Specialist, Global Trade Compliance – Veritiv Corporation

Company: Veritiv Corporation

Position: Specialist, Global Trade Compliance

Location: Montreal, QC

Description: The Specialist, Global Trade Compliance will execute processes to ensure compliance with government customs laws through a thorough understanding and application of these laws and to provide complete integration of these laws into the company’s current operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the import and export operations in compliance with internal processes and applicable rules and regulations from US and Canada governments
• Support the approval and issuance of certificates of origin (i.e. NAFTA) for import and export
• Conduct in-depth reviews of the different documents used in the customs clearance process
• Coordinate Air & Ocean Cargo movement
• Support departmental accounting functions
• Solve customs clearance problems
• Answer general questions related to international transactions (mostly Canada and the USA)
• Work with foreign suppliers on compliance issues
• Submit and/or explain customs compliance documents based on specific requests
• Participate in other tasks and projects related to the Global Trade Compliance department

Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum two years’ experience in tasks related to customs operations, classification or transportation/logistics required
• College or university education in customs or a related field an asset
• Professional designation (CITP®|FIBP®, P.LOG, CCS) an asset
• Thorough knowledge of import/export and related trade regulations and the ability to understand other regulations (OGD) preferred
• Fluent in English with a functional understanding/ability to communicate in French
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel. Intermediate knowledge of Access software
• Autonomous with proven ability to work under minimal supervision
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate technical information to external and internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Ability to autonomously make decisions within the scope of the position and to know when to seek additional information
• Detail oriented, self-motivated, ability to work independently and with teams

Interested candidates: please submit your resume in English and French

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