Customs and Trade Compliance Manager

Customs And Trade Compliance Manager

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the student debt program, and 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is 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.

Our location in Irving, TX current has an opportunity for a Customs And Trade Compliance Manager. This individual will provide leadership and direction to ensure site compliance with all relevant customs regulations and trade laws and other US regulatory agency requirements. They will be responsibility for the development of a staff of experts in the import/export compliance field that will serve the current and future demands of the supply chain operation.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 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 recommend to management team.
• Develop and manage process for transactional review/audit of all import/export records.
• Maintain team relationship 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.

Accountability/Scope/Budget

Incumbent is accountable for compliant importation and exportation of goods and services, including proper classification and valuation. Failure to comply is a violation of law and could result in significant fines or penalties. This position has extensive contact with site/division management. Directly responsible for taking action when lack of compliance with U.S. Customs, BIS or OGA regulations is identified, regardless of site/division or economic pressures. This will be a supervisory position and will be managing direct reports.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree Required
• Masters Degree Preferred
• Minimum of 6 years experience in import/export operations, international business, or other related field
• Sound analytical abilities and familiarity with enforcement of internal controls required.
• Previous supervisory experience and ability to develop personnel are a plus.
• Effective negotiating, communication (written and oral), and interpersonal skills are absolutely critical for this position.
• This position must recommend approaches that are compelling enough to influence division/site management in the adoption of procedures, the execution of which results in compliance.
• Must occasionally use judgment to determine when strict enforcement of requirements vs. exploring compliant alternatives is appropriate.
• Ability to implement compliance processes in areas outside department structures to ensure compliance with regulations.

The base pay for this position is $97,300.00 $194,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.