Customs Coordinator

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Customs Coordinator to join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Customs and Operations Manager.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Verification of tariffs and classification applicable to products
• Ensure supplier import / export documentation is SARS customs compliant.
• Administration and co-ordination of certificates / permits if required.
• Reconciliation of customs clearance instruction vs final clearance and investigate variances, identifying of possible errors and decide if Voucher of Correction is required
• Reporting and record-keeping of VOCs, refunds, rebates, credits due
• Support to Inbound coordinators in compiling of documents for border police and customs interventions
• Support to finance in the resolution of customs queries, audits, enquiries, etc
• Co-ordination and administration of ad-hoc customs projects and cost-saving initiatives

Attributes required:

• Competency in MS Office packages.
• Competency in Google suite.
• Ability to interact with internal & external stakeholders at all levels, excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Comfortable with change and excellent team player.
• Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems.
• Demonstrate a strong track record of problem solving and solid analytical skill with the capability to find solutions for a variety of operational challenges.
• Goal driven, target orientated, with the ability to look at the bigger picture, manage ambiguity, and thrive in a truly innovative and complex business environment.
• Demonstrate exceptional people skills to manage, motivate, and influence work behaviours.

Qualifications:

• National Senior Certificate
• Formal Import / Export training
• Knowledge of customs regulations and finance processes
• 3+ Years’ experience in Import / Export & Finance environment
• Supply Chain / Logistics experience in retail / FMCG industry will be beneficial.

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

• is forthright but respectful.
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions.
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience.
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster.
• is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input.
• is curious and challenge the status quo.
• is innovative and enjoys iteration.
• is collaborative.
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
• thinks like an owner of the business.
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

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Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.