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Job Title: Customs Administrator
Location: Stafford, UK
Contract: 12 Months
Rate: £19.68/Hourly/Umbrella Inside IR35
ROLE PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW
An opportunity has arisen for a customs administrator at the Stafford Engine facility, part of the Large Power Systems Division. This position is responsible for handling daily import and customs activity with freight forwarders to ensure parts and product flow across international borders in compliance with regulatory requirements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring the facility’s imports are cleared compliantly; in-line with HMRC and Company requirements; using established processes whilst avoiding disruption to delivery schedules including:
- Provide timely and accurate clearance instructions to Customs Brokers, ensuring strict UK guidelines and time constraints are met
- Management of relevant import documents (checking for correctness / completeness and cross-checking sources of information), liaising with stakeholders to resolve queries / obtain any additional documentation / remediate discrepancies to prevent any errors or oversights
- Calculation of accruing customs duties, ensuring duty savings are obtained where appropriate
- Produce accurate records, logs and files containing import documents that satisfy the scrutiny of HMRC and Company audits
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders and maintain compliance metrics
- Responsible for reporting non-compliant cases
- Escalate relevant issues to Customs Compliance Supervisor
- Co-ordination of classification requests
- Continuous improvement contributions by identifying areas of improvement to optimise procedures
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KEY RELATIONSHIPS
- Stakeholders:
- Freight forwarders/ customs brokers
- Internal business partners – Material Planning, Purchase, Finance
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Integrity & trust
- Attention to detail/ data accuracy
- Priority setting
- Customer focus
- Building inclusive relationships
- Dealing with uncertainty
- Problem solving
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
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Essential
- Be self-sufficient and self-disciplined
- Great team player who works collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders and enjoys working well within a small team.
- Highly focused and accurate with a meticulous eye for detail
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to use own initiative and apply a problem-solving mindset, able to prioritise workload to meet tight deadlines and achieve multiple priorities efficiently
- Good written, verbal communication and administrative skills
- Confident using Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel (able to demonstrate basic formulas, pivot tables, formatting, charts, etc) and able to resolve IT issues with Helpdesk support where appropriate
Desirable
- Experience of working with a large organisation and the complexity this brings
- Experience of working within an organisation that buy/sell large volumes worldwide
- Understanding of incoterms
- Previous experience of working within an imports/export role or working with CDS.
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