Senior Customs

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Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgique IFF Temps plein

Job Summary

Are you passionate about international trade, customs compliance, and enabling global business operations?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. The role is part of our Food Ingredients BU, where we are innovating to improve nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Customs & Trade Compliance Specialist to help advance and strengthen our global trade activities across the EMEA region.

In this role, you will help ensure compliance with international customs and trade regulations while partnering with stakeholders across the business to support operational excellence, risk mitigation, and sustainable growth. You will play an important role in shaping customs and trade compliance strategies, optimizing processes, and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and generate duty savings.

Working closely with colleagues in Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics, Regulatory, Finance, and Commercial teams, among others, as well as external customs brokers and government authorities, you will provide expert guidance on customs and trade matters and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the region.

The ideal candidate combines deep customs and trade compliance expertise with strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder partnership skills, enabling them to effectively support both day-to-day operations and longer-term business objectives.

This position can be performed remotely, provided you are based near one of our EMEA office locations: Brugge, Belgium; Bomlitz, Germany; Brabrand, Denmark; Melle, France or Valencia, Spain

Join us and help shape a compliant, efficient, and future-focused trade environment that enables business success across the EMEA region.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

Own and continuously improve the EMEA Customs & Trade Compliance program, ensuring compliance with customs regulations, AEO requirements, and customs authorizations across manufacturing and commercial sites.
Manage customs licenses, authorizations, and special procedures (e.g., AEO, IPR, End-Use), maintaining ongoing regulatory compliance.
Lead trade preference and non-preferential origin programs, including origin determination, supplier solicitations, customer certifications, FTA compliance, and duty optimization initiatives.
Monitor regulatory developments, assess business impacts, and promote the implementation of customs and trade compliance changes.
Provide expert guidance, training, and operational support to stakeholders on customs and trade compliance requirements.
Ensure compliant import and export operations through effective controls, procedures, systems, self-audits, and the management of customs master data (tariff classification, valuation, origin, licensing, etc.).
Conduct compliance reviews, support customs audits and government inquiries, and drive corrective actions to mitigate risk and strengthen processes.
Partner with customs brokers, freight forwarders, logistics providers, and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate customs filings and efficient operational execution.
Act as the regional subject matter expert for customs and trade compliance, leading projects, system enhancements (including SAP GTS), KPI reporting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What Makes You The Right Fit

Bachelor’s degree in Customs, International Trade, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Law, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
5–10 years of experience in customs operations, import/export compliance, trade compliance, or other international trade-related disciplines.
Sound knowledge of customs regulations, customs procedures, and international trade requirements, ideally within the EMEA region.
Experience supporting customs audits, compliance reviews, self-assessments, and corrective action initiatives.
Experience working with multi-country import and export operations and trade compliance programs in a complex international environment.
Knowledge of customs duty optimization opportunities, including Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), duty drawback programs, preferential origin, and other duty-saving mechanisms.
Experience partnering with customs brokers, logistics providers, government authorities, and cross-functional business stakeholde

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