Local Trade Compliance Officer

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This position reports to:

SCM Manager

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Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a Local Trade Compliance Officer (LTCO) to support our High Power business in Helsinki and help ensure that our local operations comply with all applicable trade compliance requirements.

In this role, you will act as the primary point of contact for trade compliance matters within the local business, working closely with local management, the Country Trade Compliance Officer (CTCO), and stakeholders across the organization.

 

As the LTCO, you will play a key role in ensuring that business activities within your area of responsibility are conducted in accordance with ABB’s trade compliance policies and guidelines, as well as with regulatory requirements. You will also support the implementation and continuous improvement of ABB’s Global Trade Program.

 

You will provide practical guidance on export controls, customs compliance, sanctions, and product classification, helping the business navigate complex trade compliance requirements. In addition, you will lead and coordinate a local Trade Compliance Working Group, bringing together colleagues from different functions and providing functional expertise, without direct line management responsibility.

 

The position is based in Helsinki, Pitäjänmäki. We offer a hybrid working model with on-site presence of approximately 50% of the time.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Acting as the local point of contact and advisor for trade compliance matters, providing practical, commercially focused and solution-oriented trade compliance guidance to management and employees on export control, customs compliance and related requirements.
• Supporting the implementation and maintenance of ABB’s Global Trade Program, including local procedures, guidelines, processes and tools.
• Liaising with relevant government authorities when required.

• Ensuring that products, software and technology are appropriately classified for applicable export control and customs requirements, including ECN, ECCN and HS classifications and country of origin topics, in cooperation with relevant classification experts.

• Supporting compliance with economic sanctions and screening requirements.
• Developing and delivering trade compliance awareness and training for relevant employees and functions.
• Supporting the effective use and continuous development of SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) and other applicable trade compliance tools and processes.
• Supporting Trade Reviews and annual self-audits, maintaining required trade compliance records and escalating potential compliance violations when necessary. Recognizing and evaluating new trade compliance risks while helping the business address them early.

• Partnering with Supply Chain Management, Sales and Project Management, Engineering, Product Management, Logistics, and other key teams to support effective end-to-end trade compliance and ongoing improvement.
• Representing the local business unit in trade compliance forums at division or country level. Additionally, you will support our operations in Estonia, for example through our SCM team members based there.

Qualifications for the role

• BSc. or MSc. degree in a relevant field, such as business, law, supply chain management, industrial management or engineering, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Fluency in Finnish and English, both written and spoken. Finnish is particularly relevant for communication with local authorities.
• Experience or solid knowledge of trade compliance, export control and/or customs regulations, economic sanctions and product classification.
• Good understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes, logistics and risk management is considered an advantage.
• Experience with SAP and preferably SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) or other trade compliance screening and classification solutions is considered an advantage.
• Solid business mindset, sense of ownership and ability to organize own work, combined with a proactive and solution-oriented approach.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in an international and changing regulatory environment.
• Well-developed collaboration and communication skills, with experience working effectively across organizational levels and business areas.
• Technical understanding of the products and technologies within the business is considered an advantage.

More about us
The High Power Division Motors and Generators business line offers a comprehensive product portfolio of large AC motors and generators. From general purpose to highly customized designs, synchronous motors and high voltage induction motors provide high efficiency, reliability and availability across all major industries and applications, including some in the toughest and most demanding environments. The division also has a long track record of designing and building generators for wide range of industries, including power generation, marine, oil and gas, mining, and data centers.

 

For more information, please contact SCM Manager Arla-Netta Österman, tel. +358 50 3324881. Arla-Netta is available on 11 November from 13:00 to 14:00 and on 16 November from 11:30 to 12:30. Apply for the position by November 23, 2026.We look forward to receiving your application.

Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. an annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities, and wellbeing and family benefits.

 

Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid 

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