Customs Specialist

Mazda Motor Corporation

5d•Remote

About The Position

The Customs Specialist requires intensive involvement with the Mazda import and export operations in North America including Customs and freight forwarding operations for Mazda in the U.S., Mazda Canada, Mazda de Mexico and the Mazda factory in Salamanca, Mexico. Perform in-house Customs Brokerage in the U.S. for vehicles and parts and FTZ admissions and withdrawals. Handles audits and gives proper advice and customer support to other departments within the Mazda organization in North America. Handles export documentation, including filing export declarations and ensuring compliance with export regulations. The Customs Specialist will be required to work on special projects as assigned by the Customs Manager. This position requires extensive knowledge of Customs rules to ensure that Mazda operations work according to the law and in an efficient manner especially in areas such as Antidumping, Drawback, NAFTA qualification, Country of Origin, Record keeping, Post Entry filings. Furthermore, this position requires significant participation ensuring Internal Controls and Self-testing mandated by the Importer Self-Assessment Program are conducted within the guidelines agreed with the U.S. Customs Service and other Customs agencies.

Requirements

3+ years Experience working in an import and export environment filing Customs entries and Export Declarations with a Customs Broker or Importer/Exporter required
3+ years Knowledge of ACE, ABI, AES, and proficient use of general business software required
3+ years Experience in international transportation, customs and export procedures preferred
Bachelor Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) International Business Preferred
An equivalent mix of education, training, and/or work experience may be considered in place of a degree
Knowledge of Customs procedures and regulations required (Advanced-Authority)
Knowledge of the Harmonized Tariff System of the U.S., Explanatory Notes and of auto parts binding rulings required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Experience processing Customs and other government documentation required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Knowledge of ACE, ABI, AES, and proficient use of general business software required (Advanced-Authority)
Ability to prioritize, organize and complete tasks in accordance with established standards and deadlines required (Advanced-Authority)
Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with management, co-workers and vendors required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Effectively present information and respond to questions from management and co-workers required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Establish and maintain effective relationships with co-workers and management required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Organize, and manage assigned function required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Prepare and analyze a variety of reports required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Read, analyze, and interpret Customs rules and regulations required (Intermediate-Advanced)
Reconcile accounts required (Intermediate-Advanced)

Responsibilities

Handle the importation and exportation of vehicles and parts into and out of the country. This requires the handling of FTZ admissions, FTZ withdrawals, Annual Reports and other FTZ operations. This includes filing ISF and customs clearance of parts shipments.
Handle the exports documentation and export compliance for exports of Mazda vehicles and parts as needed. This includes the filing of export declarations, obtaining ATA Carnets, ensuring proper customs entries are filed overseas and coordinate logistics as required.
Research and analysis of Customs rules and regulations.
Research and analysis of North American Customs rules, regulations and procedures related to Customs valuation, Classification and NAFTA.
Assist the Customs Manager with research of other duty reduction opportunities available to Mazda.
Classification of vehicles, parts and other merchandise for Mazda in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Maintain a classification database for Mazda in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and coordinate with the Customs Brokers in each of these countries the proper classifications based on their country rules and interpretations.
Request binding rulings and respond to inquiries from Customs in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and provide the technical information necessary to answer such inquiries.
Handle the research and qualification of vehicles and parts for classification under NAFTA for imports into Canada, Mexico and the U.S. This responsibility could include operational interaction with Mazda IT, other Mazda affiliates, Brokers and Customs in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Coordinate with customs brokers for border crossing issues to/from Mexico and Canada.
File claims and requests for duty refunds via Post Entry amendments or Protests and Reconciliation filings.
Responses to CF28’s or CF29’s.
Assist the Customs Manager in the administration of MNAO’s C-TPAT compliance program, including, but not limited to, vendor monitoring via the portal, etc.
Administrator for MNAO’s customs system, currently Questaweb, includes access management, setup, and working with IT to resolve issues.
Review and prepare ACH statements for payment, facilitate proper payment of customs broker invoices as well as miscellaneous payments.
Assists the Customs Manager with special projects as required such as imports from new vendors overseas, recovery of duties under special programs, Country of Origin compliance, Drawback, automated recordkeeping, Customs compliance training, C-TPAT and the U.S. Customs Importer Self-Assessment (ISA).
This role will also cross-train on the Customs Sr. responsibilities to cover vacations/absences in the department.
Perform other duties as assigned
Comply with all policies and standards