Local Trade Compliance Officer

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This Position reports to:

Procurement and Logistics Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to support the local business in ensuring that business processes comply with ABB Trade policies, guidelines, and applicable trade regulations. You will act as a key point of contact for trade-related matters and support the implementation and maintenance of ABB’s Global Trade Program. You will also provide practical guidance to local business teams on export control, sanctions, customs compliance, and related regulatory requirements.

The work model for the role is: #LI - Onsite

This role is contributing to the Local Business / Trade Compliance function within the Automation in Energy Division in Bangalore. The main stakeholders are Local Business Management, Country Trade Compliance Officer (CTCO), Global Trade, Legal, Information Systems, Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Supplier Quality, and other relevant business functions.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Creating and maintaining procedures and guidelines for export control, sanctions, and customs compliance, and ensuring an up-to-date overview of relevant trade policies, processes, and tools.
• Providing guidance and periodic updates to local business management and employees on ABB’s Global Trade Program and significant changes in export control and customs laws and regulations.
• Implementing trade compliance awareness and training programs, supporting local trade reviews/self-audits, and identifying improvement areas and corrective actions.
• Supporting day-to-day trade compliance activities, including customs and export control authorizations, trade records, product classification, SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) where applicable, and cross-functional continuous improvement.

Our team dynamics

You will join a collaborative and cross-functional team, where you will work closely with business and functional stakeholders to support effective trade compliance across the end-to-end business process.

Qualifications for the role

• You have several years of experience within a business environment, with a good understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes, risk management, and logistics.
• You have knowledge of export control, sanctions, customs rules, and regulations, or demonstrate a great willingness and ability to learn these areas.
• You have experience or knowledge of trade compliance processes, including export/import compliance, documentation, record keeping, product classification, and trade reviews/self-audits.
• You are familiar with or willing to work with SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) and other relevant trade compliance systems and tools, where applicable.
• You have business acumen, ownership, initiative, and an organized working style, with the ability to provide practical guidance across the local business.
• You have effective communication and collaboration skills and are comfortable working with stakeholders across different levels and functions.
• You are proficient in English and the local language required for communication with relevant authorities, both verbally and in writing.

More about us:

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of deep knowledge delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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