Your responsibilities:
- Enable customs and foreign trade operations in Kenya ensure smooth customs clearance and avoid supply chain interruptions.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation as well as application and full alignment with the Bosch Central Directive Customs CD3400
- Develop and maintain cost efficient foreign trade processes (e.g. implementation of special customs procedures and authorization; secure the fulfilment of associated obligations)
- Coordinate requests from Customs Authorities attend and assist in customs audits (internal & external).
- Attend and assist in regional customs audits.
- Implement and maintain AEO program requirements at Robert BOSCH East Africa
- Local broker selection tender evaluation.
- Support central purchasing in Africa (regional) Air freight & Sea freight tender preparation evaluation and selection.
- Coordinate import and export operations for the BOSCH business units.
- Regional broker management and ensure KPI evaluation and reporting.
- Customs valuations as per relevant customs law & regulations
- Liaise with BOSCH Tax & Governance teams to ensure regional foreign trade compliance.
- Archiving of all Foreign Trade documentation.
Qualifications :
Education:
- Minimum a university degree in supply chain management or similar
- Masters degree in business or related is added advantage
- Relevant tax and customs trainings.
Experience and knowledge:
- Min 3 years professional experience in foreign trade across Africa regions.
- Profound knowledge of logistics and foreign trade
- Experience in dealing with customs authorities.
- Experience in customs audits HS Code justifications and transfer pricing rules.
- Working Knowledge and Business knowledge/operations of the BOSCH group.
Your personal characteristics and skills:
- Entrepreneurial and customeroriented mindset
- Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to learn and translate data into actionable insights.
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively convey information to diverse stakeholders.
- Assertiveness
- Strong ITSkills (e.g. SAP MS Office)
- Analytical thinking
- Strong interest in technology analysis innovation management data analysis or a related field.
- Willing to learn.
- Autonomous working
- Responsible reliable and selfmotivated.
- Ability to work collaboratively in crossfunctional teams and manage tasks with guidance.
- Fluent in English language is a must.
Additional Information :
Major Challenges
- Implementation of Bosch foreign trade standards in line with the BOSCH guidelines & CD.
- Ensure compliance with frequently changing rules and regulations in KE GH & AO
- Coordination & cooperation between BOSCH business divisions Customs Authorities and Logistic Service Providers.
Projects:
- Assisting BOSCH business divisions with current and emerging foreign trade regulations.
- EUKE Foreign Trade agreement evaluation
- GBKE Foreign Trade agreement evaluations & savings potentials
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime