Senior Global Trade Operations Specialist

Senior Global Trade Operations Specialist

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

The Senior Global Trade Operations Specialist is a hands-on professional individual contributor responsible for performing complex country-of-origin and trade compliance analyses across Medtronic products and supply chains. This role applies advanced knowledge of international trade regulations to independently conduct detailed assessments, resolve complex issues, and ensure accurate, audit-ready determinations. The Senior Specialist performs the analysis end-to-end, from data collection through final determination, while partnering with stakeholders to obtain inputs and communicate results. The role emphasizes technical depth, execution excellence, and continuous improvement rather than people management.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week, onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This position will be working onsite at our site in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Responsibilities include:

• Perform detailed, hands-on analysis of complex manufacturing, sourcing, and supplier documentation to determine and validate country of origin in accordance with international trade regulations.
• Independently apply advanced Rules of Origin methodologies to multi-site, multi-supplier, or multi-process manufacturing scenarios.
• Personally develop, document, and maintain complete assessment rationale and supporting evidence to ensure audit-ready COO determinations and accurate import claims.
• Execute in-depth reviews of master data and transactional data, identify discrepancies, and correct or coordinate updates to ensure data integrity.
• Identify and resolve complex or ambiguous COO issues through independent research, interpretation of regulations, and practical application to business scenarios.
• Work directly with supply chain, sourcing, manufacturing, R&D, and quality partners to obtain required inputs, clarify production flows, and validate assumptions used in analyses.
• Provide hands-on COO analysis and guidance for new product development, product changes, and sourcing transitions, including scenario analysis and trade impact assessments.
• Prepare detailed analysis summaries, supporting materials, and technical documentation for internal review, audits, and regulatory inquiries.
• Develop and execute recurring and ad hoc analyses, metrics, and reports to monitor compliance status, workload, and risk trends.
• Actively perform peer reviews of analyst work, providing detailed technical feedback to ensure accuracy, consistency, and adherence to standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve analytical methods, templates, and tools, and personally design and implement enhancements to improve efficiency and quality.
• Manage multiple analyses and priorities concurrently, ensuring timely completion while maintaining a high level of technical rigor and attention to detail.
• Own and drive the update and governance of internal procedures, ensuring new content and training materials are reviewed, approved, and published in a timely manner.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent with 6+ years of relevant trade compliance or country-of-origin experience (OR an Associate's Degree with 4+ years experience OR a Baccalaureate Degree with 2+ years experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, International Trade, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Advanced, practical knowledge of Rules of Origin and international trade regulations, with demonstrated experience applying them to complex manufacturing models.
• Strong ability to interpret bills of materials, production processes, supplier sourcing data, and costed structures.
• Experience producing audit-ready documentation and supporting regulatory reviews or audits.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, trade compliance tools, and advanced Excel or data analysis applications.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex, ambiguous data and reach defensible, well-documented conclusions.
• Strong investigative and research skills, with the ability to translate regulatory language into executable analysis.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills, particularly in explaining analytical conclusions and regulatory rationale.
• Ability to work directly with cross-functional partners to gather data, validate assumptions, and resolve issues.
• Highly self-directed senior individual contributor who performs the work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple detailed analyses simultaneously.
• Consistently demonstrates accuracy, accountability, and sound judgment in a compliance-driven environment.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$79,200.00 - $118,800.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab