Job Description

Do you want to work with passionate teams, providing excellent business and digital services to the Asia Pacific region?

Do you want an open, supportive, and caring working environment?

Do you view your development needs seriously as we do?

If YES, then take your career to the #NextLevel with BASF !

Objectives of the Position

• The provide customs services for BASF companies in Malaysia and Singapore
• To ensure of compliance within BASF supply chain operational processes with regards to Foreign Trade (Customs and Trade Control)
• To perform customs operations for assigned legal entities including and not limited to duty optimization, trade control activities, local customs engagements on business process, issues, audits / inspections and new / revisions in customs regulations

Main Tasks

Country Customs Service Caretaker:

• Responsible for assigned countries (legal entities) customs process, protocols and requirements which will ensure license to operate. Work closely and with guidance from hub customs operations, country supply chain service caretaker and regional customs and supply chain community

Customs Preferences and Rules of Origin:

• To collaborate with customs counterparts including hub preferential management team in ensuring legal entities eligibility for preferential treatment exemptions. This including joint issue / dispute resolution and bridging communication with local authorities

Trade Control Operations:

• Support to execute trade control for inbound and outbound deliveries ensuring that trade control relevant regulations are operationally considered obtaining licenses and other documents from authorities and customers

Customs Procedures:

• Support to optimizing and monitoring customs duty payments through applicable customs procedures be it duty suspension schemes or duty drawback procedures. Support to optimizing and monitoring duty payments.

Custom Broker Management:

• Provide service level requirements for customs brokerage activities. To monitor performance of customs brokers in lieu with service requirements and review & request reporting as provided by customs brokers

Customs Classification

• To collaborate with hub classification team for new/changes of HS tariff code and support custom dispute, communication with Business units when any impact to the business. To provide advice for related custom enquiry/ information update pertaining classification topics

Knowledge Management

• Responsible to document all Customs & Foreign & Trade procedures and process and ensure they\'re always updated and available in the standard platform. Regularly review existing procedures and processes to ensure they\'re still relevant and in compliance with current Customs Malaysia requirement. Be ahead of any new procedures introduced by authorities, communicate to relevant stakeholders, and facilitate implementation with relevant stakeholders

Trade Facilities Management

• Accountable and responsible to manage all trade facilities adopted by the company including proper monitoring and reporting and liaison with authorities. To scout new potential trade facility offered by authority that suits existing business model to optimize saving

General Customs Activities:

• Respond to and manage audit activities (internal and external), provide necessary analysis and requested information by competent authorities. Advise and train internal partners about all operational foreign trade aspects.

Quality management, Governmental regulation, ISO & EHS adherence

• Ensure all the related service, process and documentation are following government & country-specific legal laws and regulations.

Requirements

• Degree or above in international trade, logistics, supply chain or business management. Advanced diploma to be considered for candidates with more years of experience in customs and international trade
• Min 5-6 years work experience in the customs and international trade position
• Process compliance with customs offices for Malaysia and Singapore
• Hands on experience and expertise for custom topics for MY & SG, with related to preferential management, LMW, Custom procedures and formalities, MITI, Free Zone and bonded warehouse, duty/tax topics to ensure compliances, business continuity and duty optimization.
• Must understand the customs process, protocols and requirements which will ensure license to operate.
• Participation in customs / industry association added advantage to ensure customs changes, updates is being updated to management and be able to act pro-actively
• Working experience in chemical industry preferred though not mandatory
• Good communication skill in order to explain BASF business process with the custom authorities, MITI and related governance, to understand the compliance requirements from authorities, possess intercultural competence and exposure to regional / global customs community,
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint; Expertise in customs laws and regulation incl. preferential treatment preferred; Experience in SAP or any ERP preferred; adept in Bahasa Malaysia writing for authorities formalized correspondence letter.

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre was established in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the regional service hub has approximately 1,100 employees and growing. Focused on being a competency and digitalization driven hub, it also provides quality functional and know-how services in the areas of finance, controlling, human resources, real estate and facilities management, communications, environmental, health and safety, procurement, import-export order management, and information services to BASF companies and affiliates in the Asia Pacific region. BASF also has two other regional hubs located in Berlin, Germany, and Montevideo, Uruguay that cover the Europe and Americas regions.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 111,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of \xe2\x82\xac78.6 billion in 2021. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at .

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Kuala Lumpur, 14, MY

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre Sdn. Bhd.

Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Permanent

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