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This Position reports to:

Procurement and Logistics Manager:

Your role and responsibilities:

In this role, you will support ABB’s Automation business in India by driving excellence in trade, customs, and logistics operations. You will collaborate closely with Legal, Procurement, Trade Compliance, SCM, and Logistics teams to strengthen compliance practices and enhance operational efficiency across the end-to-end supply chain. Each day, you will apply your expertise to ensure smooth customs operations, regulatory adherence, and optimized logistics performance.

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

This role contributes to the Automation Business Unit in the India-Bangalore region.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Optimizing trade and customs operations by developing strategies that reduce costs, improve efficiency, and ensure full regulatory compliance.

• Managing end-to-end logistics processes including transportation, freight forwarding, customs clearance, and warehousing.

• Leading customs compliance activities by acting as the primary contact for brokers, ensuring accurate declarations, and conducting audits to verify correctness of entries and records.

• Maintaining regulatory expertise by staying updated on import/export laws, tariffs, duties, licensing requirements, and global sanctions frameworks, while working closely with Trade Compliance Officers.

• Driving vendor and partner management through evaluation of customs brokers, freight forwarders, and logistics providers, supporting Procurement in negotiations and KPI development.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Trade, Supply Chain, Economics, Commerce, or related discipline.

• 10–12 years of experience in Trade & Customs Logistics Operations with proven expertise in compliance and local regulations.

• Strong knowledge of customs laws, DGFT processes, regulatory compliance, sanctions frameworks, and internal audit practices.

• Experience in developing and implementing trade compliance policies and process improvements.

• Hands-on expertise with Global Trade Management Systems (preferably SAP GTS).

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex trade and customs topics for diverse stakeholders.

• Proven ability to independently track, report, and manage government communications, notices, and dispute resolution.

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 industry experience 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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