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Senior Customs & Trade Compliance Specialist
Location
Belgium
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Customs & Trade Compliance Specialist
International Flavors & Fragrances - IFF
• Own and continuously improve the EMEA Customs & Trade Compliance program, ensuring compliance with customs regulations, AEO requirements, and customs authorizations across manufacturing and commercial sites. • Manage customs licenses, authorizations, and special procedures (e.g., AEO, IPR, End-Use), maintaining ongoing regulatory compliance. • Lead trade preference and non-preferential origin programs, including origin determination, supplier solicitations, customer certifications, FTA compliance, and duty optimization initiatives. • Monitor regulatory developments, assess business impacts, and promote the implementation of customs and trade compliance changes. • Provide expert guidance, training, and operational support to stakeholders on customs and trade compliance requirements. • Ensure compliant import and export operations through effective controls, procedures, systems, self-audits, and the management of customs master data (tariff classification, valuation, origin, licensing, etc.). • Conduct compliance reviews, support customs audits and government inquiries, and drive corrective actions to mitigate risk and strengthen processes. • Partner with customs brokers, freight forwarders, logistics providers, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate customs filings and efficient operational execution. • Act as the regional subject matter expert for customs and trade compliance, leading projects, system enhancements (including SAP GTS), KPI reporting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Customs, International Trade, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Law, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
- 5–10 years of experience in customs operations, import/export compliance, trade compliance, or other international trade-related disciplines.
- Sound knowledge of customs regulations, customs procedures, and international trade requirements, ideally within the EMEA region.
- Experience supporting customs audits, compliance reviews, self-assessments, and corrective action initiatives.
- Experience working with multi-country import and export operations and trade compliance programs in a complex international environment.
- Knowledge of customs duty optimization opportunities, including Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), duty drawback programs, preferential origin, and other duty-saving mechanisms.
- Experience partnering with customs brokers, logistics providers, government authorities, and cross-functional business stakeholders.
- Proficiency in SAP GTS, ERP trade compliance modules, customs management systems, e-Customs solutions, and other compliance-related technologies.
- Strong analytical, project management, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills, with the ability to deliver training, present complex information clearly, and build effective working relationships across all organizational levels; fluency in English required, with additional European language skills considered an advantage.
Benefits
- Flexible work profile
- Attractive compensation and benefits designed to support your well-being
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