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Supervisor, CustomsLinamar Corporation • Guelph, ON, Canada
Supervisor, Customs

Supervisor, Customs

Linamar Corporation • Guelph, ON, Canada
3 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Title: Customs Supervisor

Job Summary
The Customs Supervisor oversees daily customs operations, ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and trade agreements. This role supervises a small team, provides guidance on complex classification and valuation issues, and drives process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs while serving as a liaison between the customs team, internal departments, and external brokers.

Responsibility

  • Supervise daily import and export customs activities to ensure timely and accurate and compliant clearance of goods.
  • Assign and review proper tariff classification codes for imported and exported goods to ensure compliance and minimize duties or avoid them.
  • Monitor and resolve operational issues, including documentation discrepancies, valuation challenges, and broker inquiries, authorities requests.
  • Oversee the collection, validation, and maintenance of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) certificates of origin, ensuring timely updates to brokers.
  • Coordinate post-entry amendments, duty drawback claims, and duty recovery processes.
  • Ensure customs activities comply with Canadian North American and other international regulations, corporate policies, and trade programs.
  • Assist in internal compliance reviews, post-entry audits, and vendor (brokers only?) quality reviews.
  • Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
  • Stay current with regulatory changes and communicate impacts to relevant stakeholders.
  • Provide day-to-day supervision, coaching, and training for Linamar customs staff.
  • Support professional development of team members, including cross-training in key customs functions.
  • Collaborate with supply chain, logistics, procurement, and operations teams to align customs processes with business needs.
  • Act as the main point of contact between customs staff and management, escalating issues when required.


Academic/Educational Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or college diploma in Business Administration, International Trade, or related field.
  • USA and Canadian Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) Designations required.
  • Certified Trade Compliance Specialist (CTCS) considered an asset.


Required Skills/Experience

  • 4 to 6 years of progressive experience in a customs role, including some supervisory or team lead responsibilities.
  • Strong working knowledge of North America customs regulations for import and export, including valuation, tariff treatments, and official programs (. SIMA, and CARM).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, Power BI knowledge is an asset.
  • Experience with customs systems (CBP, CBSA, other) and rulings.
  • Experience with FTA programs, duty drawback, and customs duty recovery.
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments and with external partners


What Linamar Has to Offer

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc.
  • Opportunities for career advancement.
  • Sustainability Counsel
  • Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.
  • Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.

About Us

With access to state-of-the-art tools and resources, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact alongside a team of driven and passionate professionals. Join us and be part of a company where innovation, collaboration, and growth are at the heart of everything we do.

Linamar is committed to promoting accessible recruitment as outlined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Linamar will attempt to accommodate persons with a disability in an appropriate and effective manner throughout all stages of the recruitment process. Accommodations will be provided upon request.

Linamar Transportation does not engage in practices associated with Drivers Inc.

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