Customs Specialist (EXCISE)

Kramp; Varsseveld; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Travel/home-working allowance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Kramp is seeking an Excise Duty Specialist to own excise compliance across the Netherlands and Germany, connecting with colleagues across functions to optimize processes and ensure alignment with European and local excise legislation. Based in Varsseveld, the role blends day-to-day operations with opportunities to improve controls, master data checks, and support audits.

English is required; Dutch or German is a plus for broader collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in customs/compliance with excise duties.
• Ability to read, understand and translate excise legislation.
• Capability to identify risks and build practical procedures and controls.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with European and local excise legislation.
• Advise on excise-related aspects in international goods flows.
• Improve processes and controls to make excise workflows efficient and future-proof.
• Prepare for and support audits with customs and tax authorities.
• Collaborate across Netherlands and Germany logistics teams to improve excise activities.

Skills

Excise & customs expertise

Regulatory knowledge

Analytical thinking

Structured approach

Strong communicator

International mindset

Job description

Your role

As our Excise Duty Specialist, you will be the point of contact for excise‑related matters and work closely with colleagues across countries and functions. You will combine day‑to‑day operational activities with opportunities to improve and professionalise our processes.

Your Specific Tasks Include

• Ensuring compliance with European and local excise legislation
• Advising on excise‑related aspects within international goods flows
• Improve processes and controls: Identify risks and opportunities and develop practical procedures, documentation and controls to make our excise processes more efficient and future‑proof.
• Prepare for and support audits, inspections and interactions with customs and tax authorities, acting as a knowledgeable point of contact.
• Help establish the structure and ways of working for excise‑related activities and identify improvement opportunities across the logistics teams in the Netherlands and Germany.

Your team

You will join an international compliance team working across the Netherlands and Germany. You will work closely with six colleagues in Germany and become the dedicated specialist in the Netherlands.

Who are you?

Feel confident that you fit the role. You possess or have the ability to develop the following skills and experience:

For This Role, We Have a Few Key Requirements

• Excise and customs expertise: You have relevant experience in customs, compliance or a related field, with demonstrable knowledge of excise duties. Relevant experience in excise duties, EMCS, energy products, mineral oils or lubricants is a strong advantage.
• Regulatory and classification knowledge: You have good practical and theoretical experience in classification and demonstrated education, and are able to read, understand and translate excise legislation.
• Analytical and structured: You can work with complex regulations, identify risks and opportunities, and bring structure to processes that are still being developed. Develop practical procedures, controls and master data checks to reduce risks.
• Strong communicator and connector: You can explain complex topics clearly, collaborate across different teams and confidently advise or challenge stakeholders when needed. You can move easily between various layers in the organisation and are diplomatic, convincing and self‑starting.
• International mindset: You enjoy working across countries and disciplines. English is required; Dutch and/or German is an advantage. Affinity with software solutions and cross‑border excise transactions is a plus.
• Broader customs and trade compliance focus: Your experience extends beyond excise to broader group customs and trade compliance, with an extra layer of risk mitigation in the excise area.

What do we offer?

At Kramp, we believe meaningful rewards help people grow, perform and thrive. Our reward package is designed to be fair, transparent, and competitive, giving you confidence and support to do your best work.

We offer an attractive salary of €3,395–€4,244 gross per month, based on 40 hours per week, depending on your experience, qualifications and location (Varsseveld). The compensation package also includes an 8% holiday allowance on top of your gross monthly salary.

You Can Count On

• 25 vacation days and 12 ADV das based on a full‑time contract
• Profit‑sharing opportunities and a pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Travel and home‑working allowance
• A hybrid way of working, with the role primarily based in Varsseveld (it is possible to sometimes work from Utrecht.)

We believe flexibility fuels performance, wellbeing, and long‑term success. That's why we offer flexibility in working location and working hours.

Do you have a question about this role? Please don’t hesitate to contact Karina Nistor (Talent Acquisition Specialist/HR Business Partner) at [e-mail].

About Us

Thanks to our ambitions we are active throughout Europe: a leading position in the agricultural market for parts. We heavily invest in E‑Business and innovations. Our aim is to make it easy for our customers to run their business. Working at Kramp means working with over 3500 international colleagues. The people at Kramp are enthusiastic, professional and involved. We speak our customers’ language, understand their challenges and earn their trust to exceed their expectations. Our promise “It’s that easy” is embedded in our culture and DNA.

Working At Kramp Means

… you belong here! Being part of our open business community

… your work makes a difference! Have an impact on what matters

… you will develop and realize! Learn and realize your potential

More about Kramp: https://group.kramp.com/en/careers/

Varsseveld (NL)

Location:

Strullendorf (DE)