Import/Export Specialist

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Position overview: 

As the Import/Export Specialist you are a key member of the Logistics team, reporting to the Regional Logistic Manager. You will contribute to the success of Ball by ensuring the accurate preparation and control of all necessary customs and transport documents in compliance with legal requirements. You will also ensure the timely forwarding of relevant documents to internal and external parties, particularly carriers. Compliance with the requirements in the areas of occupational safety, hygiene, fire and environmental protection.

Key responsibilities include:

Daily cooperation and coordination with the following partners:

•    Customers/Fillers: Timely sending of customs documentation for each shipment to the carriers, customers, suppliers and coordinating regarding the optimal procedure.

•    Customs authorities and carriers and warehouse service providers: Daily cooperation regarding the planned transports in the plant and in the border traffic regarding the customs clearance for CH/AT/CH.

•    Suppliers: Checking the required customs duties and the import documents provided by the supplier and their correction in accordance with the applicable regulations as well as preparation of the import customs clearance for CH/AT/CH.

•    Customs inspections: Cooperation and coordination with the control customs office KZS St. Margrethen regarding spot checks for received and shipped goods.

•    Carriers: communication and coordination with carriers on timely correct customs clearance documentation for release. 

•    Renewal of required permits and documentation of clearances in accordance with relevant rules and regulations.

•    Preparation of documentation for inward processing.

•    Continued further training regarding VAT, customs duties, customs law and customs procedures.

What are we looking for? 

•    Completed training as a customs declarant with a federal diploma or extensive experience as a customs declarant or in the customs administration 

•    Profound knowledge of customs and experience in import and export (advantage: border traffic CH-AT-CH)

•    Preferably knowledge of English

•    IT skills (MS-Office, SAP, customs application, E-Dec, NCTS, relevant customs homepages)

•    Fluent English 

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Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.
When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
 

No agencies please.