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 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 a Senior Trade Compliance Manager in our Global Clinical Supplies Team. The role can be based in a number of our Latin America locations and can be fully home based.

A day in the life:

• Develop Trade Compliance Import/Export strategy for each assigned study.
• Ensure proficient communication and interaction with internal and external collaborators to coordinate efforts, provide recommendations, and issue alerts to avoid obstacles during the import/export processes.
• Ensure assigned studies are always in compliance with Trade Compliance, local regulations, company requirements and client needs.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Trade Compliance and Import/Export matters for assigned studies.
• Participate in bidding and/or bid defense opportunities regarding the addition of Trade Compliance and Import/Export services.
• Stay up to date with new processes and regulations concerning Trade Compliance and Import/Export.
• Lead process improvement initiatives.
• Provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to more junior team members
• Lead training in Trade Compliance and Import/Export subjects to internal collaborators.

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 8+years).
• Prior experience in clinical research, specifically in clinical supplies import/export, is required.

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:

• Solid understanding of import/export operations, local and global regulations and clinical trial supply operations
• Excellent interpersonal, planning, organizational, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Strong knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite
• Sharp focus on customers and attention to detail
• Ability to work as team, as well as work independently with minimum mentorship
• Ability to lead and mentor team members
• Proficiency in English (reading, writing and speaking)