Associate Manager, Global Trade Compliance – 1 Year Contract
The Hershey Company
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Location Type: Office
Location: Malaysia
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About the role
- Responsibility for performing all country of origin and preferential free trade agreements evaluation and maintaining compliance data in SAP GTS.
- Preparing Customs binding rulings.
- Identifying and recommending new global trade processes and procedures.
- Understanding global trade system interfaces and capabilities.
- Assigning HTS Classifications and Schedule B codes to relevant company items.
- Supporting the Customs & Trade Compliance Specialist in the evaluation for Free Trade Agreements, as well as country of origin determination.
- Mainaining Hersheys Global Trade System and other databases to comply with Global Trade Compliance regulations.
- Providing updated FTA Certificates to Customs Brokers and supporting the other Import Services Administrator personnel in special projects.
- Researching and assigning required classification to company’s relevant items including raw materials, intermediate products, packaging, finished goods and equipment.
- Performing yearly reviews to previously assigned HTS codes in order to update any changes to the existent codes.
- Responsible for the determination, system maintenance and record keeping needed to support Hershey’s products for all relevant Free Trade Agreements.
- Periodic review of standard cost fluctuation to determine adherence to rules of origin thresholds.
- Issuing FTA Certificates of origin for qualifying items and coordinate with import/export teams for legal submission.
Requirements
- Degree in International Trade, Logistics/ Business or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5-7 years related Customs or Import/Export experience.
- Detailed understanding of import processes and customs compliance.
- Detailed understanding of broker operations and business requirements.
- Knowledge of global trade compliance issues.
- Computer skills including data entry, PC, Windows, database and spreadsheet.
- Interpersonal communication skills, relationship management and collaboration skills.
- Attention to details.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Effective time management/prioritization skills.
- In Depth Understanding of Malaysia and Asean Harmonized Tariff Schedule (eg, General Rules of interpretation, exceptions, rulings, etc).
- Expert understanding of Malaysia Customs Law.
- Advanced technical knowledge of Free Trade Agreements utilized in Asia market, rules of origin and methods for determination.
- Experience working in a Free Industrial Zone or Licensed Manufacture Warehouse.
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
SAP GTSHTS ClassificationSchedule B codesCustoms binding rulingsFree Trade Agreementsimport processescustoms compliancedata entrydatabase managementspreadsheet skills
Soft Skills
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