Job Description
Company: Yadea Pakistan
Industry: Electric Vehicles (EV) / Automotive
Position: Import & Export Specialist
About the Role
Yadea Pakistan is seeking an experienced Import & Export Specialist to manage import/export operations, customs clearance, and trade documentation in compliance with Pakistan Customs, FBR, and SBP regulations. The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of Letters of Credit (LCs), WeBOC, PSW, customs duties, taxation, and regulatory compliance, preferably with experience in the automotive or EV industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end import and export operations, ensuring compliance with Pakistan Customs, FBR regulations, Import/Export Policy Orders, and applicable government policies.
- Prepare, verify, and process import/export documentation, including LCs, commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, certificates of origin, insurance documents, and Goods Declarations (GDs).
- Coordinate with banks for LC opening, amendments, retirement, and import payments, ensuring compliance with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) foreign exchange regulations.
- Manage customs clearance through WeBOC and Pakistan Single Window (PSW), ensuring accurate HS/PCT classification, customs valuation, GD filing, and assessment of applicable duties, sales tax, and withholding/advance income tax.
- Ensure compliance with applicable SROs, customs exemptions, duty concessions, import restrictions, EDB regulations, and localization policies, while monitoring regulatory and taxation updates.
- Coordinate with customs clearing agents, freight forwarders, shipping lines, ports, banks, regulatory authorities, and internal departments to ensure timely shipments and minimize demurrage, detention, freight, and clearance costs.
- Maintain accurate import/export records, banking transactions, customs documentation, duty/tax payments, and operational reports to support compliance, audits, and clearance performance monitoring.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, International Trade, Business Administration, Commerce, or a related field, with a minimum of 3 years of hands-on import/export and customs clearance experience in Pakistan.
- Strong practical knowledge of WeBOC, Pakistan Single Window (PSW), HS/PCT classification, Goods Declarations (GDs), customs procedures, and import/export documentation.
- Proven experience in Letters of Credit (LCs), banking documentation, import payments, and SBP foreign exchange regulations.
- Sound understanding of Pakistan's customs valuation, customs duties, regulatory duties, additional customs duties, sales tax, and withholding/advance income tax.
- Knowledge of SROs, customs exemptions, duty concessions, import/export policies, and applicable government regulatory requirements.
- Strong coordination, negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills, with experience dealing with customs agents, freight forwarders, banks, shipping lines, and regulatory authorities.
- Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel, with strong documentation and reporting skills. Fluency in English and Urdu is required; Chinese language proficiency is an added advantage.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in the automotive, electric vehicle (EV), manufacturing, or engineering industry.
- Hands-on exposure to CKD/SKD imports, EDB regulations, localization requirements, and applicable duty concessions.