Senior Customs Specialist

Senior Customs Specialist

SANFORD, NC
 

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Global Transport and Customs & Trade Compliance Organization (GTC) is the center of expertise for the global transport and customs network. It sets the strategy, frameworks, guidelines and provides functional expertise in network design across the global supply community and with the logistics community in the regions. It has the responsibility to identify and manage projects that deliver added value to the business in terms of Cost, Performance, Quality, Service, Compliance and Sustainability in relation to Transportation and Customs & Trade Compliance.

 

The GTC – Trade Compliance & Optimization team provides customs and trade compliance expertise to the regional sites and transport network and drives governance across regions. It translates global compliance and optimization targets into regional framework and guidelines to support operational continuity. This includes standardization of global key tasks (classification, embargo control, automation), implementing periodic controls and coordinating global projects. Its primary goal is securing compliance and monitor governance while also contributing to supply chain optimizations. The Trade Compliance Team is part of the Central Customs & Trade Compliance Team and works in close connection with a.o. functions such as Customs operational leaders, Tax, Finance, Procurement, Regional Logistics, Manufacturing, IT and Customer Service to seek alignment on best practices including data collection and analytics.

 

In Coty we are in the middle of a transformation process which provides very interesting opportunities for dynamic logistics professionals.

 

THE ROLE

Coty is seeking an exceptional individual to join the Global Customs and Trade Compliance team as senior customs specialist. Your will support day to day operations regarding customs activities from Coty supply chain’s network in Canada and US to secure operational continuity and compliance with regulations and business requirements.
 

The senior customs specialist is a team player with an analytical approach to challenges and a high sense of urgency. You will be part of the global team having focus on classification and free trade agreement qualification while coordinating import and export to/from US and Canada market.

You will also manage the relationship with broker as well as monitor KPIs and provide periodic reporting to the leadership team.

 

This role requires interaction with a range of internal and external stakeholders (including customs

authorities), most often managing several project parts simultaneously. You will be working very closely with the Global customs & trade compliance community and centralized customs & trade compliance capabilities (including global customs and trade compliance system).

 

Key responsibilities:

• Proactively manage day-to-day customs processes.
• Liaise closely with our business stakeholders for alignment and support on present and future initiatives.
• Support on customs scalations (e.g. coordination between SPOCs, brokers, carriers and other internal and external stakeholders regarding daily shipments).
• Identify, report and register incidents as well as follow