Do you want to work with passionate teams, providing excellent business and digital services to the Asia Pacific region?

Do you want an open, supportive, and caring working environment?

Do you view your development needs seriously as we do?

If YES, then take your career to the #NextLevel with BASF !

Objectives of the Position

• The Customs Functional & Process Design Specialist coordinate business requirements in Customs & Foreign Trade for the corresponding region in close cooperation with Customs Operations and Information Services (IT/IS). In this role it is important to design and implement IS tools and systems based on requirements for Customs & Foreign Trade Operations and ensure customs compliance in process design.

Main Tasks

Customs Ops IS support and design

• Design Transactional processes to support any form of savings including duty savings for BASF Group and ensure implementation of necessary related IS solutions
• Propose and Optimize the Export and Imports customs declaration process with regards to IS solutions
• Manage and coordinate Change Request from SC Operations and Business units related to Customs & Foreign Trade topics
• Support any BASF strategic initiatives, including UAT, IS solution, processes definition to ensure smooth implementation in the area of Customs & Foreign Trade

Country Customs support

• Proactively engages country customs to ensure rollout of globally or regionally defined processes
• Conducts regional knowledge transfer for country customs during the Business Releases

Cross functional support and governance

• Bundle Expert knowledge and foster cross regional cooperation in Customs & Foreign Trade activities in Supply Chain Operations
• Capture and structure all regional operational requirements regarding IS tools and applications, responsible in validating and requesting for projects
• Safeguard implementation of customs & Foreign Trade regulations into operational IS applications

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)

Working Experience

• 3-5 years working experience in customs and foreign trade with a company, preferably with international operations
• Experience in Supply chain and/or Export/Import
• Experience in deploying IT solutions and processes related to customs & foreign trade
• Experience in SAP is a plus, esp GTS and master data
• Experience in project management is desirable
• Experience in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) related work is a plus
• Experience in developing and delivery of training

Technical & Professional Knowledge

• Good Customs and Foreign Trade knowledge
• Good Supply Chain Operations knowledge
• Good knowledge in Export/Import Operations
• Business Application Knowledge (e.g. SAP in OTC Functions)

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre was established in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the regional service hub has approximately 1,200 employees and growing. Focused on being a competency and digitalization driven hub, it also provides quality functional and know-how services in the areas of finance, controlling, human resources, real estate and facilities management, communications, environmental, health and safety, procurement, import-export order management, and information services to BASF companies and affiliates in the Asia Pacific region. BASF also has two other regional hubs located in Berlin, Germany, and Montevideo, Uruguay that cover the Europe and Americas regions.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.