Customs & Foreign Trade Specialist

The Role

An exciting opportunity to champion regulatory compliance and innovation!

We are looking for a Customs & Foreign Trade Specialist to join our team, focusing on Customs, Excise, and Foreign Trade matters for Imperial Brands and its entities. In this vital role, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring operational compliance within the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, safeguarding our business against the increasing scrutiny and regulations from authorities. As the Customs & Foreign Trade Specialist your role is critical to our continued success and compliance with national and regional legislation, including maintaining our Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status.

Join us in this impactful role where you'll play an instrumental role in shaping our compliance strategy, driving operational excellence, and securing our operational integrity in a dynamic, regulatory environment!

Principal Accountabilities

To analyse and act towards upcoming changes to Customs, Excise and Foreign Trade law for products produced in or moving through the Netherlands

Protect the company's tactical and strategical interests

Support, monitoring and influence legal developments

Reinforcing policies and raising awareness of regulatory customs and trade requirements

Control and enhance customs & trade compliance by analysing processes and adopting new possibilities or changes in law

Advise the wider business in terms of customs and trade regulations for EU and Dutch market, and support the group regarding customs, excise tax and foreign trade law

Skills and Experience Required

Professional level of Dutch and English language skills

Excellent expertise in EU customs law and tariffication

Robust background in Supply Chain Management or Economics

Ability to influence cross-functional teams up to senior management

Strong confidence operating in matrix-style organisations, combining direct and functional reporting

Vast interpersonal skills and awareness of intercultural relationships

WHAT WE OFFER

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and many extras including a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and hybrid/flexible working opportunities as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

NEXT STEPS

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role.

everyone belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

about imperial brands

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we're fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.