Import Specialist

Independent processing and monitoring of all customs-related import and export processes including customs clearance, examination of import and export transactions, and processing of EUST and customs invoices Organization, coordination, and booking of international transport solutions by truck, courier, air, and sea freight as well as conducting freight cost comparisons, freight invoice audits Ensuring customs documentation by obtaining alternative proofs, maintaining and archiving customs proofs, and preparing and conducting monthly closings with handover of relevant data to Controlling and FAO Advising and supporting specialist departments on customs matters and ensuring compliance with relevant customs regulations and processes Obtaining, examining, and processing supplier declarations as well as conducting preference calculations and creating customs preference proofs (SAP GTS) for exports to preferential countries Creation and issuance of supplier declarations for customer inquiries and ensuring correct preferential legal assessment of goods Responsibility for customs tariff classification of goods and examination and ensuring compliance with relevant import restrictions and foreign trade regulations

• Independent processing and monitoring of all customs-related import and export processes including customs clearance, examination of import and export transactions, and processing of EUST and customs invoices
• Organization, coordination, and booking of international transport solutions by truck, courier, air, and sea freight as well as conducting freight cost comparisons, freight invoice audits
• Ensuring customs documentation by obtaining alternative proofs, maintaining and archiving customs proofs, and preparing and conducting monthly closings with handover of relevant data to Controlling and FAO
• Advising and supporting specialist departments on customs matters and ensuring compliance with relevant customs regulations and processes
• Obtaining, examining, and processing supplier declarations as well as conducting preference calculations and creating customs preference proofs (SAP GTS) for exports to preferential countries
• Creation and issuance of supplier declarations for customer inquiries and ensuring correct preferential legal assessment of goods
• Responsibility for customs tariff classification of goods and examination and ensuring compliance with relevant import restrictions and foreign trade regulations

• Successfully completed commercial vocational training, e.g. as industrial clerk or freight forwarding and logistics services clerk
• Several years of professional experience (at least three years) in import and/or export processing, ideally with a focus on customs and foreign trade
• Sound expertise in customs law, particularly in the Customs Code, as well as knowledge in the area of goods origin, preference law, and supplier declarations
• Confident handling of common MS Office applications and ideally experience with SAP R/3 and SAP GTS; knowledge in transport and customs processing is an advantage
• Good English skills in word and writing as well as a structured, independent, and careful way of working, pronounced organizational skills, and enjoyment of working with internal and external contacts