Ausfuhrreferent / Export Control Manager (m/w/x)

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH; Oberkochen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS is seeking a capable specialist in export control and foreign trade data management to support the Jena and Oberkochen sites. You will classify goods, assess export controls, and document transactions within the SAP ERP environment, collaborating with internal ZEISS teams and external providers.

Ideal candidates hold a degree in business/engineering, have several years of export/import sales experience, and possess strong English skills.

Qualifications

• Completed degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or Technical Business Management, or a technical degree with commercial qualifications.
• Several years of professional experience in sales involving export/import processes, ideally in capital goods.
• Excellent SAP skills (MM/SD, BW) and strong English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Project management for foreign trade data retrieval and ERP data maintenance.
• Classify goods per current tariff schedule and perform export control assessments.
• Assess, approve, and document export transactions for multiple sites.
• Submit Binding Tariff Information applications and coordinate origin certificates.
• Specify import procedures and manage service provider import transactions.
• Fulfill reporting obligations (INTRASTAT, Z4) and support audits.

Skills

Export-import process experience

Sales experience

English proficiency

Education

Business/Engineering degree

Tools

SAP MM

SAP SD

SAP BW

Job description

ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Enabler of smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips Work where tomorrow is created. Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are manufactured using ZEISS technologies. As the core component of every electronically controlled system, they are indispensable in our daily lives – whether in smartphones, smart homes, or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems, and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips – and thus plays a key role in shaping the age of micro- and nanoelectronics with its innovations.

Your Role:

• Project management for foreign trade data retrieval—covering concept, organization, implementation, and evaluation, as well as responsibility for data maintenance in the ERP system project participants may include internal ZEISS entities and interfaces as well as third-party service providers
• Independent classification of goods in accordance with the current tariff schedule
• Independent export control assessment of all relevant materials in compliance with all applicable regulations, specifically European and U.S. export control laws
• Independent assessment, approval, and documentation of export transactions for the Jena and Oberkochen sites
• Independent submission of applications for Binding Tariff Information
• Independent assessment of import transactions and specification of import procedures for service providers
• Independent fulfillment of reporting obligations (e.g., INTRASTAT, Z4)
• Coordination of the issuance of certificates of origin and process oversight
• Preparation for calculating preferential status for shipments
• Regular analysis of export control processes and development of improvement proposals
• Analysis of the current status and reconciliation with the target status of material inventory regarding the maintenance of AHA data in the ERP system
• Preparation for and support during foreign trade and customs audits

Your Profile:

• Completed degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or Technical Business Management, or a technical degree with additional commercial qualifications
• Several years of professional experience in sales involving export and import processes; ideally in the capital goods sector
• Excellent SAP skills (especially MM and SD modules, Business Warehouse)
• Excellent written and spoken English skills, german is a plus

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Georgios Tanoglou

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That’s just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people. In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.