Import/Export Customs Supervisor - São Caetano do Sul/SP

Job Description

Hybrid: Work physically at General Motors 3 times per week (TUE-THU)

Job Description

At General Motors, we have a vision of a world with zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion and believe that our people are the driving force behind making this a reality.  The Global Finance team is essential to achieving our vision through the ability to generate insights that maximize profitability, minimize risk, and pave the way toward greater innovation.  At General Motors we value each person and seek to create a culture of inclusivity, integrity, boldness, and innovation.

The General Motors Global Tax and Customs department is a team of approximately 200 people focused primarily on GM’s strategic and most complex tax and trade matters.  We manage relationships with numerous external partners who perform many of our routine tax functions.  We aspire to be a trusted advisor to both internal partners and external stakeholders to whom we provide actionable, innovative advice in a straightforward manner.  To achieve these goals, we strive to empower team members through trust, flexibility, feedback, and career development. 

Overview of Your Role:

The Customs Supervisor is responsible to ensure GM’s import and export compliance at operations, fast and efficient customs clearance, maximizing cost efficiency with special customs regimes, FTA's, DTA's, etc. This person will have responsibility to be a focal point to import and export activities in company, acting cross-functionally with departments of company to ensure the best strategy to import and export flows.

Designed for persons that takes initiative to improve and innovation, can manage projects through to completion, and have strong written and oral communication skills.

Your Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain relationships with internal clients, customs authorities, and other foreign trade stakeholders: Build a strong network to ensure alignment and collaboration in all foreign trade processes.
• Monitor and coordinate activities related to import and export flows: Ensure all import and export operations meet deadlines and comply with legal and regulatory standards, coordinating the Customs Broker activities and deliveries.
• Develop and implement processes and procedures to optimize customs clearance efficiency: Strive for effective customs operations aligned with the company's strategic goals.
• Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) related to operations: Regularly assess KPIs in foreign trade operations, identifying improvement opportunities and proposing solutions to enhance efficiency.
• Possess knowledge in import and export operational systems: Familiarity with routines and special regimes, including Recof, Drawback, EX Tarifário, Used Materials, DUIMP.
• Stay updated and ensure compliance with customs regulations: Monitor updates, analyze impacts, and participate in forums, collaborating in advocacy for new processes and regulatory changes in collaboration with entities and associations.

Required

• Complete Degree in Foreign Trade, Logistics, Administration, Law and related field
• Solid experience in a relevant industry
• Advanced or Fluent in English
• The ability to prioritize assignments and manage workload within statutory and internal deadlines
• Well-developed computer and Customs skills. i.e., Experience with finance enterprise systems and tax provision / compliance systems (e.g., SAP, OneSource)
• Demonstratable strong performance and high productivity
• Self-motivated, with strong interpersonal, team and partnering skills

Preferred

• Master's degree in Foreign Trade or Administration; other advanced degree or training
• Demonstrated effective, analytical and problem-solving skills

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need gm immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role. This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us 

We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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