Trade Compliance Manager

Executive Recruiters; Johor; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Recruiters Malaysia seeks a results-driven Customs & Trade Compliance Lead to oversee daily operations and ensure compliant import/export activities. You will coordinate with freight forwarders and internal BUs to maintain accurate records and timely declarations.

Ideal candidates have at least 3 years in customs declaration within manufacturing, strong data analytics, and fluency in English; Mandarin preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on customs declaration experience in manufacturing.
• Deep familiarity with import/export compliance and customs clearance workflows.
• Strong analytical, commercially sharp, and data-driven decision making.
• Well-versed in Malaysian customs laws and local import/export procedures.
• Fluency in English; Mandarin preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage daily operations of the Customs & Trade Compliance Department.
• Coordinate vendor communications and performance tracking with freight forwarders and logistics firms.
• Declare bonded cargo and manage import/export activities for daily operations.
• Liaise with external stakeholders and customs authorities.
• Conduct regular inventory reconciliation between Customs and internal BUs.
• Manage domestic repairs declarations and gate control for imports/exports.
• Handle customs filing of manufacturing consumables and scrap disposal/return clearance.
• Complete ad-hoc cross-functional tasks as assigned by executive leadership.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in Customs Declaration, International Trade, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or related discipline

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

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1mo ago , from Executive Recruiters Malaysia

• Departmental Leadership: Oversee, coordinate, and manage the comprehensive daily operations of the Customs & Trade Compliance Department.
• Vendor Management: Maintain and optimize daily communication, relationship building, andperformance tracking with freight forwarders and logistics companies.
• Bonded Cargo Management: Responsible for the customs declaration, compliance tracking,and overall management of daily bonded goods/materials import and export activities.
• External Stakeholder Liaison: Establish and maintain smooth communication and operationalalignment with external cooperative entities and customs authorities.
• Inventory Reconciliation: Conduct regular inventory reconciliation and audits between theCustoms Department and various internal Business Units (BUs).
• Domestic Repairs & Gate Control: Manage the declaration and clearance processes fordomestic equipment repairs and oversee the daily checkpoint/gate registration for incomingand outgoing goods.
• Consumables & Scrap Compliance: Responsible for customs filing/record-filing (备案) ofmanufacturing consumables; execute monthly tracking, processing, and disposal/returnclearance of industrial scrap and waste materials.

Ad-hoc Assignments: Execute other cross-functional tasks and related duties assigned by
executive leadership.

Requirements

• Education: Full-time Bachelor’s degree or above in Customs Declaration, International Trade,
• Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline.
• Technical Skills: Highly proficient in MS Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Professional Experience: Minimum of 3 years of hands‑on customs declaration experience within the manufacturing sector; deeply familiar with standard import/export compliance and customs clearance workflows.
• Core Competencies: Outstanding comprehensive capabilities, commercially sharp, strong logical thinking, and highly analytical with data and numbers.
• Regulatory Expertise: Well‑versed in Malaysian customs laws, statutory regulations, and local import/export customs clearance procedures (e.g., Royal Malaysian Customs Department regulations, LMW/FIZ frameworks).

• Language Proficiency: Fluency in written and spoken English and Mandarin is highly preferred.