Customs Administrator
| Posting date: | 24 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23,400 to £26,500 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester, M60 0AG |
| Company: | Co-op Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1041313_1716559718 |
Summary
Customs Administrator
£23,400 - £26,500 plus benefits (Work Level 6C)
Manchester city centre - hybrid working
We're looking for a Customs Administrator to join us at Co-op to help us make sure that customs declarations for goods imported into the UK or exported are accurately completed and that all products ranged by Co-op and Nisa can be compliantly exported.
If you've got the skills that we need, we can offer you the opportunity to build your career in a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy.
What you'll do
- Check that all customs declarations have been completed in line with agreed standard operating procedures
- Keep accurate records of all customs documentation, checks and errors, and track the status of any errors through to resolution
- Analyse product data to create a compliant customs data set
- Confirm the prohibitions and restrictions that apply to each product
- Make sure that suppliers provide all required documentation to export any products subject to regulations
- Equip Nisa partners with the documentation they need to enable wider export
- Recommend improvements to process and ways of working to the Customs Team Leader
- Actively support continuous improvement across the team
- Escalate any compliance issues to the Customs Team Leader
This role would suit people who have
- The ability to work well in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
- Prior experience of import, export, or customs compliance
- Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Experience of building positive relationships with suppliers
- Good Microsoft Excel skills (you can use VLOOKUPS, pivot tables etc.)
Why Co-op?
If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).
- An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- Private healthcare
- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
- Coaching and training to support your career development
- Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
- YuLife app - rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands
At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.
Building a diverse environment
We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing
Please note that we may close applications for this role early.