Customs Operation Manager

Purpose

Key Missions

Under the management of the Customs Director, the activities are as follows:

• Help to manage the customs
  
  
  
  • Assist the customs Director to manage the network of local custom managers, the import process, customs documentation, shipping, and receiving of foreign merchandise to ensure it arrives on time
  
  
  • Get the data from the sites and analyse them to produce KPI
  
  
  • Participate in the description of the dispatch of customer’s export orders and physical flow from departure to the destination
  
  
  • Retrieve the adequate special programs and facilitations available in different countries are in place to optimize the duties and taxes
  
  
  
  


• Assist the Director with the regulators
  
  
  
  • Participate in the processes related to AEO certification and coordinate with network of customs managers
  
  
  • Obtain necessary data to control international shipments and ensures payment of duties or tariffs
  
  
  
  


• Policy and Compliance, Help to:
  
  
  
  • Define customs management policy and guidelines for the division and drive implementation.
  
  
  • Define audit plan and control all documentation related to the import/export processes in line with applicable internal policies external regulations
  
  
  • Ensure a proper follow up with our brokers monitoring and archiving all customs documentation
  
  
  • Ensure compliance with the home and foreign country government laws and customs regulations
  
  
  • Ensure the correct information regarding value, tariff, origin and incoterms are properly set up in our ERP and align with our transfer price policy and physical and financial flows
  
  
  
  

Profile & Other Information

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in customs either in a private company or in a freight forwarder

Language

• English fluent


• French fluent or intermediate (majority of the corporate meetings are in French)


• Additional language is a plus

Skills and Competencies

• Proficiency with customs import and export regulations


• Proficiency with customs organizations processes and systems


• Proficiency in office tools (Excel, Power BI, Power Platform)


• Ability to analyze complex problem involving numerous parties and propose solutions


• Customer oriented


• Organizational Skills

Education

• BAC + 4/5 level engineering or business school type with specialization in Supply Chain/Logistics


• Master and/or MBA is a plus

Location

• Job based in Paris, France

Scope

• World operation across 50 countries