2025 Trade Compliance Graduate - Commerce

As a graduate in the Trade Compliance stream, you will be involved in activities that support the execution and maintenance of CSL’s world-class trade compliance program, facilitating production and distribution of life-saving products to patients.

The program’s focus is to ensure CSL legal entities operating worldwide are compliant with international trade laws and regulations, Customs regulations, sanctions, and export control laws, as they relate to the importation and exportation of goods, services and technologies.

Global trade compliance fuels smooth operations in a complex cross-border business landscape, while maximizing feasible savings for the business.

You will be providing support to the global team with Harmonised System Commodity Classifications (HS) classification, origin, preference and Customs value determination, pharmaceutical products-specific partner government agency requirements, import and export permits or registrations.

You will be part of the backbone of cross-functional collaboration, working with various internal and external stakeholders, including Supply Chain Planning, Logistics, Legal, Finance, Customs brokers, and freight forwarders.

As a graduate in the Trade Compliance stream, you will have the chance to:

• Gain experience in international trade laws and regulations
• Support the regional Trade Compliance team to ensure seamless international transactions, while upholding regulatory standards.
• Gain experience in working cross-functionally to provide guidance and direction to stakeholders on compliance matters.
• Work with the team on the compliance program and Import/Export operations to ensure compliance.
• Assist to drive process improvements, operational excellence and optimization of duty spend using applicable duty mitigation programs.
• Gain experience in trade transaction auditing, recordkeeping, data analytics and reporting.
• Support operating system trade compliance processes.

Preferred degrees/ disciplines: International Trade, Commerce, Finance, Logistics, Supply Chain

Location: Broadmeadows - Melbourne

The CSL Graduate Program is a two-year program focused on providing you with career opportunities within our CSL global businesses.

Our program is a chance for you to work alongside and learn from a diverse group of professionals who are leaders in their field.

As a CSL Graduate you will be given:

• Tailored rotations
• Practical experience
• Real projects with real responsibilities
• On-the-job technical training
• Exposure to various teams and functions across the business
• Structured coaching and regular performance feedback
• Focused career development
• Specialist development activities

At CSL, we recognise the importance of having highly skilled and committed employees, our structured two year development program is focused on growing your personal and professional skills from the moment you join our program including:

• Graduate specific orientation plan
• Ongoing exposure to senior leaders
• Graduate Alumni Program
• Buddy Program
• Mentoring Program with senior leader
• Building Competencies & Individual profiling learning
• Business Innovation Challenge
• Career Transition

What we are looking for:

• Your ability to drive results and exceed expectations
• Your ability to demonstrate self-awareness
• Your capability to adapt to change
• Effective communication and the capacity to work collaboratively
• Your ability to clearly express your technical knowledge