Senior Customs Specialist

JR United Kingdom; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the customs sector seeks a Senior Customs Executive for its Central Customs Team in Leeds. The role involves supervisory tasks, compliance oversight, and various technical customs responsibilities, offering a dynamic work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Strong customs knowledge required.
• Experience in team leadership or supervision is vital.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in data handling is essential.

Responsibilities

• Handling UK customs entries for import ocean shipments.
• Supervising a team of customs operators and ensuring targets are met.
• Engaging in customs consultancy and supporting clients.

Skills

Customs knowledge

Team leadership

Accuracy and attention to detail

Data handling

Cargowise system knowledge

Strong CPC Understanding

Job description

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We’re looking for a Senior Customs Executive to join our Central Customs Team in Leeds.

This Senior Customs Executive role is a supervisory position, responsible for maintaining compliance with customs regulations and facilitating the smooth flow of goods for Ligentia's clients. Key duties include supervising a team of Customs Executives, overseeing day-to-day activities, and ensuring SLAs are met.

This is a specialist role focused solely on customs operations, rather than end-to-end logistics. The role also offers opportunities to develop into customs consultancy projects.

Your Role:

• Customs Entries: Handling UK customs entries for import ocean shipments, including home use and simplified entries.
• Supervision: Overseeing a team of customs operators, managing day-to-day operations, and ensuring targets are met.
• Customer Interaction: Engaging in customs consultancy, providing guidance and support to customers, and ensuring compliance.
• Technical Tasks: Managing reclaims and amendments to customs entries, and potentially getting involved in customs warehousing.

What You'll Need:

• Strong customs knowledge
• Team leadership/supervisory experience
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to handle data accurately
• Cargowise system knowledge
• Strong CPC Understanding (e.g., Customs Warehousing, IPR, OPR)

Why Ligentia? Why now?

Accelerated growth in one of the most dynamic industries you can imagine. Brilliant customers including some of the world’s leading retailers and best-known brands. A tech vision and roadmap that will turn heads for all the right reasons. And colleagues with high commitment and unrivalled knowledge, combined with low ego. A flexible work environment that is collaborative, stimulating and shares genuine feelgood for the work we do together. However you look at it, Ligentia is a great place to be right now.