Land your next global trade role faster with priority applications and a pinned profile. GET FEATURED
Hermes logo

Customs Compliance, Inventory & Pricing Assistant Manager

Hermes
2 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
South Korea
⚖️ Trade Compliance
Description

TITLE:   Customs Compliance Inventory, Pricing Assistant Manager

REPORTS TO: Sr. Logistics Manager

 

GENERAL ROLE

This role is to assist customs compliance operations involving in customs clearance and inventory management requiring communication skills with 3PL warehouse, authorities, and related departments.

 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Customs Clearance 

1)  Import 

  • Manage customs clearance schedule with daily communication with forwarders, carriers, and customs broker to ensure timely declaration
  • Ensure the respect of the customs regulation, with particular attention to the restricted items such as CITES, Wild animal Act, Plant Act, Electrical, chemical items 
  • Amend customs declaration for value change, shortage of over shipped shipment etc. 
  • Role involving the management and execution of regular Customs audits. 
  • Review monthly customs duties closely monitoring with customs broker and ensure proper documentation for monthly closing of expenses for submission to finance. 
  • Driven the strong curiosity of expense optimizing for reasonable cost. 

  • Organizing and planning on unexpected cargos, collaborating with event team handling various Carnet, non-commercial items. 

     

2) Export 

  • Preparation of shipping document (Invoice, packing list, Export license, Carnet):

- Stock transfer to other subsidiaries 

- Return for defective and repairable items as requested by After Sales team

- Return after event organized by Communication team 

  • Ensure the return procedure to comply with each destination customs regulation
  • Set-up and prepare the documentation for the forwarders / local trucking and manage the corresponding monthly expense
  • Reporting and Analysis skill to break down the customs duty and expenses 

 

2. Compliance

  • Sample organization for Operating local testing by assortment samples once order confirmed  

  • Regulation: ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY CONTROL ACT, 

       CONSUMER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND BIOCIDES SAFETY CONTROL ACT, etc. 

     

    Local testing: Children goods. Adult leather and textile, Chemical products, etc. 

  • Label management subject to regulation: Regular Monitoring with 3PL to comply with regulation and research the latest regulation. 

     

  • Research for the newly launched items subject to local regulation such as electrical, chemical and environment compliance (plastic, packaging) etc. 

 

3. Inventory and Pricing management 

  • Supervise the data flows between different systems, in coordination with different 3PL

  • Stock adjustment management complying with internal guidance & good communication with 

    Store stock admin 

  • Accurate key-in retail price and purchase cost taking into consideration of import duty and expense cost occurred in whole purchase process.
  • Control manual stock movements by verifying the supporting document prepared by other departments 

 

REQUIREMENTS & CAPABILITIES

  • Minimum 10 years of professional experiences in customs clearance and inventory management at multi-national companies, preferably in retail or fashion apparel industry
  • Strong communication skill with proven ability to foster collaborative relationships with other departments, 3PL and headquarters. 
  • Preferable in role of entirely or partially executing in customs audit. 
  • Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to tasks and responsibilities
  • Highly self‑driven and capable of working autonomously while maintaining a strong service‑oriented mindset.”
  • Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

  • Fluent in English