Import export specialist in clothing and footwear
Code 3331.2.1.6
Import export specialists in clothing and footwear have and apply deep knowledge of import and export goods including customs clearance and documentation.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- clothing industry
- footwear industry
- international commercial transactions rules
- international import export regulations
- embargo regulations
- clothing and footwear products
- regulations on substances
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- administer multi-modal logistics
- apply export strategies
- apply import strategies
- apply conflict management
- communicate with shipment forwarders
- create solutions to problems
- handle carriers
- ensure customs compliance
- handle quotes from prospective shippers
- create import-export commercial documentation
- file claims with insurance companies
- monitor merchandise delivery
- have computer literacy
Transversal competences
- meet deadlines
- build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
- plan transport operations
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences