Manager Customs and Trade Compliance

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

• This is not a remote opportunity
• Traveling up to 5 %

What You’ll Work On

Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

Manage import/export process and develop effective internal controls to ensure site compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements.

• Provide leadership and direction to ensure site compliance with all relevant customs regulations and trade laws and other US regulatory agency requirements. 
• Develop a staff of experts in the import/export compliance field that will serve the current and future demands of the supply chain operation.
• Act as subject matter expert and advisor regarding compliant importation and/or exportation of goods, staying abreast of new import/export regulations and programs that may impact on the business.
• Develop and implement cross-functional SOPs to ensure import/export compliance in related areas and update, as needed, to reflect new corporate or regulatory requirements.
• Impacted areas include, but are not limited to R&D, Purchasing, Planning, Third Party Manufacturing, Engineering, Regulatory and Marketing.
• Provide technical guidance to assist in the proper management of international projects.
• Manage import/export compliance personnel and develop staff including hiring, goal setting, performance, coaching, teamwork and projects. Develop staff by educating in defined areas of import/export compliance as needed by the business structure.
• Oversee site compliance with special trade programs, including Free Trade Agreements (FTA), Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ), and Duty Drawback.
• Develop and implement Compliance Improvement Plans, as needed, to address and correct issues identified during corporate import/export compliance assessments.
• Review opportunities for cost reductions and make recommendations to management team.
• Develop and manage process for transactional review/audit of all import/export records.
• Maintain team relationships with carriers and brokers to resolve broker/freight issues to maintain timely product flow in the supply chain.
• Develop and foster relationships with internal departments, plant and warehouse operations, finance, R&D and other areas involved in import/export activities.
• Maintain proper import/export recordkeeping controls to ensure compliance with the requirements of 19CFR and 15CFR.
• This will be a supervisory position and will be managing direct reports.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in import/export operations, international business, or other related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• FTZ experience (Foreign Trade Zone)
• Knowledge of ERP (Oracle or SAP)
• Supply Chain experience
• Familiar with manufacturing processes and medical equipment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and power point.  
• Experience with USHTS tariff analysis, origin and value determination.
• Management experience is highly preferred

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: 

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.