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At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide.We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond

About the role

This role requires a highly autonomous professional capable of taking ownership of end-to-end import and export processes, proactively managing risks, driving continuous improvements and influencing stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

An idóneo candidate combines strong commercial judgment, financial and analytical acumen, understanding of commodity markets and risk management, executive influencing skills and the ability to translate complex market dynamics into pragmatic commercial decisions.

Key responsibilities include

- Develop and Coordinate import & export customs and logistics related activities in a timely manner, securing customers fulfillment.
- Work in partnership with internal (sales, customer service, finance, planning, logistics, engineering/maintenance)



and externalStakeholders (freight forwarders, air/sea/road carriers, customs brokers, port/airport terminals, federal and state agencies) toensure a smooth logistics process in compliance with Latam countries regulations and Barry Callebaut standards.
- Foster synergies within the team and related areas aiming a proactive and healthy working environment.
- Be the guardian of the department procedures and working instructions, keeping them up to date or developing new documents/procedures whenever necessary.
- Monitor performance through KPIs, address issues properly and implement steps to drive changes and improve efficiencies for existing and new processes. Look into cost savings efficiency through the chain.
- Analyze SAP sales orders and customer instructions to release and start export shipments coordination.
- Release export shipments on SAP and send shipping instructions to parties involved.
- Keep export control chart duly updated (daily routine).
- Closefollow-up of the processes with all related partiestaking necessary measures for a smooth operation.
- Book and handle shipments with ocean carriers, freight forwarders, trucking companies and customs brokers.
- Issuance and conference of export documents: BL/AWB/CRT, invoice, packing list, letter of credit, certificate of origin, etc.
- Interact with customer´s suppliers (freight forwarders, etc.)



to obtain better local rates and payment terms.
- Analyze and prepareexport quotes according to incoterm in a timely manner.
- Support and coordinate export courier shipments.
- Support areas on additional requests / projects.
- Check and manage payments to service suppliers according to current contracts and internal deadlines.
- Lead and help the team/suppliers on daily spot difficulties.
- Analysis of the purchase orders to match with sales order confirmation and invoices.
- Issuance of Purchase Order on SAP (when necessary).
- Review and prepare and send shipping instructions to suppliers.
- Check import license needs/import requirements for the Country and coordinate shipments according to contracted incoterm / transport modal / delivery date.
- Work close with the Planning team and internal stakeholders to align procedures and deadlines.
- Follow-up shipments through all chain with international suppliers, freight forwarders/carriers and customs broker.
- Keep import control chart and delivery dates on SAP duly updated (daily routine).
- Check and approvedocuments to be submitted for customs clearance (BL/AWB, invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, etc.).
- Send pre-alerts to brokers on a timely manner.
- Check, request and control advanced payments to customs brokers (funds to pay local forwarders/carriers, sea port terminal, fees).
- Arrange complete door-to-door and accurate import costs estimates.
- Check and manage payments to service suppliers according to current contracts and internal deadlines.
- Checktariffs and taxes/fees values toapprove import declarationregister to customs brokers. <

📌 Import & Export Supervisor (Paine)
🏢 Barry Callebaut Manufacturing Iberica
📍 Paine