Global Trade Compliance Specialist (flexible location)

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This position reports to

Business Area Trade Manager

Your role and responsibilities

Are you passionate about trade and operational excellence? Join us as a Global Trade Compliance Specialist, where you will play a key role in supporting the Motion Business Area to enhance global trade processes and compliance standards. In this role, your primary focus will be on supporting business functions in streamlining trade processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, enhancing operational maturity, and ensuring compliance with global customs, export control, and sanctions standards. You are driven to uncover opportunities for cost savings and efficiency, while maintaining a customer-focused mindset that directly contributes to business value. With a proactive approach, you will ensure trade compliance not only protects the organisation but also drives and accelerates business growth. The Global Trade Compliance Specialist is expected to have functional knowledge, support operational activities, and lead with a vision for improvement. This role involves working with global teams to develop best-in-class trade compliance practices, supporting operational excellence, ensuring regulatory compliance, and providing expert guidance. The work model for the role is: hybrid ; #LI-Hybrid You will act as the point of contact for business functions globally, working with stakeholders across Supply Chain, Sales, Operations, and the global/local Trade community. You will report to the Motion Business Area Trade Specialist. The ideal candidate is based in Europe. Business travel will be required occasionally (up to 20%). You will be mainly accountable for: • Operational Support: Act as the primary point of contact for business and global/local Trade functions, assist with trade execution, provide trade advisory, and support escalations. • Process Improvement: Identify areas for improvement, gain business support, and empower cross-functional teams to streamline processes and improve operational excellence and execution. • Change Management and Stakeholder Engagement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by promoting innovation, collaboration, and accountability at all levels. • Drive Performance and Best Practices: Establish KPIs and metrics to measure progress, track results, and drive accountability for operational excellence. Research and implement new technologies, promote global best practices, and support process. You will join an exciting environment with various cross-functional activities with substantial visibility and overview, working on interesting projects around innovation and having autonomy and empowerment for decision-making.

Qualifications for the role

• Minimum 8 years of overall work experience in Logistics/Supply Chain Management with hands-on experience on Trade Compliance.
• Proven track record of successfully driving process excellence initiatives and delivering measurable results.
• University degree in International Trade, Supply Chain / Logistics, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong background and practical experience in global customs operations, with a focus on leveraging FTAs and duty optimization programs
• Solid working knowledge of U.S. and EU export control and sanctions regulations, with hands-on experience ensuring effective compliance across global operations.
• Advanced analytical skills with a strong track record in root cause analysis and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience managing change and delivering cross-functional projects
• Excellent communication in English and stakeholder engagement skills; confident at influencing and leading in matrixed environments.

More about us

The IEC Low Voltage Division is a technology leader delivering a full range of energy-efficient low voltage motors, including ultra-efficient solutions such as IE5 SynRM (synchronous reluctance motors). Through a global footprint, domain expertise and rugged designs, the Division provides reliable technology that improves efficiency and productivity even in the most demanding applications. We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.