Import specialist (new job title: foreign trade specialist): Training, overview of providers and offers
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Import specialist with a federal certificate is now called foreign trade specialist with a federal certificate
Global trade is a great attraction and opportunity for people.
Today's global changes brought about by technology have accelerated many things. As a foreign trade specialist, you are therefore under a great deal of pressure and the course of the economy has a particular influence on everyday working life. A company determines the respective activity with its orientation and its products. The import specialist (new designation: foreign trade specialist) has an excellent knowledge of Swiss import promotion and export activities and is always aware of the great importance of the global economic situation. An import specialist is familiar with the field of marketing and knows how to successfully conduct import business. However, there are many things that need to be clarified before these are processed, such as import restrictions on the goods, customs regulations and various other trade restrictions.
The import specialist is interested in a cost-effective and trouble-free introduction of the imported goods. He/she is therefore in close contact with the forwarding and transport companies, which ensure that the imported goods arrive intact and on schedule at their destination. He/she is in close contact with insurance companies and banks in order to deal with questions relating to foreign exchange and payments.
Import specialists or foreign trade specialists manage entire country groups in large companies, while in small or medium-sized companies they tend to be all-rounders, where their work intersects with other professions such as purchasing or forwarding. Negotiating skills and fluency in several languages are a great advantage.
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