Global Trade Program Manager (CoE) - (flexible location): At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.: This position reports to: Electrification Business Area Trade Manager Your role and responsibilities: Are you passionate about trade program management? Join us as a Global Trade Program Manager, where you will play a key role in supporting the four ABB Business Areas to enhance their common compliance standards, global trade processes and operational effectiveness in utilizing trade related opportunities. In this role, your primary focus will be on further developing and rolling out the pillars of the ABB Trade program, aiming to enhance our aggregate capabilities in the domain of sanctions, export control and customs compliance. Whilst leading a small team of experts, you will develop methodologies that drive the sustainable implementation of policies and procedures, ensure effective communication and training, and serve as project coordinator and project lead for the development of other tools, instruments, metrics and controls that are to be implemented across the organization. You will be mainly accountable for: - ABB Global Trade Program & BA Trade Management: Coordinating activities related to the ABB Global Trade Program and workstreams, incl. facilitating alignment with and among Business Area Trade Managers and other stakeholders in the Trade domain at ABB, coordinate joint or common initiatives. - Trade Governance Council: Leading the Trade Governance Council, enabling efficient decision making and ensuring effective monitoring of internal and external developments. - Center of Expertise (CoE): Managing the CoE Global Trade, i.e. lead the team, define annual action plans, budget preparation and project management (common areas of the ABB Business Areas). - Trade Community development: Driving the collaboration and exchange of best-practices among Country Trade Compliance Officers, assuring their role - and competency development and effective onboarding, serving as point of contact for Trade Compliance Officers globally for questions related to the Global Trade Program. - Policies, communication & training: Enabling constructive and efficient alignment among key stakeholders in the business on policies, procedures and instructions as proposed by ABB corporate organization. Ensuring effective communication Qualifications for the role: - 8-10 years of overall work experience. Preferred areas of experience include business - and end-to-end supply chain processes, program - and project management, risk management and internal controls in a complex business environment - University degree in International Trade / Trade Compliance, Supply Chain / Logistics, Engineering, or a related discipline. Good knowledge of export control, sanctions and customs rules - Sufficient seniority to effectively operate across all levels of the local and global business, incl. senior management. - Business mind-set, excellent relationship-building skills, ability to coordinate, influence and lead without authority and able to in a concise, structured and disciplined manner. - Team player with good communication skills, well-capable of communicating in English. Additional language skills are appreciated. More about us: