Position: Import Customs Clearance Coordinator

Location: Essex
Salary £27,000 - £32,000 |+ Bonus incentives

Hours: Mon- Fri 8:30am - 17:00pm

Our client is one of the UKs leading freight forwarding & logistics providers with offices Nationwide throughout the UK.

They are an award-winning freight forwarding business who evokes passion into every aspect of their business and are proud to have built dynamic teams across all of their branches.

Due to increased demand and high volumes, we now seek to appoint an experienced Import Customs Clearance Operator to join our team in Witham, Essex.

Job purpose:
Responsible for the day-to-day completion of the customs clearance process for imports.

Responsibilities:

Work part of a team reporting to a Customs Team Leader / Manager
Signing/completion of customs documents under a Power of Attorney on behalf of clients
Recognise client commercial invoice(s) and packing list(s) extracting data as necessary to complete import declarations
Liaising with importers (possibly exporters) and internal operational colleagues to obtain mandatory information for import entries
Entering details onto specialised Customs software including Destin8, Sequoia, Descartes etc allowing goods to enter the UK and deliver to consignees
Be fully conversant with CDS, NCTS, GVMS, IPAFFS and other regulatory platforms
Allocating the correct licences depending on type of goods being imported
Calculation and processing of taxes and duties to be paid by buyers of goods

If you are seeking a new challenge in customs and compliance, and want to be apart of an award-winning business we would love to hear from you!

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