Logistics & Trade Compliance Specialist

Verda; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash and equity compensation

Local benefits

Job summary

Verda, headquartered in Helsinki with a London presence, is seeking a Logistics and Trade Compliance Specialist to manage cross-border hardware movements. You will classify shipments, document shipments, and ensure export controls are checked before dispatch.

You will coordinate inbound/outbound shipments, partner with Procurement and Hardware teams, and optimize freight routes and costs as we scale our data-center deployments across the EMEA region.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in international logistics and supply chain operations.
• Solid practical knowledge of customs and trade compliance: HS classification, origin, valuation, Incoterms, shipping documentation.
• Experience with sanctions and export controls, especially for high-performance computing hardware.
• Experience working with carriers, freight forwarders and/or 3PLs.
• Understanding of landed costs and evaluating shipping options on cost, lead time and risk.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate inbound, outbound and intercompany shipments, including equipment deliveries and site transfers; resolve delays and damages.
• Prepare and check customs/shipping docs, including HS classification, origin, valuation and invoices; review broker submissions.
• Oversee export controls, licensing and shipment approvals.
• Track cost, lead times and performance with forwarders, brokers and 3PLs; flag issues and savings.
• Check Incoterms and delivery commitments with suppliers; manage landed costs and emergency freight.

Skills

International logistics experience

Customs and trade compliance

Incoterms and documentation

Carrier/freight forwarder/3PL liaison

Cost and landed costs optimization

Tools

SAP

Job description

At Verda, we're building a full-stack AI cloud, covering everything from data centers and hardware to our own cloud platform that the world's leading AI teams use to do serious AI work.

We strive to make a positive mark on the world through the infrastructure we build and give leading teams a service they can truly depend on. Headquartered in Helsinki, we operate globally with offices in London and San Francisco.

Join Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.

Why Verda

• Cash and equity compensation along with local benefits.
• 40+ nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.
• A real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.

Practicalities

• Work mode: {Hybrid, based in London or across EMEA, with travel as projects require
• Level: Mid
• Employment type: Full time and permanent

About The Role

As Logistics and Trade Compliance Specialist, you’ll own how our hardware moves across borders, from supplier to data center and back again. You’ll make sure every shipment is correctly classified, documented and cleared, and that export controls and sanctions are checked before anything leaves the dock. Your work keeps our data center deployments on schedule, keeps freight and storage costs in check, and frees our Inventory and Procurement teams to focus on their own work.

Your Responsibilities

• Coordinate inbound, outbound and intercompany shipments, including equipment deliveries, site transfers, returns and RMAs. Work with Procurement and Hardware on delivery schedules and receiving requirements, and resolve delays, loss, damage and claims.
• Prepare and check customs and shipping documentation, including HS classification, origin, valuation and commercial invoices. Review broker submissions, spot errors and keep auditable records.
• Oversee export controls, licensing and shipment approvals.
• Work with our forwarders, brokers and 3PL partners day to day, tracking cost, lead times and performance, and flagging issues and savings.
• Check Incoterms, delivery commitments and tracking requirements with suppliers, together with Procurement.
• Keep landed costs and emergency freight under control and suggest better freight routes.
• Help improve logistics processes, tracking and reporting as we grow.

Your key competencies

• 5-7 years in international logistics, freight or supply chain operations, including hands-on customs and import/export work.
• Solid practical knowledge of customs and trade compliance: HS classification, origin, valuation, Incoterms, shipping documentation, importer-of-record arrangements, and import VAT and duty.
• Familiarity with sanctions and export controls, especially for high-performance computing hardware.
• Experience working with carriers, freight forwarders and/or 3PLs.
• Good understanding of landed costs and comparing shipping options on cost, lead time and risk.

Nice to have

• Experience with technology or data centre equipment, such as GPU servers, or other high-value hardware.
• Familiarity with suppliers across APAC, or Mandarin, Japanese or another relevant language.
• Experience with ERP, warehouse or transport management systems (SAP is a plus).
• Experience with reverse logistics, such as returns, repairs and redeployment.
• Relevant qualifications in logistics, supply chain or trade compliance.