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**A Day in the Life**:We are seeking a Trade Operations Manager to lead strategic trade operations and compliance initiatives, overseeing import and export activities across Brazil. This role plays a key part in ensuring alignment with company policies and local trade regulations through effective cross-functional collaboration. This a hybrid role based in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
**Responsibilities**may include the following and other duties may be assigned**:
- Serve as an import/export liaison for international customers, distribution, procurement, planning, manufacturing, intercompany finance, regulatory and import/export compliance functions, including coordination with Brazilian regulatory bodies such as ANVISA and Port Authority
- Oversee a variety of import/export duties including oversight of brokerage and international transportation service providers, data and documentation gathering necessary to facilitate shipments between international locations
- Manage Brazilian customs brokers, creating a strategic vision for process, systems, and organizational structure to maximise efficiencies and minimise compliance risk, managing international freight providers’ performance, in all aspects of their service
- Lead, develop, and support a collaborative, high-performing team of four Import Trade Operations professionals, along with a team of contingent workers
- Develop strategic plans to achieve Trade Operations goals and initiatives by researching, analysing and interpreting Brazilian trade regulations and their impact on Medtronic, and improving trade operational procedures, with a focus on the DUIMP (Declaração Única de Importação) and NPI (Novo Processo de Importação)
- Conduct data analysis to report department import operational metrics, being responsible for timely and accurate responses to the government such as customs, ANVISA, and INFRAERO
**Required Knowledge and Experience**:
- Bachelor’s and an MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree
- Fluent in English (CV must be submitted in English); Spanish proficiency is a plus
- In-depth knowledge of Brazilian customs regulations and key agencies such as ANVISA, INFRAERO, and Port Authorities, with a solid understanding of DUIMP and NPI requirements
- Team leadership and talent management experience
- A valid driver’s license (Category B)
**We Offer**
Medtronic is recognized by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) and, in 2022, reached tenth place in the ranking of best companies to work for in the industry and services category. This recognition reinforces our ongoing commitment to the well-being of our employees. Our benefits are carefully designed to promote quality of life, and this is why we work with the best suppliers on the market. Find out more about what we offer in our benefits package:
PLR, Private Pension Plan, Transport voucher, reimbursement for charter or parking, Flexible meal voucher, medical assistance and Dental assistance (for you and your legal dependents (spouses, children and stepchildren), Life insurance, Gympass, childcare assistance, pharmacy discount, ESPP (discounted share purchase program), educational subsidy + idiom program.
Wellness programs:
- Holiday break program and Short Friday. Here your Friday ends at 2pm
- Birthday Day Off
- Maternity leave 6 months + Paternity leave 20 days
- Paid Family Leave Program of up to 6 weeks.
- Work 4 weeks from anywhere.
NOTE: OPTION of transportation + hybrid work will not be available for positions in the clinical and sales areas, as well as for positions that do not have working time control.
**Our Commitment**
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communities if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.
**About Medtronic**
Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are Medtronic.
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives o