Associate Trade Compliance Manager - Global Clinical Supplies

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future.

We have a vacancy for an Associate Trade Compliance Manager in our Global Cliical Supplies Team. The role can be based in a number of our European locations (please see list) and can be fully homebased, fully office based or hybrid.

A day in the life:

• Develops study-specific import/export trade compliance plans for each assigned project.
• Meets with internal teams to coordinate efforts, provide recommendations and risks related to import/export project activities and provide import export project reports/spreadsheets.
• Ensures fluent communication and interaction between internal departments to avoid obstacles during the course of the study.
• Integrates import & export and trade compliance activities into the supply chain to support project logistic strategy and compliance with local laws and customs regulations.
• Participates in ongoing training on new regulations

Keys to success:
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+years).

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good understanding of import/export operations, planning, and development
• Good understanding of clinical supply operations, including facility maintenance and certification, manufacturing, packaging, labeling and auditing, inventory planning and storage, distribution and delivery planning, returns and reconciliation planning, destruction scheduling, authorization and tracking, and vendor management (depots, waste disposal sites, customs brokers, international forwarders and couriers)
• Good understanding of local and global regulations, including international trade agreements
• Strong interpersonal, planning, organizational, problem-solving, sense of urgency, and decision-making skills
• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite
• Strong focus on customers and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team environment, as well as work independently with moderate guidance
• Basic understanding of clinical supply operations
• Fluency in English communication skills