Customs Compliance Administrator
Hermès · Seoul
TITLE: Customs Compliance Administrator
REPORTS TO: Sr. Logistics Manager
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Customs Clearance
1) Import
- Manage customs clearance schedule with daily communication with forwarders, carriers, and customs broker to ensure timely declaration
- Ensure the respect of the customs regulation, with particular attention to the restricted items such as CITES, Wild animal Act, Plant Act, Electrical, chemical items
- Amend customs declaration for value change, shortage of over shipped shipment etc.
- Review monthly customs duties closely monitoring with customs broker and ensure proper documentation for monthly closing of expenses for submission to finance.
- Driven the strong curiosity of expense optimizing for reasonable cost.
Organizing and planning on unexpected cargos, collaborating with event team handling various Carnet, non-commercial items.
2) Export
- Preparation of shipping document (Invoice, packing list, Export license, Carnet):
- Stock transfer to other subsidiaries
- Return for defective and repairable items as requested by After Sales team
- Return after event organized by Communication team
- Ensure the return procedure to comply with each destination customs regulation
- Set-up and prepare the documentation for the forwarders / local trucking and manage the corresponding monthly expense
- Reporting and Analysis skill to break down the customs duty and expenses
2. Compliance
- Sample organization for Operating local testing by assortment samples once order confirmed
- Label management subject to regulation: Regular Monitoring with 3PL to comply with regulation and research the latest regulation.
- Research for the newly launched items subject to local regulation such as electrical, chemical and environment compliance (plastic, packaging) etc.
3. Inventory and Pricing management
- Supervise the data flows between different systems, in coordination with different 3PL
- Control manual stock movements by verifying the supporting document prepared by other departments
REQUIREMENTS & CAPABILITIES
- Experience over 3 years in customs clearance
- Be able to commit to a 12-month temporary contract
- Understanding of logistics, transportation, warehousing, and inventory management processes.
- Knowledge of distribution centre and store replenishment operations.
- Ability to coordinate with stores, logistics providers, and internal departments.
- Strong attention to detail and operational accuracy.
- Experience using ERP, WMS, or inventory management systems.
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.