import/export activity into a durable system of record, such as OCR EASE, SharePoint, or an equivalent platform, and help shape how that looks as tools mature.

• Use SharePoint and practical process-improvement skills to replace informal knowledge with an understandable and repeatable process that sites can follow.

• Assess sites against the import requirements you help prepare, then address gaps directly rather than work around them.

• Travel domestically and possibly internationally, 5%-10% annually.