Senior Customs & Trade Compliance Specialist

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IFF

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10,000+ employees

💄 Beauty

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Food & Beverage • Beauty • Healthcare Insurance

IFF is a global leader in the creation of flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences. The company leverages cutting-edge science and creativity to develop sustainable solutions across various industries, enhancing food and beverage experiences, personal care products, and more. With a strong commitment to environmental and social governance, IFF focuses on innovation and responsible sourcing to improve lives and elevate everyday products.

📋 Description

• Own and continuously improve the EMEA Customs & Trade Compliance program, ensuring compliance with customs regulations, AEO requirements, and customs authorizations across manufacturing and commercial sites. • Manage customs licenses, authorizations, and special procedures (e.g., AEO, IPR, End-Use), maintaining ongoing regulatory compliance. • Lead trade preference and non-preferential origin programs, including origin determination, supplier solicitations, customer certifications, FTA compliance, and duty optimization initiatives. • Monitor regulatory developments, assess business impacts, and promote the implementation of customs and trade compliance changes. • Provide expert guidance, training, and operational support to stakeholders on customs and trade compliance requirements. • Ensure compliant import and export operations through effective controls, procedures, systems, self-audits, and the management of customs master data (tariff classification, valuation, origin, licensing, etc.). • Conduct compliance reviews, support customs audits and government inquiries, and drive corrective actions to mitigate risk and strengthen processes. • Partner with customs brokers, freight forwarders, logistics providers, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate customs filings and efficient operational execution. • Act as the regional subject matter expert for customs and trade compliance, leading projects, system enhancements (including SAP GTS), KPI reporting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Customs, International Trade, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Law, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered. • 5–10 years of experience in customs operations, import/export compliance, trade compliance, or other international trade-related disciplines. • Sound knowledge of customs regulations, customs procedures, and international trade requirements, ideally within the EMEA region. • Experience supporting customs audits, compliance reviews, self-assessments, and corrective action initiatives. • Experience working with multi-country import and export operations and trade compliance programs in a complex international environment. • Knowledge of customs duty optimization opportunities, including Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), duty drawback programs, preferential origin, and other duty-saving mechanisms. • Experience partnering with customs brokers, logistics providers, government authorities, and cross-functional business stakeholders. • Proficiency in SAP GTS, ERP trade compliance modules, customs management systems, e-Customs solutions, and other compliance-related technologies. • Strong analytical, project management, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills, with the ability to deliver training, present complex information clearly, and build effective working relationships across all organizational levels; fluency in English required, with additional European language skills considered an advantage.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work profile • Attractive compensation and benefits designed to support your well-being