Logistics Specialist

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.  Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Logistics Specialist in our North Chicago, IL location. This individual will take responsibility and perform the day-to-day operational functions of international exporting for the Abbott Diagnostics division. The Specialist will require significant interaction with logistics, distribution, operations, planning, and Customs & Trade Compliance. Responsible for the execution on an operational level for appointed freight forwarders for international air and ocean; small international package; same day expedited moves such as next flight out and hot shot truck; LTL, and truckload shipments on an outbound basis.   What You’ll Work On Create the export documentation in accordance with US Customs and Corporate Customs & Trade Compliance ( CCTC ) regulations for ADD ( Abbott Diagnostic Division) shipments moving out from Lake County Distribution Center and variety of third-party locations (3PL) around the country, including a K&N warehouse in North Carolina, Streck in Nebraska, and ADD facilities in Dallas, Texas, and Santa Clara, California, ensuring compliance with all relevant customs regulations and trade laws and regulations, including 19CFR, 15CFR, USDA, and other US regulatory agency requirements. Work with various freight forwarders to obtain booking details and House Airway Bills/Seaway Bills, ensure that these documents are correct, and create folders containing the documentation trail for each shipment. Responsible for following required regulations and proper AES filings on applicable shipments for different mode of transportation:  Air, Truck, Ocean (both as full container loads – FCL, and less-than container loads – LCL). Responsible for partial or full manual input of each data element for manual shipments. Manage shipment activity assignments by countries; complexity; routes; freight forwarder capacity and customer expectations. Responsible for ensuring proper Dangerous Goods paperwork accompanies all applicable shipments. Accountable to ensure compliant exportation of products from all US sites. Responsible to act when lack of compliance occurs with U.S. policy -