Director Trade Controls

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Job Function:

Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function:

Enterprise Compliance

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Irvine, California, United States of America, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Shepherdsville, Kentucky, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

The Global Trade Compliance (GTC) organization is recruiting a Director, Trade Controls Americas based in New Brunswick, NJ, with consideration given at the discretion of the business to other J&J site locations within the US.

The Director will drive the trade controls strategy and activities across the Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology segments in collaboration with cross-functional partners, including but not limited to Trade Operations, Health Care Compliance, and the Global Legal Organization. The Director will drive compliance with import as well as export rules for the Americas region.

The Director will lead a team of Trade Controls professionals across the Americas, supporting the Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology business segments, Supply Chain, Trade Operations, Legal and other key functions in Johnson & Johnson’s Global Trade ecosystem, operating across a complex regulatory trade landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

The Trade Controls Americas Director will, among other responsibilities:

• Deploy and update enterprise standards in partnership with related compliance functions and regional teams
• Advise segments and functions on existing and emerging trade regulations, including internal and external audit remediation, new filing requirements, valuation and duty preference programs
• Direct Americas valuation activities in close partnership with the Global Valuation lead and regional teams
• Establish, communicate and measure proposed solutions for Americas trade related data, processes and automation initiatives aligned with enterprise strategy
• Drive action around global scorecards, including incident management, identifying gaps, ensuring remediation and continually improving metrics
• Participate in and influences compliance forums across J&J and externally
• Supervise third party providers, where required
• Communicate impact of key trade changes
• Risk adjust global third-party supplier services and supervise third party providers, where required
• Continually improve our culture of controls, accountability, and resiliency

Qualifications

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree is required. A master’s or other Advanced Degree is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years overall business experience is required, preferably with a focus in Global Trade Compliance, Risk Management and management of large cross-functional programs.
• Relevant customs license / certification (for ex, Licensed Customs Broker), is preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Demonstrated ability to leverage import and export regulatory knowledge to ensure business and supply chain continuity, while prioritizing and remediating risks in a complex business environment.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and action risk issue across multiple regions.
• Experience defining, assessing, and measuring country specific regulatory compliance programs against global SOPs and standards.
• Proven track record to deliver complex programs through influence rather than authority.
• Ability to promote a strategy and motivate change to transform organizations, via strong engagement/communication.

Preferred:

• Prior experience implementing global trade compliance programs in Life Sciences/Health Care industry.

Other:

This position is preferably located in New Jersey (New Brunswick office) but is also open to other large J&J sites in the US. The position may require up to 25% domestic and international travel.

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