Siemens Energy

Location: Porto or Lisbon

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a member of the Siemens Energy Customs team in Portugal, you will actively contribute to fulfilling the customs compliance responsibilities related to exports. You will be part of a team within our European network, where you can leverage your expertise and communication skills on a daily basis.

How you'll make a difference

• Participates in the development of plans and solutions to ensure customs compliance and optimize the customs export processes of Siemens Energy 
• Ensures Siemens Energy-wide user support for the customs export procedure within the Export Office.
• Processes service requests for export issues and resolves misallocations in collaboration with other Customs functions.
• Independently conducts clarifications with export and exit customs offices.
• Performs and creates export declarations including all additional documents for export (e.g., CoO, Carnet ATA, A.TR, EUR 1).
• Coordinates and supports the business in all questions regarding export procedures.
• Monitors open exports and requests alternative conformities of export.
• Creates corrections of an export declaration as needed.
• Supports all involved business units (e.g., project management and project and shipping logistics) regarding customs processing of international projects.
• Participates in internal customs projects involving other departments (e.g., SCM, PM) to optimize and standardize customs export processes.
• Reports regularly to the next higher SE TC C level and responsible managers.

What You Bring 

• Background and practice in the field of customs/freight forwarding.
• First experience gained in customs processes (export, import, Intrastat, customs tariff, and preferential/non-preferential origin determination).
• International experience (work in international teams, work abroad) is a definite plus.
• Experience in customs/ERP IT systems such as SAP, MIC.
• Fluency in English; German skills would be a plus.
• Responsibility, organization, communication, and assertiveness skills are valued attributes.

In this role, you will follow the internal rules and regulations established by your organization and the relevant legal entity you work for. While performing your tasks, you will always have an open mind to identify and report areas for improvement and process flaws. You will actively participate in team growth efforts.

About the Team

• The opportunity to engage in an exciting environment on challenging projects.
• Strong professional support and collaboration with colleagues around the world.
• Professional development opportunities within the company.
• Be part of a growing function with a dynamic, informal, and inspiring working environment in a position that entails significant responsibility.