Export, import manager

My own business

 Searching for the new suppliers of raw materials;
 Business collaboration and communication with the foreign counterparts as to terms of delivery, prices, concluding agreements for import -export raw materials and finished goods;
 Planning of suppliers due to factory demands and warehouse capability;
 Supplying of the factory with the raw materials from the different countries (USA, Turkey, Europe) using different types of transport for delivery (freight, air- and auto transport, intermodal);
 Export of finished goods to abroad (Europe, USA, Canada, CIS);
 Making of Export/Import agreements and complex follow-up support of deals (from negotiations with counterparts till place goods with factory warehouse);
 HS codes determination, preparation of goods coding for Forwarders (Carriers) and customs brokers for correct filling of transport and commercial documents, 31 column of Goods Declaration;
 Customs payment calculation and control of due payment;
 Different claims settlement;
 Customs clearance optimization;
 Preparing and issuing of the different custom documents for export and import of raw materials and products;
 Obtaining of permissions for Export/Import and selling goods on the territory of the RF and Customs Union;
 Financial reports: checking of money transaction to customs authority, monitoring of customs payment balance at customs authority, mutual settlements with warehouse for temporarily storage, with customs brokers, control of export/ import charging, control of contract terms observation, calculation of goods cost;
 Coordination of all department interactions involved in foreign trade activity;
 Translation of commercial and advertising documents;
 Supervising of the members of the Export-Import department (manager, designer, accountant, technologist and warehouse specialist).
My professional achievements and results are: Volume of goods export have been increased for 41%, optimization of customs clearance as the result of using of preliminary goods declaration, improving of system of export goods and interaction between department involved in foreign trade activity, made goods certification and obtaining exemption letters, made all efforts to avoid customs value correction and on-time issue goods on the method of the transaction value.

 Prepare all the documents required for customs clearance,
 Initialize and monitor customs payment,
 Goods classification,
 Customs risks analyzing to avoid declared value adjustment,
 Taking care of validity of the certificates required for customs clearance,
 Filling in customs declaration in Excel,
 Manage all customs aspects of the employer and to ensure efficient and on time import, export of goods (i.e. to control all deliveries and documents, provide the declarant with the documentation requested by customs)
 Placing purchase order with plants at China, Europe, USA,
 Business correspondence with foreign suppliers (producers),
 Coordination with Freight Forwarder and local Customs to ensure smooth, timely and safe passage of goods through Customs Authorities and delivery to warehouse,
 Filling invoices and purchase order in 1C Trade and Warehouse,
 Monitoring of customs legislation.
Achievements: creating of electronic database for goods of Ekodar (Hs-codes, customs risks, permissions and their validity, tariffs and goods description), checking HS-codes for goods of Ekodar (about 1000 items) to avoid customs risk at customs clearance, effective and rapid solving of all problems related to customs clearance of goods for Ekodar.

 Goods classification and solving tariff code classification issues,
 Strict observance of tariff and non-tariff regulatory measures using for goods release for free circulation,
 Customs clearances through ALTA SOFT and direct customs declaration/clearance process,
 Electronic declaration,
 Primary checking of shipment documents and discussing issues of shipment with the clients,
 Checking transport and permission documents from the suppliers/clients,
 Charge and collection of customs payments,
 Taking care of validity of the certificates required for customs clearance,
 Interaction with customs authorities and settlement of disputes in clearing and releasing goods,
 Cooperation with transporting agents and clients, attending and solving client queries, including tariff classifications,
 Preparation of information letters to customs authorities, respond to customs requests,
 Customs value conformation,
 Customs legislation monitoring.
My professional achievements and results are: customs declarations of goods any complexity at Kaluzhskaya customs (Borovsk customs post), electronic declaration, oversaw and timely providing with documents required for customs value conformation to Customs, effective cooperation with Customs to solve client queries.

Responsibilities:
As a translator:
 Translation of commercial, legal and technical documents into English from Russian and vise versa,
 Business correspondence,
 Weekly monitoring of customs legislation with view to keep Manager and Headquarters well informed of alterations in customs field.
As HS-codes Specialist:
 Enter HS-codes and customs duty rates the GERP (corporative electronic system),
 Checking and compare goods’ HS-codes from Cargo Customs Declarations with goods’ HS-codes from corporative electronic system (GERP),
 Determination of correct HS-codes for import components according to Procedure approved by Company Management and TN VED (by means of Taksa),
 Documents preparation for obtaining of preliminary decisions of FCS (according to requirements of Order of FCS No 951 of 1st August of 2008).
As a Specialist in obtaining of certificate of origin and other permissions:
 Documents preparation for obtaining certificates of origin from Mozhaisk Trade and Industrial Chamber (ST-1, A form),
 Documents preparation for obtaining exemption letters from VNIIS.
As an Auditor of international forwarders and brokers expenses:
 Checking of invoices issued by Forwarders and Brokers and compare their data with Tariff ,
 Entering the Forwarders and Brokers invoices the electronic corporative system,
 Analysis of expenses for truck detention at goods importation,
 Broker contracts analysis with view to customs risk deduction,
 Studying of shipping documents (waybills, bill of ladings and so on) of carriers (forwarders) with view to find out of different mistakes such as wrong HS-codes and gross weights,
 Receiving, checking and enter data related to customs payment
As a Customs Lawyer:
 Participation at customs audit to recognize of main problems in customs process and find out of way to reduce customs risks,
 Making of Preliminary analysis of documents required for customs clearance (contracts, price-lists, export declaration),
 Making of conclusions related to Administrative Offences in customs field,
 Making of reply/conclusions upon requests of customs authorities (after goods release),
 Examination of foreign contracts and making suggestions according to requirements of customs authority,
 Cooperation with consulting firms specialized at customs sphere with view to obtaining of expert conclusions and ect.
My professional achievements and results are: Obtaining of certificates of origin (ST-1) for WM- 10 and RF -20 and Letters of exemption from VNIIS, receiving of preliminary classification decisions for WM and RF components from FCS , monitoring of HS-codes and Russian description at GERP (about of 3000 P/N has been checked, 41 HS –codes were changed because they were wrong), monitoring Tariff and Invoices issued by ESL-Link (Sheremet’evo), drawing up of electronic customs documents database, working out of model answer to customs authorities if they do not agree with the declared customs value.

 Planning and scheduling,
 Handling and screening telephone calls,
 Maintaining correspondence,
 Drawing up and translation of contracts, commercial and other documents from Russian into English and vice versa,
 Assume responsibility for planning, organizing, and executing day-to-day tasks,
 Paper work,
 Registration of account with the help of program of 1С. Bookkeeping (version 7.7),
 Travel/meeting arrangements, seat reservation in a hotel (in Russia and abroad),
 Provide administrative support to the department, handle personal requests of the assigned individual with time permitting.
My professional achievements and results are: translation of commercial and technical documents, for example, corporate web-site, agreements, collateral agreements, labels, construction data from German magazines; making and control of Goods delivery sent by German counteragents, re-registration of legal entity because amendments to Chapter (a new General director appointment and legal address change), taking an appeals to commercial court in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, documents preparation for goods insurance, exhibition organization in Russia and abroad.

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