Customs and Foreign Trade Leader
Continental’s Automotive group sector is on an exciting journey to become AUMOVIO. With ~93,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of ~€20 billion, we are embracing a bold new era – and you have the opportunity to be part of it from early on!
This position offers a unique chance to actively shape the foundation of AUMOVIO, help define our culture from the start and play a key role in driving the future mobility. Are you ready to turn the page and start an exciting new chapter with us?
Your tasks
Customs and Foreign Trade Leader will be responsible for ensuring compliance with foreign trade programs and certification, identify risk activities and areas to create the preventive and corrective plan. Coach and Lead Customs and Foreign Trade team, providing support and training regarding foreign trade topics to other departments within Automotive as necessary.
Supervise and follow up Customs and Foreign Trade Central Function projects and report progress to the management. Manage the elaboration of overview reports, worksheets and presentation to the upper management.
Main activities:
- Ensure proper and timely coordination of foreign trade certification and programs according to Automotive operation.
- Lead and control of FTA (Free trade agreement) Area including trade service provider
- Lead and advice other areas of the plants to ensure full alignment and timely customs compliance with plant operation, Identify deviation apply corrective actions, Ensure the proper flow of information.
- Lead and advice Supply Chain Security program to ensure necessary compliance the AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) program guidelines and in support of CBP's C-TPAT program
- Lead and advice complete annual associated security profile reviews and ensure profile updates are made by responsible functions
- Work with Continental outside Customs legal counsel-consultants to obtain legal advice as requirement/approved
- Participate in projects, workshops and other events related to their functions. Proactive and continuously improves its processes and is involved in other projects to improve
- Coordinate IMMEX Trade Service Provider
- Follow up of procedures regarding IMMEX and PROSEC changes: addresses, annual report, legal representative, associates and shareholders
- Administration, renewal and certification procedures in Origin revision, VAT and AEO certifications
- Lead and actively participates in tenders
- Creation and updating of manuals and procedures
- Lead and advise the analysis of the classification of goods as needed
- Actively lead KPI's establishment involving CFT customs compliance
- Supervise the control and administration of Annex 24 and 30 to ensure compliance
- Perform all other position related duties in foreign trade as assigned or requested by management
Your profile
- IMMEX experience / SECIIT (plus) / Annex 24 Software
- HTS Classification
- High Free Trade Agreements knowledge
- Incoterms
- Expert in Foreign Trade Certifications / Supply Chain Programs (VAT / AEO)
- Expert in VUCEM
- Advance experience in Logistics processes
- Expert in Automotive Industry (Virtual Operations/CTM's)
- Advanced in Project Management
- Data driven skills
- Power BI expert
- knowledge in SAP
- Strong negotiating, persuasion and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure, driving execution
- Creativity, reliability, integrity, teamwork, operates with global perspective
- Advanced English
Our offer
We are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.
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Ready to take your career to the next level and join us at the start of something extraordinary? Apply now to become a part of AUMOVIO and drive the future mobility together with us!
About us
Se espera que el sector Automotriz del grupo Continental se convierta en una empresa independiente bajo el nombre de “AUMOVIO” en septiembre de 2025. Con aproximadamente 93,000 empleados en todo el mundo y ventas anuales de alrededor de 20 mil millones de euros, estamos entrando en una nueva y emocionante era.
AUMOVIO representa productos electrónicos altamente desarrollados y soluciones modernas de movilidad. Además de su sólida posición en el mercado con soluciones innovadoras de sensores, pantallas, sistemas de freno y confort tecnológicamente avanzados, AUMOVIO cuenta con una experiencia significativa en software, plataformas de arquitectura y sistemas de asistencia para el mercado en rápido crecimiento de vehículos definidos por software y autónomos. Nuestro propósito es claro: hacer que la movilidad del futuro sea segura, emocionante, conectada y autónoma.