Country Trade Compliance Officer (Vietnam)

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Join us as Country Trade Compliance Officer where you will be supporting country management in ensuring that all Local Businesses conduct their activities in line with ABB trade policies and guidelines, as well as to drive and coordinate the local implementation of ABB`s Global Trade Program in Electrification Business Area. The CTCO is accountable for the implementation of ABBs Global Trade Program in the country of oversight. Additionally, the CTCO provides hands-on support to the local business in product classification, screening of business partners, improvement of internal operational processes and in case of trade related issues, guidance in compliance improvement initiatives and the pursuit of strategic trade objectives. Reporting to Country Finance Manager (CFM) and functionally to the Business Trade Manager of the Lead Business and you will be based in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi in Vietnam.

Your responsibilities

• Serving as single point of contact for local (national) trade compliance authorities and country management (respectively lead local business management) in handling trade compliance relating to ABB (deemed) exports, cross-border shipments, customers, or vendors
• Ensuring the creation and maintenance of written trade compliance standards and procedures for all Local Businesses addressing all applicable export control, sanctions, and customs requirements
• Ensuring transaction-based compliance with regulatory customs requirements (country-of-origin, classification, valuation and other)
• Cooperating closely with staff in related domains to ensure seamless connection between overall trade compliance and day to day operations, including master data requirements, supplier qualifications etc
• Overseeing trade related archiving requirements, ensuring that trade compliance records are kept and retrievable, as defined in the relevant instructions and regulations
• Making sure through appointed business-based product classification engineers (PCEs) and responsible local business management, that all imported and exported products, software and technologies are properly classified with respect to relevant national and international export control regulations and national tariff / commodity classification. The trade compliance officer is expected to take up a hands-on approach and may on a regular basis be expected to perform product classification themselves
• Developing and implementing a strategy to monitor, manage and mitigate trade compliance related risks and opportunities, including close cooperation with customs operations staff and the preparation and use of regular local internal trade reviews (audits of trade compliance) in the Local Businesses. Notify Local Business management, Group Trade Compliance and Trade Management and in-house legal counsel of any suspected trade compliance violation
• Implementing a trade compliance training program to ensure basic knowledge and awareness across the entire local organization and raise specific expertise where needed, in line with the ABB Global Trade Program (incl. training framework)

Your background

• Strong experience with business processes and daily operations, a good understanding of end-to-end supply chain process, risk management and Logistics
• Knowledge of export control and customs rules and regulations is essential, but there is room for development of expertise in the start-up phase for the role
• Sufficient seniority to effectively communicate across all levels of the local business. Business mind-set, responsiveness, ownership, self-driven, willingness to explore and learn
• Capability to train and advice local business, local business TCO’s (where applicable) and business management on trade compliance topics and requirements to fulfil for a compliant business model and related business engagement
• Projects team player with good communication skills, capable of communicating in English and in the main local language (of the authorities), both verbally and in writing

Benefits

• Accident insurance
• Transportation Allowance

More about us

Electrifying the world in a safe, smart and sustainable way, ABB Electrification is a global technology leader in electrical distribution and management from source to socket. As the world’s demand for electricity grows, our 50,000+ employees across 100 countries collaborate with customers and partners to transform how people connect, live and work. We develop innovative products, solutions and digital technologies that enable energy efficiency and a low carbon society across all sectors. By applying global scale with local expertise, we shape and support global trends, deliver excellence for customers and power a sustainable future for society. go.abb/electrification 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. Recruitment Agencies please be aware that this role is being managed by the internal ABB Talent team directly. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners should we require support. Your adherence to our process is appreciated. Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid