Jr. Customs and Trade Compliance Analyst

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott
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 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 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.

The Opportunity

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. 

The Jr. Customs Trade Compliance role reports to the Customs & Trade Compliance Manager and is accountable for engaging Abbott CoreDx and Transfusion's Trade compliance operations with an emphasis on Import/Export compliance and department operations while ensuring the utmost compliance with U.S. Import and regulatory requirements related to 19 CFR and 15 CFR and established internal policies and procedures.

The Jr. Analyst's primary responsibility is to conduct audits/assessments of division import/export transactions to evaluate compliance with relevant government and corporate policies/procedures; formulate recommendations for improvement in operating performance and controls, ensuring that proper and timely corrective actions are implemented. In addition, the Jr. Analyst will analyze import/export data and trends to identify areas of potential risk for the corporation; and establish/strengthen internal control requirements. The Jr. Analyst will also be the owner of the data related to classifications, COO, FTA, and licensing.

Main Responsibilities

• Maintain up to date knowledge of export, import and trade requirements as stated under Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
• Maintains awareness of changes to ITAR, EAR, OFAC, and other applicable government regulations associated with trade compliance.
• Oversee/monitor/assist in the preparation of required customs export documentation, including AES filings, (originating from the US to multiple global accounts) in a highly time sensitive environment from various data sources.
• Assign Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to products/items being imported/exported and maintain the IML (Item Master List) and Amber Road (AR) including providing diligence memos with each new classification.
• Intermediate understanding of export control classification process (ECCN number), export licensing, EEI (Electronic Export Information) compliance and determine applicability of free trade agreements as defined by US customs and border protection and as applicable maintain company’s: Assists reporting, Drawbacks, FTZ program, CTPAT Security, CTPAT Trade Compliance program, and Drafts and submits appropriate license applications such as DSP-5s, TAAs or MLAs.
• Monitors and collaborates with the company’s Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders for Customs Clearance of imports.
• Analyze, organize, assess, track, shipment/product related information necessary to comply with customs reporting requirements or department metrics to identify and suggest areas for improvement.
• Act as a central point of contact for communicating shipment status for customers that require specialized monitoring, reporting, or dedicated Trade Compliance functions (i.e.: problem solving).
• Maintain complian