Trade Compliance Specialist

Magna International•Troy, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Trade Compliance Specialist is responsible for daily operations for M.E. Divisions’ Trade Compliance functions, data management systems, special import trade programs and overall import feasibility aspects of the import environment. This position supports the necessary interaction within the different M.E. Divisions, Departments within M.E., and M.E. service suppliers to ensure that M.E. is paying the appropriate amount of duties and on a timely basis to the applicable Customs agencies.

Requirements

Customs Broker’s License, CCS - preferred
Some Technical knowledge of Customs Regulations and Trade Program Requirements
Basic understanding of Customs Compliance Requirements (Canada and U.S.)
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
Self-motivated, flexible, detail oriented and able to meet tight deadlines
Strong investigation and problem solving skills
Team oriented work ethic
Strong Microsoft application skills in Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
Between 1 - 3 years of Customs experience
Between 1 - 3 years strong Classification experience
Between 1 - 3 years strong FTA/USMCA Solicitation, Qualification, Customer Responses experience
Between 1 - 3 years practical experience in ACE

Responsibilities

Onsite Assessments of M.E. Divisions: Data mining, Classification review for accuracy
Assist and follow through of open items, as assigned
Support development of corrective actions with Customs Agency: Customs inquires/Actions/CBPF-28/CPPF-29 responses
Classification FTAs
Support Broker Directive functions: Trouble shooting concerns and patterns a broker is following
Identify options for issue resolution
Monitor excepting reporting and resolution
Daily operations completed within the M.E. Divisions Trade Compliance System (IP): ACE Reports as requested
Classification process
Review and modify current HTS classifications as necessary by M.E. Division
Assignment of commodity HTS numbers on new parts, engineering change, service parts, etc.
Recordkeeping for “proof” of HTS assignment
FTA/Country of origin solicitations
Work with and Support 3rd Party service provider for supplier solicitation FTA/USMCA Checklist on receipt of vendor/supplier documents
Work with vendor/suppliers on missing and/or incorrect documents
FTA qualification processing
Support M.E. Divisions on FTA qualification
Customer Request Support M.E. Divisions to Complete and send to Customers as applicable
Post entry audit internal controls and processing
Investigate identified exceptions
Work with Divisions on potential resolutions
Confirm identified options to Sr. TC Specialist/Trade Compliance Manager and communicate to broker as required.
Assist as required in project complete or any other assigned task