Department Manager for Special Field Department

Facilitating Trade for Sustainable Growth!


If you enjoy working in an international environment with passionate and highly competent colleagues and want to make an impact within a dynamic organisation, then KGH Customs Services is a good match for you. Established in 1963, KGH has grown to become one of the largest European providers of international trade and customs solutions and services.


Today, we offer a comprehensive range of innovative solutions and services to over 35 000 customers each year across Europe.  With close to 1300 colleagues operating in 24 countries our business model and customer offering addresses strategy, compliance, operational solutions and digitalisation opportunities. This breadth and depth of capabilities and geographical coverage make us unique compared to competition.


KGH is since September 2020 now part of the Maersk family.




We are looking for a Department Manager for our Special Field Department in Strömstad with a passion for developing customer relations and colleagues.

Are you interested in leading the development of our Special Field Department in Strömstad?
The Special Field Department is one of our departments caring out top of the line customs service to our customers.

This is a permanent position for you who loves to serve our customers and develop our relation and customer offer, this in close relation with our skilled team.

We offer
- Opportunities to develop expertise, competence and career in our international Customs & Trade network
- The opportunity to shape your own workday, in close cooperation with our customers, colleagues
- A manager position with a great potential to develop the business and colleagues 
 

Your workday
We will have a clear focus towards next year with implementation of new procedures and standards to strengthen our service offer. In practical terms, this means that everything from core process, infrastructure will be developed and set, in order for the department to deliver high customer value and service. Cooperating with other internal functions and delivering assurance and predictability for our customers through our expertise, competence and both internal and external network. This position offers a varied workday, with many interesting challenges and experiences.

 
You are
- Energized by challenges, varied tasks and a high workload
- Motivated by developing people and seeing them succeed
- A natural relationship and team builder both internal and external
- Always focus on and prioritize customer service
- Open to questions, with the ability to reflect over problems with a solution-oriented mindset
- Intellectually curious
- Able to separate a problem from a symptom
 

You have
- Good theoretical knowledge within customs brokerage
- The ability to communicate clearly and well-formulated, both verbally and written
- Business professional in “Scandinavian” and English
- Time management skills, great skills in structuring and setting customer procedures and the ability to prioritize.
- Knowledge within particular customs procedures or duty and taxation issues (beneficial but not required).
- Supply-chain competence (beneficial but not required).
- Management experience.
 

Practical information
We offer a permanent manager position located in our Strömstad office.

If you have questions concerning the position, please contact Operations Manager Melinda Damgaard on melinda.damgaard@kghcustoms.com

For the fifth consecutive year, KGH has been awarded as a Career Company in Sweden, which makes us both proud and humble and not least shows the importance of our dedicated job to develop our company and our team. 

Working at KGH means working in an international environment together with passionate and highly competent colleagues. With a strong drive to generate sustainable solutions, we facilitate international trade and help our customers to grow their business. The willingness to get engaged in this important task is clear proof of the pride and commitment felt by everyone throughout the company.


This is our story. What’s yours?