Sam Customs Manager

Your tasks
Build, manage and lead the regional Tires Customs team responsible for the entire SOAM region
- Functional Lead of South America Customs Specialists (Customs Procedures)
- Lead best practice exchanges/workshops/calls with German and regional customs coordinators; proactively contribute to regular knowledge sharing calls
- Training & Steering of South America/Americas Customs Community (audits, performance, reports, compliance, gap analysis, best practices, improvements)
- Perform monitoring of customs and foreign trade legal changes and implement countermeasures to ensure compliance and business value for Continental
- Monitor conditions of customs authorizations granted to Continental entities in the South America Region
- support Customs CMS/ICS reporting cycles for all relevant entities in the region, define and execute follow-ups, ensure timely closing of weaknesses
- Identify and communicate customs related risks and opportunities to the Head of Customs Americas and other senior stakeholders around the globe
- Proactively search for improvements opportunities, bring ideas and prepare business cases and strategic presentations for management
- Analysis of Customs and Foreign Trade acts and its impact/chances for Continental & prepare presentation and roadmap for implementation
- Lead and track strategic and optimizations projects, proper document all achievements and prepare regular progress reporting; clarify with internal/external stakeholders, prepare presentations and conduct trainings
- Lead customs projects and innovation to ensure compliance,savings and customer satisfaction within of regional plants
- Establishing regular to-do's for the exchange of best practices in the region
- participating at lobbying activities within association working groups and be an multiplicator for the initiatives towards the South America community
- Facilitate external customs audits
- Ensure availibitity of suitable Point of Contact/ Audit coordinator for auditor
- Act as audit coordinator, where required (coordinate comprehensive, timely and accurate communication between auditor and Continental entitiy)

**Profile**:
University degree within business/finance/informatics or an interdisciplinary education, such as international business law or business informatics or business degree

**Offer**:
About us

Continental, a German multinational that offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transport. In 2020, it generated sales of €37.7 billion and currently employs around 235,000 people in 58 countries and markets. In 2021, the company celebrates its 150th anniversary.

**Keyfacts**:

Job ID
**REF88363A**

Field of work
**Finance and Controlling**

Location
**Jundiaí**

Leadership level
**Leading Self**

Job flexibility
**Hybrid Job**
- Legal Entity
**Continental do Brasil Produtos Automotivos Ltda.