Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
Manage import export, customs and trade compliance for Japan, jointly with hub and country GB. Serve as the key contact in Japan for import export, customs and trade compliance interactions with customers, service providers and local business units and stakeholders. Lead the performance and development of import export and customs operations in Japan in collaboration with regional and global supply chain teams. Lead management of logistics service providers in Japan, steering performance to meet regional and global import export results through effective monitoring and analytics. Manage risks relating to team and service provider operations, including access management, data protection, business continuity and periodic risk reviews. Participate in and collaborate on global and regional import export and customs communities, initiatives and projects relevant to supply chain operations serviced by Global Business Service. Establish, maintain and document supply chain, import export and customs processes in compliance with global and regional policies and procedures, and initiate continuous improvement, automation and digitalization measures. Manage import export and customs operations targets, performance, deliverables and compliance. Manage forwarders, customs brokers, liners, carriers and tank operators, including performance, service requirements and freight costs. Provide logistics solutions and subject matter advice to business, country, regional and global stakeholders. Collaborate with Japan supply chain and regional shipping management, operational vendor management and regional customs. Participate in companywide projects and initiatives relevant to Customs and Foreign Trade. Ensure compliance with company policies and local regulatory and statutory requirements. Oversee customs processing by internal teams and service providers to ensure accurate duty and import tax processing and payment, with appropriate verification and documentation. Manage customs and relevant authority contacts for liaison, updates, communications, audits and disputes. Optimize eligible Free Trade Agreement and other trade benefits and ensure compliance with their rules. Manage customs brokers in line with global policies and guidelines, and manage trade facilities such as free trade zones, bonded facilities, AEO, Green Lanes and special exemptions where applicable. Meet global and regional customs reporting and information requirements. Manage logistics service provider requirements, change management, knowledge transfer and transition, service performance, contract adherence and risk management. Continuously improve import and export, carrier and service provider operations, and manage partnership, compliance and transport risks and costs. Act as Japan's National Trade Compliance Officer, monitor and interpret relevant regulatory changes and assess business impact, evaluate regulated goods and sanctioned parties against national laws, and maintain the Internal Compliance Program for the jurisdiction.
- Degree in Business Administration or equivalent, Supply Chain Management, or another degree with relevant work experience. - Minimum 5 years of experience in Customs and Foreign Trade or Supply Chain Management in a multinational company with international exposure. - Knowledge of supply chain management and operational logistics. - Professional Japanese skill. - Japanese-language business proficiency and English-language ability to perform work with overseas teams.
- Customs and international trade regulations knowledge. - SAP experience. - Business Intelligence tools experience. - Non-conformance management knowledge. - Good communication and collaboration skills. - Customs broker qualification. - Trade management and export control knowledge. - Experience using BI tools such as Power BI. - Logistics vendor management experience. - Project management experience.
