For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
The Senior Associate, Global Trade Compliance position will work closely with all business units to understand their specific needs and the materials which are being imported and exported. They will partner with the different business units and third-party brokers to clear customs errors to avoid import and export delays.
In this role, primary responsibilities include:
- Partnering with the Global Trade Team to perform risk assessments of current processes and develop plans to mitigate risk for Charles River.
- Assist the Director, Global Trade Compliance in managing essential third-party suppliers such as carriers, forwarders and brokers.
- Monitor Regional and Global Customs and Trade Compliance Regulatory Changes.
- Conduct pre & post entry compliance audits and interface with brokers to determine correct classification, valuation, country of origin.
- Maintain and manage import and export records to ensure company compliance with Customs regulations.
- Manually classify products with HTS/ECCN codes based on business requirements.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Key Elements
We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:
- Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience or 10 years of relevant working experience with a customs broker/freight forwarder or in a similar industry dealing with trade and customs matters.
- HTS & ECCN classification, with strong knowledge in Import & Export regulations, Free Trade agreements (FTA), Country of origin (COO).
- Experience with U.S, Canadian, and/or Global and Regional Customs laws and regulations.
- Ability to work remotely as part of a team.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English to be able to express oneself clearly and in technical and non-technical terms.
- French or any other language is an asset.
- Good working knowledge of MS Office, MS Outlook; MS Excel.
Role Specific Information:
- Location: Remote
- Schedule: During weekdays, Monday to Friday;
- Regular full-time position 37.5hrs per week.
Why Charles River?
- Competitive benefits as of the hiring. We pay up to 85% of premiums (health & dental coverage).
- 4 weeks’ Vacation & 10 Personal day policy.
- Paid development training.
- Excellent welcome program for new employees as well as in-house advancement and career development opportunities.
- Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine).
If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment.
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
