Emea Global Trade Governance Analyst, Project Kuiper

**DESCRIPTION**:
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Key job responsibilities
- Perform compliance audits on global imports and exports and implement improvement strategies
- Review import documents for accuracy and completeness
- Support Kuiper’s EMEA customs brokers with necessary data to enable entry filing for Kuiper
- Upload and maintain electronic import files in record retention repository for audit purposes
- EMEA HTS classification for Kuiper imports, maintenance of items database in ERP system, support to HTS challenges, work with direct manager and Legal on classification rulings, as required
- Analyze EMEA customs tariffs & duty rates and implement duty mitigation strategies
- Maintain Kuiper EMEA customs compliance work instructions and SOPs, manage document revisions and support the continuous process improvement of Kuiper’s EMEA customs compliance program
- Own the EMEA customs compliance internal controls program to ensure compliance with foreign regulations governing imports
- Keep and communicate EMEA metrics of imports including transit time, compliance accuracy, cost, customs broker performance and relevant data for Kuiper’s leadership
- Analyze and interpret EMEA import regulations and keep abreast of changes
- Collaborate with supply chain, procurement, finance, tax and engineering functions, as required

A day in the life
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious and earn trust. At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Innovation is part of our DNA Our goal is to be Earth's most customer-centric company, and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space-based systems design and wireless systems.

We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

About the team

As a critical member of our Global Trade & Compliance Team, the EMEA Global Trade Governance Analyst interfaces with internal and external customers, customs brokers, government officers and other functional areas to ensure compliance and coordination of imports and exports. This position will also identify improvement opportunities and assist with projects to support Global Trade & Compliance initiatives.

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Experience with EMEA Global Import programs.
- Experience in auditing EMEA customs transactions both self-assessments and responding to external audits.
- Experience in developing EMEA global trade processes and procedures.
- Experience with engaging with EMEA customs brokers and handling import transactions end to end from shipment start to entry filing and record maintenance.
- Experience with advanced Excel and ERP systems (preferably SAP) and ability to interpret data.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Experience in managing Free Trade Agreement programs
- Be comfortable with ambiguity and curious to learn new skills.
- Experience working in start-up mode building or supporting a trade compliance program from the ground up.
- A curious self-starter with a proven track record of diving into unknown territory, learning new concepts, and pushing your comfort zo