Purpose of the Role

　　• Manage the Stock handling department and all related activities from receipt of stock to the transfer of stock into back up locations.

　　• Schedule activities and required tasks in accordance with warehouse policy and procedure

　　Key Roles & Responsibilities

　　• Ensure that border crossing shipments comply with the rules and regulations of South African authorities. This covers all facets of regulatory compliance, working closely with our factories, DC's, clearing agents / transportation carriers.

　　• Lead the South African affiliate through the changes in the international trade landscape as required from time to time.

　　• Manages daily operational issues related to customs compliance, e.g., Port Health exams, Shipment Embargoes, completing clearing instructions, etc.

　　• Monitors and audits import and export customs entries for accuracy as part of an internal audit program, e.g., tariff codes, exchange rates, VDN compliance, customs value, incoterms, etc.

　　• Ensures Free Trade Agreement compliance, e.g., EU Free Trade Agreement.

　　• Maintain and update tariff classifications and communicate to clearing agents.

　　• Create/update Standard Operating Procedures for Customs operations.

　　• Requests, retains, and stores documents related to the affiliates import and export transactions.

　　• Develops and coordinates internal regulatory compliance training as required from time to time.

　　• Implement and execute regulatory compliance audits; internally and at external parties such as clearing agents.

　　• Support all customs compliance initiatives and competencies, which include the areas of customs entry operations, clearing agent management, classification, valuation, trade programs and agreements, and internal auditing.

　　• Remains current on laws, regulation and practices affecting customs compliance specific to the cosmetic industry.

　　• Provides customs compliance direction to staff and key internal stakeholders.

　　• Provides continuous reports to upper management on current and all pending customs related issues.

　　• Is POC for Customs and Tax Revenue inquiries.

　　• Create KPI's to accurately measure and report on customs compliance-related activities.

　　• Works with Legal Department and outside counsel regarding compliance matters.

　　General Roles & Responsibilities

　　• Establishes strong and effective working relationships with Key Stakeholders to drive E2E Supply Chain improvement.

　　• Ensure smooth end to end transportation flows in all the defined modes of international transportation (Air/Ocean) for ELC regardless of whether freight is paid for by the vendor or the company and solves proactively and autonomously any freight issues and/or escalates them when appropriate.

　　• Acts as first point of escalation for immediate actions and manages and steers all team/region activities related to operational excellence on a daily basis for topics such as but not limited to; shipping volume, special cases and urgencies, routing analysis, transit times evaluation, etc.

　　• Prepares root/cause analysis reports for operational issues and proposes corrective measures in assessment with the direct line manager.

　　• Effectively support to manage the selection, the relationship, and the performance of the clearing agents service providers.

　　• Contribute to launch RFPs for new vendors and support Customs and/or Freight Tender Projects

　　• Contributes to keep a professional Customs and Transportation set-up and strives in excellence in the service execution.

　　• Support the cost controlling of the transportation's budget by defined category.

　　Analytics

　　• Create and maintain system-based analysis and statistics, developing reports for data validation; build models, run scenarios, and assist in the preparation of results presentations for monthly business review.

　　• Publish regular KPIs and Dashboards

　　• Supports data gathering and route analysis for assessments in transport optimization.

　　Qualifications

　　Requirements and Experience

　　• Min 5 years with a freight forwarder - Customer facing Import & Export clearances, preferably with a multi-national forwarder, or min 3 years in cosmetics or pharmaceuticals industries - import & export admin/compliance preferably with a multi-national business.

　　• Experience of preparation for and taking part in customs audits.

　　• SAP knowledge advantageous.

　　• Cosmetics customs experience in the South African sector advantageous.

　　• MS Office mandatory, e.g., Excel (advanced) and PowerPoint (Basic).

　　Key Personal Characteristics

　　• Effectively manage change.

　　• Networks effectively with regulatory authorities, the affiliate and clearing agents.

　　• Work in a team environment

　　• Excellent communication skills

　　• Positive can-do attitude

　　• Attention to detail and numerate.

　　• Flexible in responding to change.

　　• Maintains a standard of honesty.

　　• Strives to meet targets set.

　　Job: Distribution/ Warehouse/ Logistics - Supply Chain

　　Primary Location: Europe, Middle East, Africa-ZA-GP-Johannesburg

　　Job Type: Standard

　　Schedule: Full-time

　　Shift: 1st (Day) Shift

　　Job Number: 2315045