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Global Trade Compliance Officer – Emergency Care** **I** **n late January we announced that Bridgefield Capital signed an agreement to acquire Philips’ Emergency Care business, which includes leading brands and products like HeartStart AEDs, Intrepid and DFM100 monitor defibrillators, Tempus monitor and Tempus ALS systems, and Corsium and ECI informatics solutions. We expect the transaction to close at the end of 2025. With Bridgefield’s support and building on our 40+ year legacy of growth and innovation in emergency medical technology, the Emergency Care business will continue passionately pursuing our mission of saving lives, lowering the cost of healthcare, and advancing the science of resuscitation while serving the public access AED, EMS, military, and hospital market segments.** **The Global Trade Compliance Officer is responsible for overseeing the implementation of a comprehensive trade compliance framework, ensuring adherence to Free Trade Agreements, customs regulations, and export controls. The role leads global customs classification projects, facilitates smooth international trade, manages daily customs and trade compliance operations, manages risks, and resolving compliance issues swiftly. The role plans continuous improvement initiatives for business and compliance processes, manages talent across the team, leverages Lean principles, implements trade compliance policies and roadmaps, keeping Philips compliant and competitive globally. The role prepares trade compliance assessments, mentors the global trade compliance community within Philips, oversees budgets, schedules, and performance requirements, prioritizes a safe work environment, and acts as a subject matter expert on trade compliance, providing guidance to various business units.

Your role:

+ **Manages the development and implementation of a comprehensive trade compliance framework, encompassing Free Trade Agreements, customs compliance procedures, and export control regulations, ensuring proper application, adherence, and archiving of these frameworks.**

+ **Leads global customs classification projects, ensuring accurate and consistent classification of goods across all regions to facilitate smooth international trade operations.**

+ **Oversees daily customs and trade compliance operations, ensuring all activities comply with relevant regulations and internal policies, managing risk and resolving compliance issues promptly.**

+ **Manages talent across the team, while driving employee selection, performance management, compensation management, career development, and ensuring effective operational management.**

+ **Plans and executes continuous improvement initiatives related to business and compliance processes, leveraging Lean Leadership principles to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.**

+ **Develops and executes trade compliance policies and roadmaps based on the latest regulatory developments, ensuring Philips remains compliant and competitive in the global market.**

+ **Prepares and leads trade compliance assessments and audits, including follow-up actions, ensuring all findings are addressed and compliance standards are maintained.**

+ **Mentors and coaches, the global trade compliance community within Philips, developing capabilities and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.**

+ **Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements, driving operational excellence through effective management and continuous improvement of trade compliance processes.**

+ **Creates a working environment that continuously improves the health and safety of workers, including the identification and management of occupational risks, provision of training, and review of performance.**

+ **Acts as a subject matter expert on trade compliance, providing guidance and support to various business units and ensuring compliance with complex international trade regulations.**

+ **Focuses on a 2-5 year horizon, planning and preparing for future trade compliance challenges and opportunities to align with Philips' long-term strategic goals.**

You're the right fit if:

+ **You have a Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Customs Administration or equivalent.**

+ **Minimum 5 years of experience facilitating the import/export of products with US customs and partnering government agencies**

+ **Your skills include being a highly intellectual problem solver, self-motivated, and collaborative team player.**

+ **Certifications and/or experience in the shipment of dangerous goods using IATA, IMDG, and 49 CFR, preferred.**

+ **Customhouse Broker (CHB) License (aka Licensed Customs Broker [LCB]).** **Preferred.**

+ **Minimum of 5 years with direct USHTS classification experience with medical devices, systems, spare parts and general use products.** **Preferred.**

+ **Advanced knowledge of AD/CVD, PGA’s and USHTS use & application.** **Preferred.**

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office-based role.

About Philips** **We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

+ **Learn more about our business.**

+ **Discover our rich and exciting history.**

+ **Learn more about our purpose.**

+ **Learn more about our culture.**

**Philips Transparency Details** **The pay ranges for this position are:** **$112,000 to $192,000 (AK, DE, MD, NY, RI, or WA)** **The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.** **In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.** **At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.** It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

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