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Caterpillar

Makes heavy machinery, engines and gas turbines

Foreign Trade Analyst

Logistics & TransportationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWuxi, Jiangsu, ChinaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or higher is required; backgrounds in international trade, logistics management, supply chain management, customs management, finance, or a related major are preferred.
  • At least five years of processing-trade electronic account book or electronic manual management experience is required.
  • At least five years of import/export customs work experience in a manufacturing enterprise or multinational company is required.
  • Experience in a bonded factory, AEO enterprise, or customs advanced-certified enterprise is preferred.
  • Knowledge of Chinese customs laws, regulations, and supervision policies is required.
  • Knowledge of processing-trade electronic account book and electronic manual management requirements is required.
  • Knowledge of customs commodity classification, rules of origin, and tariff application is required.
  • Knowledge of bonded operations, deep-processing carryover, and domestic sales tax payment management processes is required.
  • Knowledge of import value-added tax, customs duties, and related tax policies is required.
  • Proficiency with China’s Single Window customs system, Jinguanzhixing system, SAP or similar systems, and advanced Excel features such as PivotTables and Power Query is required.
  • Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, VBA, or robotic process automation is preferred.
  • Data analysis and problem-solving skills are required.
  • Cross-functional coordination and communication skills are required.
  • Risk identification and compliance awareness are required.
  • Ability to independently deliver projects and continuously optimize business processes is required.
  • Ability to work responsibly, execute effectively, and perform under pressure is required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage daily import and export operations to ensure shipments clear customs according to plan and are delivered on time.
  • Communicate with customs authorities, freight forwarders, logistics service providers, suppliers, and customers to resolve import, export, and customs-clearance exceptions.
  • Develop customs-clearance contingency plans for urgent orders, project materials, and specially regulated goods to reduce supply-chain disruption risk.
  • Monitor import and export transportation and coordinate responses to delays, inspections, returns, claims, and other exceptions.
  • Prepare and review export invoices, packing lists, customs declarations, certificates of origin, and other trade documents.
  • Ensure import and export declaration materials are accurate, complete, and compliant with customs requirements.
  • Establish and maintain import and export document records to support traceability and audits.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of processing-trade electronic account books or electronic manuals, including new registrations, amendments, extensions, deep-processing carryovers, domestic sales tax payments, verification, and closure.
  • Register materials, maintain bills of materials, and manage unit consumption according to business needs.
  • Analyze account-book execution regularly and ensure account-book data matches actual business activity.
  • Manage the accounting records for bonded raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished goods.
  • Monitor bonded inventory levels and conduct regular account-book balance analysis.
  • Organize bonded inventory counts and identify and resolve discrepancies between book and physical inventory.
  • Improve inventory accuracy and ensure consistency between records and goods, and among records.
  • Establish and improve deep-processing carryover processes and standard operating procedures.
  • Track deep-processing carryover operations end to end and manage their data.
  • Check carryover data for completeness and accuracy and ensure customs compliance.
  • Track changes in Chinese customs supervision policies and implement internal compliance measures.
  • Support AEO certification maintenance and customs credit management.
  • Organize and support customs inspections, verifications, audits, and special reviews.
  • Develop and improve customs management policies, standard processes, and operating procedures.
  • Identify potential import, export, and bonded-business risks, including commodity classification, origin, bonded account-book, document compliance, and tax risks.
  • Establish early-warning mechanisms and corrective and preventive actions.
  • Support SOX and internal-audit control requirements to ensure compliance with company internal controls.
  • Use Excel, Power BI, Power Automate, and customs systems to analyze data and optimize processes.
  • Build customs and bonded-business dashboards.
  • Advance customs process automation and digital transformation projects to improve operational efficiency and data accuracy.
  • Develop and maintain key performance indicators for customs-clearance timeliness, account-book accuracy, customs compliance, and tax savings.
  • Collaborate with procurement, planning, logistics, warehousing, production, finance, tax, and legal teams.
  • Support customs-solution development for new product introduction, capacity ramp-up, and global supply-chain projects.
  • Participate in supply-chain optimization and cost-saving projects to improve tariff optimization and customs-clearance efficiency.
  • Provide management with customs risk analyses and recommendations for improvement.
  • Conduct regular training on customs regulations, processing-trade policies, and compliance requirements.
  • Drive continuous-improvement and Lean projects.
  • Document best practices and build a knowledge base to improve the team’s professional capability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in a bonded factory, AEO enterprise, or customs advanced-certified enterprise.
  • Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, VBA, or robotic process automation.

About the Company

Caterpillar

Makes heavy machinery, engines and gas turbines

Caterpillar makes construction and mining machines, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and locomotives for contractors, mines, energy companies and data center builders. It is the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, and its yellow Cat bulldozers and excavators work in nearly every country. Customers buy or rent machines through independent Cat dealers, while its engines and turbines generate electricity and push natural gas through pipelines. Caterpillar earns money from equipment sales and from the parts and repairs that dealers supply over a machine's working life. It was formed in 1925 when California's Holt and Best tractor companies merged, and it is based in Irving, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irving, TX
Founded
1925

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