Senior Import / Export Administrator - Trade Compliance (Food, EU)
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Job overview
We are a UK-based food business trading extensively with the EU and the rest of the world. We are seeking an experienced Senior Import / Export Administrator to join our team in Crewe.
This role is focused on import/export compliance, documentation accuracy, and audit-ready record keeping for EU food trade. It is not a logistics or shipping coordination role — haulier booking and warehouse arrangements are handled by existing staff.
The successful candidate will have strong experience in EU import/export administration, with particular emphasis on preferential origin, supplier declarations, Incoterms®, and post-Brexit trade compliance, and will be comfortable working with external customs agents.
Key responsibilities
* Maintain and control import and export compliance files for EU food movements ensuring adherence to all applicable regulations and legal standards
* Ensure correct application and evidence of preferential and non-preferential origin
* Manage, review, and refresh supplier declarations and origin documentation
* Review import/export documentation provided to and by external customs agents ensuring accurate declarations, classifications, valuation, origin and preferential trade compliance
* Apply and advise internally on Incoterms® 2020 from a compliance and risk perspective
* Ensure records are accurate, compliant, and audit-ready for HMRC, customs authorities and customers
* Maintain ...
- Location:
- CW1
- Salary:
- £34,000 - £37,000 /annum
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Admin, Office, Secretarial & PA