Posted 15 days ago
Imports Exports Duty & Drawback Customs Manager – US & Canada (Certified Customs Specialist -Preferred)
Industry: Industrial Machine Parts, Automotive, After Market similar
140K-165K benefits etc.
Full Time Permanent
Location: Mississauga-Brampton, ON
Hybrid: 3 days a week on-site
Our client is a large importer-exporter / distributor of industrial machine parts / automotive parts / farm equipment parts / tools, fixtures and has a job open for Imports Exports Duty & Drawback Customs Manager for finished goods inventory imported into Canada and majority of it exported to US . The job is based in Mississauga – Brampton, ON area, hybrid, 3 days a week.
This is a hands-on Continuous Improvement job fully responsible for maintaining all entries / logs of duties paid as well as duties to be withdraw, given the high volume of exports to the US. This is a continuous improvement role to set up SOPs and Best Practices in Customs, Operations, Transportation, Logistics and Finance, related to all imports and exports. This role requires high attention to detail, numbers acumen, strong financial aptitude, above average Excel and an ability to work with senior leadership in Operations & Finance to streamline processes working on the internal CUSMA. CCS is very highly preferred. This is NOT a brokerage and hence experience of managing the broker relationship is a MUST.
Imports Exports Duty & Drawback Customs Manager will be a subject matter expert in CBSA, CBP, CUSMA -NAFTA, for US and Canada. You will implement Best Practices and SOPs across Operations & Finance, fully responsible for all documentation, compliance, regulatory requirements, duty, tariffs, triage, refund etc. related to customs for imports as well as exports to the US and ROW. You will analyze existing custom related processes, conducted Root Cause Analysis of any discrepancies, write / revise SOPs and lead the continuous improvement initiatives. This is an internal auditor role focused on custom documentation, records, entries, expedite and liquidate custom entries, clearance of old bonds, letters of credit and similar. You will own the relationship with the broker, manage their performance and improve effectiveness. You will be the SME on HS codes, review data received from brokers, analyze and update ADD and MID # codes and ensure accountability for accuracy. You will be the SME on duty drawbacks -US & Canadian, Canadian Duty Deferral program with CBSA and similar. You will also remain the point of contact for the banks for letter of Credits/ bonds and similar.
Imports Exports Duty & Drawback Customs Manager will ideally have minimum of 10-12 years as Customs Specialist – Subject Matter Expert for imports into Canada, Exports to US & ROW. You must have led a small team before, would have proven success in improving customs, duty, drawback, CBSA, CBP processes (No exceptions) and would have acted as the internal auditor to work closely with Finance on custom related entries. Experience of managing the brokers is a MUST. Above average MS Excel skills, hands-on, roll-up-the-sleeve attitude, experience with HS codes related to machine parts, equipment, automotive and similar is highly preferred. This is not a brokerage firm hence working on the internal CUSMA experience is highly important. Bachelor’s degree, Certified Customs Specialist (CCS), Certified Classification Specialist (CCLS ) , Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement experience are all key.
Qualified applicants already in GTA are invited to forward their resumes in MS Word format to Preeti.Dayal@hays.com. Please write "Imports Exports Duty & Drawback Customs Manager” in the subject line of your e mail
Hays in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
