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Job Title :Trade Compliance Coordinator
Your New Salary:up to £150 p/day (£39K equivalent)
Location:Central London (4 days a week in the office)
Duration: Long term temporary assignment until end December 2025
Working hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
The Skills You'll Need:Logistics/Customs/International Trade/Import/Commodity codes/Incoterms
Who You'll Be Working for:
World class luxury fashion brand.
What You'll be Doing:
You will assist in the delivery of the Trade Compliance Strategy and ensure day to day compliance with cross border requirements.
Responsibilities:
Customs Compliance Administration
- Advise customs brokers of clearance instructions including commodity codes, Customs Procedure Codes (CPCs), and any specific import restrictions for any given product.
- Provide accurate commodity codes for products to the business and associated carriers
- Ensure accurate customs data on invoices submitted to authorities: o Liaise with internal teams including Sourcing, Product Development, Global Logistics to understand product and shipping requirements
- Provide accurate data to business
- Develop a working knowledge of the IT Software solution managed by the business, namely MIC and SAP.
- Manage CITES documentation and process across the business, advising on requirements
- Maintain metrics reflecting key Trade Compliance areas, including duty spend, number of customs entries and Customs audits
- Audit customs entries each month, to ensure brokers are complying with written instructions
Preferential Origin/Free Trade Agreement management
- Manage the companies process for requesting LTSDs from vendors.
- Audit and review current LTSDs to ensure vendors are compliant.
- Investigate opportunities for the company to utilise Free Trade Agreements - provide accurate advice on preferential origin requirements to the business
Projects
- Assist in projects to improve Customs compliance within the company, automate processes and optimise duty payments
The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:
- Basic understanding of international trade, import duties, commodity codes, incoterms, customs warehousing preferred
- Logistics or customs brokerage experience preferred
- Institute of Export Exams (or equivalent)
- Basic use of SAP preferred
- Intermediate MS Excel skills
- Ability to work in a team as well as being confident to work independently
- Strong communication skills, particularly with commercial functions
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrates initiative and drive to meet deadlines and work in a diverse environment
- Italian language an advantage
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