What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trade Compliance Specialist position at PCI Pharma Services?
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Summary of Objective:
The primary functions of this position are perform all tasks related to the exportation of shipments from the US to various international destinations, including, but not limited to, the shipping paperwork, the courier booking, and coordination with the project management teams. Additionally, they will perform paperwork review and preparation for the clearance filing of import shipments into North American facilities, review and approve IRT specifications, and assist with Global Depot Network strategy planning and setup.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following but other duties may be assigned.
- Management of the Priority Shipping log and facilitation of daily cross functional meetings to ensure proper shipment set-up and dispatch.
- Ensure that all necessary paperwork related to the shipment request has been included with the order sent to the floor for proper pick and pack of the materials.
- Creation of commercial invoice templates and prepare shipment specific or proforma (if applicable) versions for specific shipments or import licensing purposes.
- Liaise with internal and external customers to ensure correct information contained in the request to adequately process the shipment.
- Follow-up on delivery confirmation of shipments via the selected courier. Prepare monthly shipping reports and metrics as requested.
- Initiate/Facilitate communication between the distribution project manager and the warehouse, when required to solve issues and/or ensure expedited processing of international or priority shipments.
- Prepare monthly shipping reports and metrics as requested.
- Understand the current Courier Selection Strategy and schedule pick-up of international shipments with the properly selected courier, or with a customer designated courier.
- Liaise with external personnel to obtain authorization for dispatch and confirmation of import permission.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly customer billing and invoicing Understand IRT integration between vendor platforms and JDE, and be able to identify and correct issues with inbound data files.
- Understand PCI's Global Depot Network strategy, and be able to assist. Quotation Development with determination of study specific strategies.
- Assist Distribution Project Management with the setup of necessary Global Depots.
- Be able to provide designated customs brokers with required information necessary for entry filing on import shipments to PCI's North America locations, including, but not limited to, HTS Codes, FDA Product Codes, CBP designations, and USDA licensing Support Trade Compliance team workload across multiple PCI locations
- This position may require overtime and/or weekend work.
- Knowledge of and adherence to all PCI, cGMP, and GCP policies, procedures, rules.
- Attendance to work is an essential function of this position
- Performs other duties as assigned by Manager/Supervisor.
Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required for the stated position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required:
- Associate's Degree in a related field and/or 1-3 years related experience and/or training.
- Basic Mathematical Skills
- Basic Computer Skills: Ability to perform basic computer tasks and has the ability to operate common computer programs.
- Minimum Professional Proficiency: Ability to speak in a way that allows one to participate effectively in various conversations. Ability to read various types of standard items addressed to general readers.
- Intermediate Reasoning: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions that may be furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems that involve several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Preferred
- Ability to follow instructions and respond to management direction.
- Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
- Ability to exhibit sound and accourage judgment.
- Ability to demonstrate attention to detail.
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement:
PCI Pharma Services is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status.
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