Customs and EXIM Operations Lead

About the Company We manufacture in Faridabad and trade both directions. We import polycarbonate and other polymer grades, moulds and tooling, capital equipment, inks and consumables. We export finished goods, including to the United States and Europe. About the Role Today that work depends on external clearing agents and a lot of chasing. We want it owned in-house someone accountable for landed cost, clearance speed, scheme benefits actually claimed, and compliance that holds up under audit. You'll bring the customs and EXIM expertise. We'll get you the customs pass you need to operate on our behalf (see the note below on cards and licences please read it, because it corrects a common misunderstanding). A note on cards please read We want you to hold a customs pass in your own name. Thats achievable, and here is exactly how it works, so nobody wastes time at interview. A G or H card is issued against the licence of the Customs Broker who employs you. It is surrendered when that employment ends. It cannot come with you to us, because it authorises you to act for that broker.The card that applies here is the Self-category customs pass issued in your name, under our IEC, for clearing our own consignments. It is genuinely your card. What differs is that we sponsor it instead of a broker, and it covers our shipments rather than third-party clients. Two routes, and we have a strong preference:Transfer (preferred). If you currently hold a Self-category pass at another importer or exporter, it can be transferred to us. This needs cancellation from your present employer plus an affidavit, and is considerably faster than a fresh application. If this is you, you're the profile we most want to hear from.Fresh application. If youre coming from a customs broker, or from a gap, we will sponsor and fund a fresh Self-card application ICEGATE registration, attestation, appointment letter, undertakings, police verification, the full file. Published timelines run to around 45 working days plus any deficiency cycle, so expect roughly two to three months. Well structure your first months around work that doesnt require the pass, and well get the application filed in week one. On CB licences: if you hold a Customs Broker (CHA) licence in your own name, were glad to talk about what role would suit you. But to be explicit we are not looking to clear our goods under anyone elses licence. A CB licence isnt lendable, and neither of us should want that exposure. Were not lawyers and well confirm the route with professional advisers before you start. But this is our understanding and wed rather share it upfront. What youll own - Customs clearance operations End-to-end import and export clearance across our working locations: ICD Tughlakabad, ICD Patparganj, ICD Ballabhgarh, ICD Garhi Harsaru, IGI Airport Air Cargo, and gateway ports including Nhava Sheva and MundraBill of Entry and Shipping Bill filing and management through ICEGATE and e-SanchitPre-arrival filing to compress clearance time; active management of examination, query and assessment cycles Handling of amendments, provisional assessments, first-check examinations, and detained or held consignmentsEscalation and resolution with customs officers, custodians, shipping lines and CFS operatorsClassification, valuation and dutyHS classification of our imports and exports, with defensible reasoning on recordDuty computation BCD, IGST, Social Welfare Surcharge, and any applicable anti-dumping or safeguard duty. Trade remedy activity in polymers is frequent and origin-specific, so we expect this to be actively monitored against our actual grades and countries of origin rather than assumed settledCustoms valuation, related-party pricing, and royalty or assist treatment where relevantFTA and preferential origin claims, including CAROTAR due diligence and origin documentationAdvance rulings where classification or valuation is genuinely uncertainExport promotion schemes and DGFTAssess, apply for and administer the schemes that fit us: Advance Authorisation, EPCG, duty drawback, RoDTEP, IGCR, and evaluate whether MOOWR bonded manufacturing is worth pursuing given our import-manufacture-export profileOwn licence lifecycle end to end application, utilisation tracking, export obligation monitoring, redemption and EODC closure. Unclosed obligations become expensive surprises and we want them tracked, not discoveredMaintain IEC and all DGFT registrationsEvaluate AEO certification and drive it if the case holdsLogistics and costManage freight forwarders, customs brokers where we still use them, transporters and CFS agents; negotiate and benchmarkrates Select and structure shipments FCL, LCL, a .