Customs classification expert

Introduction to the job

As a customs classification expert, your primary responsibility will be to increase the quality of customs classifications for our entire base of products. These classifications are determined based on functionality and key characteristics of the products. It is therefore important that you have a good understanding of technological concepts.

Role and responsibilities

In this role, you will be part of ASML's Trade Data Management team, which is responsible for providing accurate and consistent product classifications and origin used in our transactions to ensure compliance with Customs and Export Control regulations. We maintain trade preference statuses to benefit from Free Trade Agreements and screen our business partners for compliance with sanctioned party lists. We also screen all transactions globally for compliance with export licenses.
In our work, we closely collaborate with experts in the Export Control & Sanctions team within Legal & Compliance, the Customs Affairs team within Tax & Customs, the technical experts involved in technology, software and product development, as well as colleagues involved in the operational processes of shipping products and filing customs declarations. As an expert in customs classification, you will help us in standardizing processes and decreasing our process risks.

In this role, you will:

• Perform customs classifications for our entire range of products and parts thereof, ensuring proper substantiation of these classifications
• Determine origin of our products and parts thereof
• Provide guidance to team members on proper classification of products and determine origin and alignment with our Customs Affairs team on these guidelines
• Maintain our control framework regarding the risks for incorrect and late classification and origin determination and execution of controls related to these risks
• Maintain and improve the master classification database
• Identify and implement improvements that will smoothen our processes and increase compliance

You are also expected to:

• Establish good working relationships at various levels with relevant departments within ASML (for example Development & Engineering)
• Collaborate and advise internal stakeholders on core issues of customs & export control classification to ensure compliance
• Function as the go to person in case of classification related questions from the authorities or internal stakeholders

Education and experience

• Master's degree in a technical field like (applied) physics, mechatronics, electronics or comparable, or law, compliance, auditing or comparable
• 7-10 years of work experience in a customs classification role in a tech company
• Knowledge of and experience with multiple sets of classification handbooks, as part of EU, US and Asian customs laws and regulations
• Experience with SAP ERP systems
• Experience with Global Trade systems such as SAP GTS, Amber Road, OneSource Global Trade, MIC
• Experience with setting up and maintaining control frameworks
• Experience with and understanding of multicultural and multidisciplinary environments

If you have any of the below, you will have an advantage over other candidates:

• Relevant work experience in the semiconductor business
• Experience in audit or advisory/consulting in the field of risk management and/or internal control

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Proactive mindset with a hands-on, structured, accurate, detail- and result-oriented working style
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to motivate and drive others, build relationships and influence other functional areas
• Ability to cope with a multicultural, dynamic and changing and complex environment
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex business issues into simple problem statements, clear processes and actions
• Good time management skills and ability to manage towards tight deadlines
• Take ownership of issues from start to finalization
• Fluency in English, both oral and written

Other information

The position is based in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. We have a hybrid working policy that allows for working from home part-time.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Diversity and inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.