Licensed Customs Brokerage Import Manager
FreightTAS, Clark, NJ, United States
Customs Brokerage Import Manager
Licensed Required Department: Customs Brokerage Level: Manager/Supervisor Salary Range: $85,000$125,000 Position Summary
The Import Manager directs and manages the activities of the import department within a branch, ensuring all import activitiesboth transportation and customs brokerageare in compliance with regulatory requirements. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Establish, oversee, and continuously improve import process flows in conformance with applicable rules, procedures, and company policy. Develop internal SOPs and maintain KPIs for efficient management of inbound freight, including timely recovery and handover to brokers. Collaborate with sales to create customer-specific import handling procedures, especially during new customer onboarding. Ensure accurate documentation is created and transmitted to government agencies. Provide timely responses to customs, customer, and internal inquiries regarding classification, duty rates, documentation, and other import regulations. Represent customers to CBP as needed. Maintain current knowledge of CBP and other agency regulations, incorporating changes into departmental processes and ensuring employees receive proper compliance training. Organize, update, and disseminate client data (rate agreements, HTS classification, POA, IRS, Customs Bond data, etc.) for proper system updates. Review and enhance account profitability, billing accuracy, and timeliness. Arrange transportation, warehousing, or distribution of imported products, balancing transit times and profit opportunities. Negotiate contracts/rates with delivery agents. Prepare monthly reports for management. Train and onboard new staff. Conduct entry audits. Support accounts receivable collections when needed. Customs Brokerage Responsibilities
In certain branches, the Import Manager oversees customs brokerage activities and functions as the broker of record. Responsibilities include: Serving as the licensed broker responsible to US Customs. Interfacing with government agencies and maintaining positive relationships. Maintaining customer bond and power of attorney files. Performing post-entry functions such as tariff concessions, refunds, duty drawbacks, credits, and issue resolution. Managing the audit program to ensure continual compliance. Conducting audits and assessing import compliance on all customs brokerage files. Ensuring JSOX compliance.
Licensed Required Department: Customs Brokerage Level: Manager/Supervisor Salary Range: $85,000$125,000 Position Summary
The Import Manager directs and manages the activities of the import department within a branch, ensuring all import activitiesboth transportation and customs brokerageare in compliance with regulatory requirements. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Establish, oversee, and continuously improve import process flows in conformance with applicable rules, procedures, and company policy. Develop internal SOPs and maintain KPIs for efficient management of inbound freight, including timely recovery and handover to brokers. Collaborate with sales to create customer-specific import handling procedures, especially during new customer onboarding. Ensure accurate documentation is created and transmitted to government agencies. Provide timely responses to customs, customer, and internal inquiries regarding classification, duty rates, documentation, and other import regulations. Represent customers to CBP as needed. Maintain current knowledge of CBP and other agency regulations, incorporating changes into departmental processes and ensuring employees receive proper compliance training. Organize, update, and disseminate client data (rate agreements, HTS classification, POA, IRS, Customs Bond data, etc.) for proper system updates. Review and enhance account profitability, billing accuracy, and timeliness. Arrange transportation, warehousing, or distribution of imported products, balancing transit times and profit opportunities. Negotiate contracts/rates with delivery agents. Prepare monthly reports for management. Train and onboard new staff. Conduct entry audits. Support accounts receivable collections when needed. Customs Brokerage Responsibilities
In certain branches, the Import Manager oversees customs brokerage activities and functions as the broker of record. Responsibilities include: Serving as the licensed broker responsible to US Customs. Interfacing with government agencies and maintaining positive relationships. Maintaining customer bond and power of attorney files. Performing post-entry functions such as tariff concessions, refunds, duty drawbacks, credits, and issue resolution. Managing the audit program to ensure continual compliance. Conducting audits and assessing import compliance on all customs brokerage files. Ensuring JSOX compliance.