Main responsibilities:

As part of the Sanofi Group responsibilities, the Customs manager (all genders) guarantees the compliance of the Customs data & practices in Germany, Switzerland, Austria & Benelux Countries according to the Customs regulations and Trade agreements in forth.Reporting to the Head of Customs, the Customs manager is responsible of

• The development of the Northern European Customs team and support of the Customs network in the EMEA region.

• The flows conformity for import and exports.

• The Customs data determination and maintenance

• Participationinprojects initiated by the group requiring Customs support.

• Optimizations of Customs operations by implementing leverages to reduce customs duties.

Manage the Northern Europe Customs team

• Implement Customs procedures, train local stakeholders and reflect Customs process in procedures/modus operandi.

• Manage and develop the local team; set up priorities aligned with the Global Customs team and monitorthe collaborators’careers through regular reviews.

• Monitor the activity of the department via monthly indicators and perform reporting to the Central Customs team.

Manage Customs data accuracy for Northern European plants

• Ensure that classifications of all products manufactured, sold and procured in Germany are accurate and are reflected in the appropriate ERP.

• Determine the preferential status of goods manufactured by the Northern European affiliates.

• Monitor the country of origin in the local ERP for all products sold.

• Ensure that valuation processes are accurate for non-commercial goods.

• Is accountable for the maintenance of the regulatory Customs database to record all data related to imported flows.

• Manage Customs accuracy for the inbound & outbounds flows from/to Northern Europe

Customsdocumentation

• Ensure that Customs operations performed in Germany meet the quality criteria to obtain the full AEO certification.

• Monitor and maintain customs authorizations, Power of attorney, Customs mandates, proxys.  

• Implement local procedures to reduce the risk of non-compliance and reflect the Quality documentation in the Group Quality Library.

Customsaudits/certification:

• Participatein Customs inspections/audits in the Northern European countries and revert to other Customs authorities when needed.

• Followup and monitor checks and disputes as well as customs inspections/audits. Set up corrective solutions when needed and train the related neighboring functions

• Ensure that AEO standards are fulfilled for all Sanofi legal entities in Germany. 

• Manage yearly price adjustments with local Customs and the Transfer price team.

• You will be accountable for the Sanofi bonded warehouse Accounting and responsible for monitoring adjustments when needed.  

Implement Customs optimizations in Northern Europe 

• Collaborate with the Process & Performance manager (all genders) to establish the yearly roadmap and monitoring of the local optimizations.

• Perform analysis on imported goods to apply any specific regime in order to reduce import duties (Inward process relief, suspension, preferential origin, bonded inventory); monitor the savings on a yearly basis.

• Contribute to group projects to harmonize & simplify Customs processes. 

• Propose optimization solutions and synergies with other sanofi plants.

• Train neighboring functions on Customs activities to support and improve the clearance process.

• Monitor the broker quality and provide monthly indicators.

About you

Experience: 

• Extensive experience in the Customs area (Warranties,specificregime management, knowledge of German Customs organisation, IPR, Suspensions, preferential origin management, etc…)

• Experience in Customs with a recognized track record in several positions exposed to Customs in an international environment.

Soft and technical skills: 

• Strong communication skills to manage a local team and work with various neighboring functions

• Capacity to manage smoothly deadlines along with intrinsic technical / resource constraints

Education:

• Completed vocational training or university degree combined with several years of professional experience in Customs

• Customs credentials required for export control and Customs management 

Languages: Fluent in German and English (both written and spoken)

Why choose us?

• For your work-life balance: our mobile office policy - work up to 40% of your working hours outside your company workplace in Germany  

• For your self-development: long-term employee accounts and sabbaticals 

• For you to think outside the box: assignments beyond the boundaries of your own department in so-called gigs and a wide range of further training opportunities 

• For your family: 14 weeks of paid family time in addition to statutory maternity leave and parental leave for both parents, daycare places and holiday and emergency care 

• For your self-care: attractive healthcare offers, our own fitness center and leasing bikes and an individually usable mobility allowance 

• For your security in old age: attractive company pension scheme in addition to the public pension, but also continued payment of salary in the event of illness  

• For our society: paid time off for voluntary work in our "We Volunteer" program 

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