UK Import & Export Officer
About Crown
Crown Holdings, Inc., is a world leader in the metal packaging production process. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative and sustainable metal packaging solutions and products. Our clients are some of the largest and most respected companies in the world.
It's an exciting time to join our business because Crown offers you the opportunity to grow and develop your skills in an expanding industry.
Crown was founded with the goal of valuing and promoting sustainability and this vision continues to be essential to our long-term future.
About this opportunity
Your work environment: We are hiring an Import/Export Officer based in ones of our Beverage plants, either in Peterborough or in Botcherby in the UK. This role reports to the Supply-Chain Manager UK.
Your mission in Crown
In this role, the successful candidate will ensure legal compliance in our UK supply chain import and export operational flows, managing import and export planning, compliance, costing, reconciliation, and administrative activities for finished goods such as cans, ends, scrap with also packaging, coils, materials, and production-related parts.
Legal Compliance:
- Manage inward/outward processing regime applications & reporting.
- Oversee customs authorizations & economic operator status implementation.
- Handle export/import permissions, certificates, and compliance documentation.
- Track export incentives & investment certifications.
- Maintain records for customs insurance claims and reconciliations.
Export Administration:
- Plan and coordinate shipments with 3PLs, freight forwarders & supply chain teams.
- Prepare and verify export documentation (invoices, certificates, customs forms).
- Ensure compliance with customs reporting, banking, and insurance formalities.
- Archive customs declaration forms for accounting and audits.
Import Administration:
- Prepare documentation for customs clearance and supplier coordination.
- Track and monitor goods in transit for material arrival planning.
- Coordinate import schedules, payments, and warehouse logistics.
- Oversee port handling, customs reconciliation, and safety permits for hazardous materials
About you
You are educated to a degree or equivalent, with a minimum 3-year industrial experience and a thorough knowledge of shipping regulations and policies. You are quality and customer oriented, with a sound commercial and continuous improvement awareness. With a safety mind-set, you are a self-starter, with problem-solving, organisation and communication skills. You are PC literate and you can relate to people at all levels, both with the customers and within our own business. Another EU language is an advantage.
What Crown Offers You
- The opportunity to build a career in a multi-cultural environment
- To be rewarded fairly and promoted based on merit and performance
- Professional and personal development through training and work experiences
- Strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees
Join us and become part of an international team of professionals who are passionate about sustainable packaging!
Working Together
Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are key features of Crown’s culture of Working Together. We aim to value and respect each individual and foster an environment where everyone is represented.
We strive to promote psychological safety, allowing colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work and ultimately generate a sense of belonging at Crown.
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UK Import & Export Officer
Peterborough, GB, PE2 7LB Botcherby, GB, CA1 2TL