What are the responsibilities and job description for the Customs Operations Specialist position at Siemens Energy?
A Snapshot of Your Day
The Siemens Energy (SE) Customs team supports SE businesses in all customs related matters, ensuring full compliance with applicable customs regulations and internal requirements in an optimal and efficient manner. The SE U.S. Customs Operations Specialist will facilitate transactional support for U.S. imports and exports.
This role reports to Head of Customs Operations and will be based in Orlando, FL, Charlotte, NC, Houston, TX or may be considered at a remote location.
How You’ll Make An Impact
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90 countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards
The Siemens Energy (SE) Customs team supports SE businesses in all customs related matters, ensuring full compliance with applicable customs regulations and internal requirements in an optimal and efficient manner. The SE U.S. Customs Operations Specialist will facilitate transactional support for U.S. imports and exports.
This role reports to Head of Customs Operations and will be based in Orlando, FL, Charlotte, NC, Houston, TX or may be considered at a remote location.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Management of day-to-day import and export activity (e.g., review of customs documents, broker instructions). Analyze and aggregate the causes of customs clearance issues and delays to drive improvement actions with our partners and staff.
- Work with U.S. custom brokers, and internal and external customers on all matters pertaining to customs and import and export activities. Support with cross-functional projects related to trade transactions and implementation of regulatory customs requirements for all SE U.S. businesses and its affiliates.
- Develop strong partnerships with SE U.S. business areas, communicating with functions across the organization regarding all transactional operational import and export activities. Drive financial optimization through compliant use of special U.S. customs programs such as Temporary Import Bonds (TIB), Chapter 98 and Carnets.
- Prepare and submit clearance instructions to customs brokers while ensuring full compliance with U.S. import and internal requirements.
- Work with various importing requirements such as FDA, EPA, AD/CVD, Section 201,301,232, quotas and Free Trade Agreements.
- Ensure full compliance for export transactions, including the review of export documentation, filing of Electronic Export Information and record retention.
- 2 years of extensive experience in customs/international trade compliance. Bachelor’s or Associate Degree or High School Diploma and relevant years of experience. U.S. Customs Broker License is a plus.
- Global Trade Management technology/ERP experience such as: SAP (GTS or GTM) or other global trade management software.
- Excellent knowledge of U.S. Customs regulations, U.S. Tariff Classification, General Rules of Interpretation and customs brokerage activities.
- Project skills; including analytics, implementation strategies, metric measurement and continuous monitoring expectations and deliverables.
- Ability to work independently. Strong written and verbal communication / interpersonal skills. Presentation skills.
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90 countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Target Incentive
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits
- Parental leave