Customs Administrator

What Makes a Honda, Is Who Makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential.

To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

The Trade Compliance Department implements and coordinates compliance and supply chain security activities relating to all import and export activity done by or on behalf of AHM, HDMA, HPD, HACI, and Honda Aero. From an import perspective, the department is primarily concerned with declaring the proper value, classification, and rate of duty as well as other information applicable to imported merchandise and providing this to U.S. Customs and other governmental agencies.

Trade Compliance is also responsible for ensuring compliance under export regulations, including denied party screening, on-boarding foreign nationals, and assigning Export Control Classification Numbers. Trade Compliance participates in various preferential programs to designed to eliminate, reduce, or defer tariffs including Duty Drawback and Free Trade Agreement which requires product qualification analysis, certification validation, and interaction with suppliers, outside vendors, and government agencies.

The Customs Admin is responsible for learning about all aspects of the Trade Compliance Department and our role within the organization. Responsible for monitoring and managing customs clearance through coordination with external Customs Brokerage firms, supporting local content reporting activities, or assisting with other daily tasks. Responsible for gathering and analyzing data elements and reviewing documentation prepared by others and to help develop solutions for any problems or issues.

• Support department operations relative to import and export functions, supply chain security Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT), local content reporting, and preferential trade programs. Manage customs clearance of imported merchandise containing the required data elements per the regulatory requirements and deadline. Support export compliance procedures such as denied party screening, on-boarding foreign nationals, and researching export sanctions. Manage local content reporting required for various government regulations;
  
  interact with suppliers to gather detailed part cost data. Learn and understand local content calculation methodologies.
• Continuous learning and self-development of technical aspects of international trade & customs and Honda’s business objectives and operations. Gain exposure to government regulations, technical documentation and systems and how they are used for presentation and reporting to appropriate Federal government agencies (Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Department of Transportation/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT/NHTSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug…