An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Interim Trade & Customs Manager to support a senior tax leader in overseeing, developing and implementing robust international trade and customs processes within a complex global manufacturing environment.
This role will focus on managing and supporting an established customs team while ensuring all import and export compliance obligations are met from an operational perspective. You will work closely with a wide range of internal stakeholders, as well as external partners, regulatory bodies and customs service providers.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Tax lead in defining and developing processes and controls and identifying and implementing robust duty mitigation measures.
- Manage the UK Customs Operations resources in their day-to-day and strategic activities.
- Serve as primary point of contact for all day to day customs queries.
- Take a proactive role in validating all import / export information provided by other areas of the business and suppliers and urgently addressing / escalating any areas of concern or weakness, including leading cross-functional meetings to resolve issues.
- Develop standard operating procedures working in partnership with other functions in order to ensure compliance across the business.
- Conduct regular risk assessments in relation to business import/export operations and identifying contingency plans where necessary.
- Develop and deliver regular progress reports / presentations to communicate status of import / export operations and driving actions within functions.
- Seek out efficiency improvements to optimize Trade and Customs operations.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Extensive technical knowledge of UK and international customs regulations.
- Proven experience managing customs compliance within a multinational business environment.
- Experience leading or coordinating teams and managing operational workloads.
The role is based out of the Warwickshire based offices on a 2/3 day a week basis and will be offered on an initial three month basis with the potential for the role to become permanent for the right candidate. It’s a great opportunity to lead a customs team from an operational perspective working as part of a complex global business. Please get in touch for more details.