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Location: Mannheim,Baden-Württemberg,Deutschland
IMI plc We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone.
We design, build and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications. We focus on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science and Fluid Control, and Transport.
Role Overview As an Import & Export Control Officer & Shipping Coordinator, you will be responsible for ensuring compliant and efficient international trade, export control, customs and shipping activities across the business. You will coordinate domestic and international shipments, oversee customs and trade compliance processes, and act as a key point of contact for freight forwarders, customs brokers and internal stakeholders.
This role combines operational responsibility for complex import and export activities with a continuous improvement focus, supporting the optimisation of logistics processes while ensuring adherence to all applicable customs, export control and foreign trade regulations.
In addition to coordinating shipping activities, you will act as a point of contact and provide functional guidance to employees across other departments on import, export and customs-related matters. You will support colleagues in navigating relevant regulations, procedures and compliance requirements, helping to ensure best practice across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and manage domestic and international shipping and import operations.
- Ensure import, export and foreign trade activities remain compliant with applicable customs and export control regulations.
- Conduct trade compliance checks and manage import/export licensing, customs procedures and documentation requirements.
- Provide guidance and functional support to employees across different departments on import, export, customs and foreign trade matters.
- Manage complex inbound and outbound transportation activities, including special shipments and exceptional cases.
- Coordinate import customs clearance activities with customs brokers, freight forwarders and internal stakeholders.
- Drive improvements to shipping, customs and logistics processes while implementing new regulatory requirements.
- Select, manage and evaluate transport providers, customs brokers and packaging suppliers, including commercial negotiations.
- Develop, monitor and report on key shipping, import and logistics KPIs.
- Ensure compliance with load securing and transportation regulations.
Critical Competencies for Success
- Vocational qualification in business administration or logistics, ideally supplemented by further qualifications in logistics, import/export, foreign trade or customs.
- Several years' experience within international shipping, import/export operations, customs or trade compliance, ideally within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of customs procedures, export control regulations and international trade compliance requirements.
- Experience managing complex transport, shipping and customs processes across international markets.
- Experience working with freight forwarders, customs brokers and logistics service providers.
- Strong process improvement mindset with the ability to optimise logistics and shipping operations.
- Proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Excellent German language skills and good English language skills.
- Strong communication, advisory and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to guide and support colleagues across different departments on technical import, export and customs matters.
- Structured, independent and proactive approach to work.
Desirable Competencies
- Experience within valve manufacturing, industrial engineering, process automation or a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of dangerous goods regulations and transportation compliance.
- Experience providing guidance or functional support within logistics, shipping or trade compliance functions.
- Familiarity with KPI development and performance reporting.
- Experience implementing new regulatory or customs requirements across a business.
What You Can Expect
- Interesting and challenging work within an international engineering environment.
- Comprehensive onboarding and support to help you succeed in your role.
- Flexible working arrangements including flexitime.
- Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
- Remuneration in line with the Metall & Elektro collective agreement.
- Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives.
- Subsidised catering facilities and onsite employee parking.
- Excellent transport links to the site.
- The opportunity to join IMI Bopp & Reuther, a business with over 150 years of engineering heritage serving the nuclear and process industries.
IMI is an inclusive employer; diversity is very important to us, and we want to receive applications from people from all backgrounds
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