Customs Specialist (f/m/d)

About the Role

Location
Germany
Bayern
Erlangen
  • Country: GERMANY
  • State/Province/County: Berlin
  • City: Berlin

  • Country: GERMANY
  • State/Province/County: Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • City: Muelheim an der Ruhr

  • Country: GERMANY
  • State/Province/County: Hamburg
  • City: Hamburg

Remote vs. Office
Hybrid (Remote/Office)
Company
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
Organization
SE CFO
Business Unit
Taxes & Customs
Full / Part time
Full-time
Experience Level
Mid-level Professional
Mode of Employment: Full-time / Permanent

A Snapshot of Your Day 

As a Customs Specialist (f/m/d), you ensure that customs-related processes run smoothly, efficiently, and in full compliance with applicable regulations. You combine hands-on operational customs activities with contributions to governance, compliance, harmonization, and process improvement initiatives across the four Business Areas in Germany.
In this role, you collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, customs authorities, external service providers, and international customs colleagues to ensure aligned and compliant import and export operations. Through your monitoring and expertise, you help ensure that procedures are executed correctly, documentation meets all legal requirements, and potential risks are identified and mitigated early.
As part of the Customs Region Europe network, you support the integration of regulatory changes into daily operations and contribute to continuous process improvements. Your work strengthens compliance, ensures audit readiness, and enhances the overall effectiveness of customs operations.
Your digital mindset is highly valued—innovative ideas and digital solutions that improve transparency, efficiency, and standardization are always welcome.

How You’ll Make an Impact 
  • Execute and oversee daily import and export customs activities, including documentation review, tariff classification, preference determination, and customs value validation.
  • Prepare and validate customs documentation and ensure accurate and timely submissions to customs authorities while maintaining master data in SAP S/4HANA or MIC.
  • Ensure compliance with national, EU, and international customs regulations and support internal and external customs audits.
  • Monitor regulatory changes and contribute to the implementation of compliance measures and internal control requirements (ICP Europe).
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including Export Control, Logistics, Procurement, Finance, Tax, IT, and Country Customs Responsibles.
  • Drive process improvements, standardization, and digitalization initiatives while supporting strategic customs projects across the organization.
What You Bring
  • Completed degree or vocational qualification in Customs, International Trade, Business Administration, Law, or a comparable field.
  • Several years of professional experience in customs operations, including import/export procedures, tariff classification, customs valuation, and preferential origin.
  • Solid knowledge of EU customs regulations; experience working across multiple European countries is an advantage.
  • Hands-on experience with customs and ERP systems such as SAP, S/4HANA, or MIC.
  • Strong analytical and structured working style with the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical solutions and communicate effectively in an international environment.
  • Fluent in English and German; additional European languages are a plus, with willingness to travel occasionally within Europe (approx. 10–20%).
About the Team

Our global functions provide top-notch services and solutions in areas such as IT, human resources, finance, real estate, strategy, and technology, actively supporting the business.

Who is Siemens Energy? 

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.      


Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity 

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences. 

Rewards/Benefits 
  • In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
  • We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
  • We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
  • The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programs and learning materials are available for this purpose
  • In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical
We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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