Career Area: Legal and Compliance

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled Manager Regional Trade Compliance to join our Trade Compliance Services -India Legal Team.

Global trade compliance is evolving rapidly, creating an exciting opportunity to influence how Caterpillar navigates an increasingly complex global trade environment.

As part of Caterpillars Trade Center of Excellence (TCOE), youll serve as a trusted business partner, working closely with stakeholders to understand customer needs, provide expert guidance on trade matters, and embed compliance principles into the foundation of our business operations.

This role offers the chance to drive trade compliance by translating regulatory requirements into practical business solutions, supporting strategic decision-making, and helping shape the future of Caterpillars trade strategy. Working alongside world-class compliance, legal, and business leaders, you will play a critical role in ensuring compliance excellence while enabling business success.

If youre looking to accelerate your career within a dynamic compliance organization, this is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact, solve complex challenges and act as a true business partner to help define the future of trade compliance at Caterpillar.

This role is to be based out of Whitefield Office, Bangalore, India

What you will do

- Help execute risk assessments of customs trade compliance programs to ensure adherence to established policies and procedures.
- Collaborate with in-region Business Divisions, Compliance teams, and Legal teams to provide strategic and operational support for global trade management at Caterpillar
- Support the development, implementation and maintenance of customs trade compliance policies and procedures
- Provide training on government laws, rules and regulations as they pertain to organizational products, services and technologies
- Proactively monitor, manage and mitigate risks through stakeholder engagement and assist with development and implementation of compliance strategies and goals in line with companys business objectives
- Effectively communicate insights, progress, and recommendations across the organization as needed

What you will have:

- International Trade: Knowledge of the markets, issues, regulations, practices and operations of international trade; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately in diverse situations.
- Relationship Management:



Knowledge of relationship and stakeholder management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with various stakeholders, peers within LSPP and across Caterpillar
- Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
- Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
- Effective Communications: Understanding effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques and the ability to collaborate vertically and horizontally, across levels and various business functions, and with external parties
- This position requires candidate to work a 5-day -a -week schedule in the office.

Top candidates Will Have (these are requirements/key skills)

- 3 to 7 years experience with trade compliance or a related field
- Demonstrated leadership support, advocacy, and acumen with strong intellectual curiosity
- Development and/or management of compliance processes is a plus

Skills Required:

Business Markets: Knowledge of existing and planned markets and market-related initiatives from the perspectives of the competition, the suppliers, the customer base and the regulatory environment; ability to apply market knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Expert:
Coaches others to understand key markets, market dynamics, and relevant strategies.
Creates a plan for markets that organization does not yet serve; leads analysis of possibilities.
Promotes awareness within organization of relevant regulatory environment.
Presents the organizational strategy to stakeholders in the context of all major global and regional markets.
Monitors global and regional market trends, directions, experiences, and key players.
Anticipates, capitalizes on and drives changes in the market.

International Trade: Knowledge of the markets, issues,



regulations, practices and operations of international trade; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately in diverse situations.
Level Expert:
Elaborates on prior experience with all major issues and considerations of international trade.
Monitors industry trends and marketplace experience for international trade practices and operations.
Establishes the organizations international trade compliance policies and procedures.
Champions the exploration of new opportunities and channels for international trade.
Develops a theoretical perspective of international trade.
Develops strategies for international trade and international marketing.

Operational Functions: Knowledge of major functional processes and associated operating requirements; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:
Facilitates interrelationships between major functions and sub-functions.
Designs awareness programs for multi- and cross-functional issues of the regulatory environment.
Works to resolve obstacles to goals of several organizational functions.
Advises others to carry out responsibilities based on understanding of key organizational functions.
Evaluates relevant industry practices from an operations perspective and works accordingly.
Recommends efficiencies in operational functions wherever possible.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Extensive Experience:
Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

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📌 Manager Regional Trade Compliance (Bengaluru)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Bengaluru