Trade Compliance Specialist

Work model & location: On-site work arrangement, based in Kraków (100% office presence required)
Working hours: Monday to Friday, from 6am -2pm/ 7am - 3pm

At Cognizant, we are dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses — helping them go from doing digital to being digital.

In Poland, our offices are located in Gdansk, Wroclaw, and Krakow. With the capacity to support various clients, we offer a world of opportunities for both professionals and graduates. You can expect five-star training, a chance to realize your career goals, and a range of benefits. Be Cognizant!

A Trade Compliance Specialist takes care of regulatory aspects of all international shipments. They make sure physical deliveries happen on schedule and compliantly. They apply applicable trade compliance rules, regulations, and policies to manage compliant import/export operations around the world. They manage the logistics and transportation of vendor deliveries. They work with international governmental organizations to ensure imported equipment arrives smoothly. Contractors will also work with internal customers to measure and define processes, constantly using data to improve our system

• Minimum 5 years of experience in logistics industry, trade compliance rules, regulations, inventory or warehouse management
• Proficiency in English at a minimum C1 level, both written and spoken.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Familiarity with spreadsheets, stock management and forecasting.
• Comfortable with a rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to operate and communicate effectively with people at all levels of the business.
• Knowledge of trade compliance rules, regulations.

• Pre-shipment research of trade and regulatory requirements for international shipments, work with 3rd party vendors.
• Check shipping documentation, country research. Conducts audits on shipping documents and documentation provided by external partners to ensure compliance on all FCPA and Anti Bribery requirements, communicates with brokers and other external parties.
• Work closely with cross-functional team members including Legal and Tax to ensure imports/exports take place in a compliant manner.
• Assist global team members to ensure timely clearance instructions are provided to customs brokers and problem shipments are addressed.
• Review and ensure that all commercial documents in connection with the STOs are in place and compliant with shipping practices.
• Review and approve commercial invoices.
• Approve all Trade documents, CI (Commercial Invoices), PL (Packing Lists) and AWB (Airway Bills) in 24 business hours.
• Support all Tax and Customs audits in alignment with Legal Regional Team.
• Work with Client Trade Compliance team and Third-Party Logistics Service Providers (aka 3PLs) to make sure that all international shipments comply with export & import regulations.
• Complete Due Diligence on all external parties in alignment with Legal requirements.
• Coordinate and resolve or escalate where required, inbound international shipments held at customs.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for the client and extended logistics team, providing expert advice on customs clearance, brokerage, classification, valuation, and regulatory requirements.
• Keeps the customer proactively informed about every stage of the delivery process.

• Pleasant and inspiring working atmosphere.
• Opportunity to be part of a rapidly expanding global organization with irreproachable reputation.
• Professional development and clear career path.
• State-of-the-art office facilities in a convenient location in Cracow.
• Training & development opportunities.
• Extensive benefits package: Multisport Card, LuxMed medical healthcare (including dental care), life insurance, cafeteria benefits.