Position Summary: This role is responsible for controlling and analyzing warehouse and transportation expenses, ensuring ethical business practices and compliance, and driving continuous improvement in operations. Key Highlights: 1. Opportunity to make a meaningful impact and find purpose in your work. 2. Contribute to a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. 3. Focus on ethical business practices and compliance. **This is where** your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. **Primary Objective of the Position:** * Control and analyze warehouse and transportation expenses by comparing the assigned budget against actual spending, generating control statistics and variance analyses, as well as JDE expense capitalization. **Responsibilities:** * Foster a culture of regulatory compliance and ethical business practices across the organization. * Drive implementation of the Ethics and Compliance Program and prevent, detect, and correct violations of law, Baxter policies, and the Code of Conduct. * Implement Baxter’s Code of Conduct, policies, and procedures—including, but not limited to, the Global Interactions Policy and Third-Party Policy—and support related processes by ensuring employee onboarding and training. * Identify Baxter’s compliance and legal risks within the country/cluster. * Foster a culture of regulatory compliance and ethical business practices across the organization. * Drive implementation of the Ethics and Compliance Program and prevent, detect, and correct violations of law, Baxter policies, and the Code of Conduct. * Implement Baxter’s Code of Conduct, policies, and procedures—including, but not limited to, the Global Interactions Policy and Third-Party Policy—and support related processes by ensuring employee onboarding and training. * Identify Baxter’s compliance and legal risks within the country/cluster. * Weekly monitoring of actual expenses against budget. * Ensure weekly application of expenses. * Statistical analysis to explain trends in actual expenses versus budget. * Implement and monitor the billing KPI. * Develop cost-saving proposals. * Receive invoices and review authorized rates. * Record JDE expenses and manage monthly accruals. * Understand and follow assumed activities per departmental operating procedures. * Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) / or Good Storage Practices (GSP). * Consider performance indicators aligned with departmental/leadership objectives. **Responsibilities:** * Responsible for complying with industrial safety and hygiene guidelines. * Responsible for completing regulatory training or any other training that enhances job performance. * Responsible for meeting leadership expectations assigned according to position. **Authorities:** *N/A* **Delegation of Substitution (Delegation applies to Director, Management, and Supervision levels):** **Management Supervision Oversight** N/A **Education (Individuals responsible for production units (blending) and quality must be professionals in pharmaceutical, chemical, and/or biological fields):** * Bachelor’s degree and/or engineering, administration, accounting, transportation, or related field. **Experience:** * 2 years of budget management and expense analysis experience. * Experience managing carriers and trip settlements. * Experience managing transportation metrics (KPIs). * Experience managing databases and trend analysis. * Experience interpreting budgets. **Knowledge:** * Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite. * Transportation monitoring platforms. * Expense control. * Trend and variance analysis. * Language: Fluent English. **Competencies:** * Critical thinking and problem solving. * Communication. * Business acumen. * Collaboration and teamwork. * Motivation and development of others. * Managing ambiguity. * Customer focus. * Technical / Functional expertise. **Attributes:** * Integrity and trust. * Work ethic. * Courage and conviction. * Sound judgment. **Values:** * Enthusiasm for continuous learning and improvement. * Personal accountability for results and integrity. * Respect for people and diverse contributions from all individuals. * Relentless focus on rapid, disciplined action. **Other:** * *N/A* **Human Resources Signature:** __________________________________________________________ **Equal Employment Opportunity** Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. 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