Imports Classification Manager

Job Description: PETCO is celebrating 40 years of caring for your pets and providing a fun and challenging career environment!

In 1965, PETCO started its business in San Diego with the mission of buying quality pet and veterinary supplies and selling them to animal professionals and the public at discount prices. Now, four decades later, we're still providing premium pet products while giving our customers significant savings. Our name back then was UPCO, but we changed it to PETCO in 1979 and started bringing our unique stores to pet lovers nationwide.

PETCO has an opportunity for an Imports Classification Manager to be an integral part of PETCO's sourcing strategy. This position is responsible for determining proper tariff classification, duty, valuation and import regulatory compliance for more that 20% of the total corporate sourcing volume. Additionally, this individual communicates across a matrix organization Harmonized Tariff codes, U.S. Customs record keeping requirements, and other federal regulatory requirements pertaining to PETCO's import business.

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Review products specifications and sample products from vendor. Analyze and interpret HTS and Schedule B to determine proper product classification.
- Based upon analysis and interpretation of CFRs 19/21/7, HTSUS, and existing/developing international trade agreements formulate recommendations for the merchandizing and product development teams as to the best cost while complying within PETCO's ethical practices and quality standards.
- Construct and maintain an electronic user platform which shares SKU and HTS data across the organization and to our customs brokers.
- Interact and collaborate with Product Development Manager to convey sourcing opportunities that leverage Free Trade Agreement and minimize duties rates for international sourcing initiatives.
- Interact professionally, effectively and respectfully through verbal and written communication with all professional contacts with emphasis on company interests.
- Effectively create complex documents and reports using products within the Microsoft Office suite and other automated applications.
- Travel to visit local PETCO stores or competitors for fact-finding, training or other meetings on an occasional basis.
- Independently prioritize and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Commit to quality animal care.

Education & Experience:

- A bachelor's degree is required, along with Customs Brokerage License and a minimum of 5 years progressively responsible experience working in a similar role.
- Prior experience and working knowledge of Asian customs and export practices is required. An equivalent combination of relative working experience and education may be substituted.
- The qualified candidate will have demonstrated consistently successful experience working with overseas or domestic agents, trading companies, and manufacturers, with an advanced working knowledge of imports and associated regulations and tariffs.
- The qualified candidate must be able to efficiently manage multiple projects at the same time, organize and track fine details of projects, communicate effectively verbally and in writing with International suppliers and work collaboratively in a team based environment.
- Proven advanced ability to use applications within Microsoft Office suite as well as advanced ability to extract and analyze data from databases and make appropriate recommendations having significant margin impact is required. Advanced business acumen, project management skills and leadership skills are also required. Retail and Inventory Management experience is a plus.

Additionally, this position requires advanced and demonstrated knowledge and abilities in the following areas.

- CFRs 19/21/7, HTSUS, and existing international trade agreements
- Import compliance involving food and textile industries.
- U.S. CBP Focused Assessment Program
- Current FDA and USDA regulations
- Import quotas, anti-dumping legislation, and customs security initiatives

Today, PETCO has over 800 stores across the country, reaching many more pet parents and their best pals every day. A lot has changed since 1965, but our commitment to companion animals never has. ?Animals always come first. Our people make it happen.?

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