Assistant Manager, Customs Clearance

Location: Lebanon

Job Title: Assistant Manager, Customs Clearance

Job Summary:

Administrate delivery of all cargo, process of all custom releases, monitor all receivables and ensure work within required timeframe. Assist Import supervisor to resolve all transactional issues. Manage all cargo custom clearance and ensure full alignment with the intermarket supply team and relevant stakeholders (DSP - Transport team - Physical Logistics team). Managing the relationship with customs authorities & local customs agent. Up to date knowledge about all regulations related to all authorities involved in the clearance.

Job Description:

• Execute all the steps for clearance of Finished Goods
• Monitor the shipments arrival, maintain status report for all shipments and obtain delivery orders from the shipping lines in accordance with forwarding companies & clearing agents
• Responsible of maintaining the targeted values of GR/IR and implementing the necessary actions
• Obtain any permissions required for clearance
• Proactively check and follow status of shipping documents, update the KPI on a weekly basis and present and address documents errors/delays within the right forums
• Monitor and track transit of shipments.
• Ensure on time customs sampling and follow with laboratories to receive the test result at the earliest
• Ensure on time customs declaration of the shipments, check and validate the goods information in it
• Ensure customs duty charges and any other related charges are paid to avoid delay in clearance
• Track and forecast goods delivery timing and share the weekly deliveries with the stakeholders (DSP - PLOG)
• Ensure on time delivery of containers to warehouse and coordinate with warehouse team to plan offloading
• Coordinate all deliveries to Nestlé’s factory WHs and DC
• Assist the IMPEX team with projects as requested
• Validate all local clearance charge invoice before sending it to CIU in accordance with Trade Compliance Team
• Monitor 3rd parties Clearing agents to work according to Nestlé’s strategies and requirement.
• Resolve discrepancies, reduce delays and expedite delivery.
• Manage DO extension if delay in pulling the container or deposit empty container back to port
• Ensure correct HS code is used for clearing the product and coordinate with HO in case of doubts
  
  

Skills & Experience Required

• At least 3 years’ relevant operational experience in one or more of the following:
• Import / Export
• Logistic
• Knowledge on HS code and customs clearance
• Excellent communication in Arabic and English