Senior Specialist, Trade & Tariff

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Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.

A fantastic opportunity for Senior Specialist, Trade & Tariff has arisen in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This role is responsible for obtaining Customs Rulings or introducing a Licenced Manufacturing Warehouse (LMW), required for a compliant, cost effective and efficient import process.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Obtaining Customs Rulings or introducing a Licenced Manufacturing Warehouse (LMW), required for a compliant, cost effective and efficient import process.
• Supporting Logistics Operations activities in the areas of freight/import/export, network optimisation, ERP systems, product lifecycle, continuous improvement, and standardisation.
• Implementing lean practices to reduce waste and improve productivity, cost, and speed to market.
• Liaising and collaborating with other departments (warehouse, supply, procurement, NPI, engineering, M&C, etc.) to resolve problems/breakdowns impacting the operation.
• Demonstrating experience working on process and systems improvements in a global setting and compliance with WHS practices and regulations.
• Demonstrating results through applied lean concepts for process improvement.
• Working independently to accomplish short and long-range projects, anticipate likely needs, and recommend actions with minimal direction.
• Ensuring overall safety of personnel, company assets, and the surrounding environment.
• Supporting activities in the transportation of goods cost-effectively and ensuring goods are safely and efficiently transported to their destination.
• Providing Logistics technical experience and understanding of processes to project teams, enabling effective implementation of tasks assigned to achieve overall project outcomes.
• Supporting activities to ensure regulations of all import and export processes are maintained and under control.
• Understanding Cochlear Import-Export declarations and maintaining compliance for Customs agencies and Regulatory bodies.
• Utilising the PICK Tracker to implement continuous improvement and standardisation ideas identified by collaborating with Warehouse teams.
• Tracking, reviewing and approving forwarders’ invoices and performing invoice entry into ERP for payment purposes.
• Identifying improvement opportunities in our Warehouses, which could be shared across sites and implementing them, with the ability to articulate and report on the benefits for the improvements.
• Training Warehouse team members as part of the implementation in any network optimisation activity.

Key Requirements

• Minimum Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business or Warehouse related field (ideally degree in Logistics).
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in the Supply chain industry (preferably Logistics) and experience in import/export.
• Excellent financial acumen in managing logistics operations.
• Deep understanding of local trade (import/export) taxes, duties, bilateral trade agreements and harmonized codes and rules around country of origin is a MUST for this role.
• Deep understanding of Free trade zones and non-bonded Warehouses.
• Knowledge and experience with local Customs processes under different trade models.
• Experience in managing freight providers.
• Exposure to product life cycle & product transfer process.
• Experience working on process and systems improvements in a global setting.
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Statistics and other software as necessary.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and communication skills.
• Self-starter, highly organized and detail-oriented with strong commitment to accuracy.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.