- Professional
CUSTOMS COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR
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We are looking for a talented CUSTOMS COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR to join our specialized Logistics team at Cummins in San Luis Potosí, SLP. (Hybrid position: 3 days on-site, 2 days remote).
Responsibilities
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- Lead the foreign trade team to ensure compliance with customs, tax, and fiscal laws, regulations, and requirements.
- Responsible for researching, executing, and/or leading process improvements to comply with customs and/or export control regulations.
- Coordinate customs compliance supervisors, develop talent, and manage external consultants. Oversee the customs operations team, including training on customs law reforms.
- Define strategies for the implementation of federal and state law reforms, as well as international treaties.
- Manage projects and governmental requirements related to customs and trade.
- Review customs law reforms and coordinate with Tax, Legal, Fiscal, and Manufacturing departments to ensure due diligence.
- Develop and implement strategic projects, presenting results to management in Mexico and the U.S.
Competencies:
Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Builds effective teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Trade Knowledge Application - Applies knowledge of relevant trade regulations to Cummins processes and systems to minimize trade risks and costs.
Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need the following:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree. Preferred majors: International Relations, Foreign Trade, International Business, Industrial Engineering, or related fields.
- Strong experience in government management and legal interpretation.
- Solid legislative knowledge of customs law reforms.
- Experience engaging with industry chambers.
- Strong knowledge of international treaties and Incoterms.
- Experience in customs documentation audits.
- Knowledge of Non-Tariff Regulations and Restrictions (RRNA).
- Highly desirable: Previous experience in consulting firms such as Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, or Niuko.
- Experience with IMMEX Seciit, Prosec, or Maquila schemes is desirable
- Familiarity with software related to customs operations (Annex 24 & 30, accounting policies, etc.) is desirable.
- Knowledge of tariff classifications and product classifications is desirable
- Experience in people management and/or project management is desirable.
- Intermediate English proficiency desirable.
