Customs Brokerage Executive (Air Freight)

About the role

Assist Branch Manager in coordinating the customs documentation and clearance tasks at branch level.

What you will be doing

Coach and develop a team

• Ensure that nominated people (at branch level) have the relevant skills.
• Ensure that the use of tools and processes is properly mastered by his/her teams.
• Implement the strategy for assigned perimeter.
• Set up and focus on operations optimization.

Custom Declaration

• Accepting and checking the instructions, information, and documents that enable the customs declaration to be made, in compliance with the regulations.
• Determining and assigning a classification in accordance with the regulations and customs procedures, which enables the amount of the duties and levies (the customs payment) to be established.
• Consulting the information system or the official documentation, in order to determine the documents to produce.
• Drawing up and entering the declaration in the internal and/or external system, in order to prepare, and then submit the declaration.
• Providing all the information required by the Customs Authorities: acting as an interface between the company and the customs authorities.
• Delivering the necessary documents and the declaration to the Customs Clerk, in the event of an inspection or a physical check on the goods.
• Assisting with and taking part in the physical checks on goods carried out by the Customs Authority, if required.

Customs Procedures and Regulations

• Advising on, and determining our positions and/or decisions on customs and formalities for the international movement of goods with customers or internal contact persons.
• In the event that a customer rejects our proposed position regarding the customs tariffs for goods, noting the rejection and the position on the goods adopted by that customer and find a solution.
• Playing a support role in the implementation of new regulations.
• Providing technical support to the sales staff when they canvass and visit customers regarding Customs matters.

Regulatory Watch

• Informing relevant internal and external parties about changes to customs regulations.
• Keep updated on new trade compliance rules, etc.

Specific Activities

• Carrying out any other request made by their manager.

Requirements

The successful candidate

Technical

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in customs matters

Behavioural

• Excellent communication
• Team player
• Rigorous
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Organized
• Responsive
• Negotiation skills

Language

• Fluent in English + local language

Benefits

You will enjoy:

• Dental
• Medical
• Parking
• Birthday Leave
• Festival Leave