Sr. Analyst Foreign Trade
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026.
Our world depends on rocks, minerals, metals and other raw materials - the building blocks of modern society. As an industry leader, Metso helps transform these essential materials to enable sustainable modern life.
Our solutions and services support everything from renewable energy and electrification to the infrastructure and digital economy shaping our future. Together, we help our customers meet growing demand while driving the industry toward a more sustainable use of the earth’s natural resources.
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Introduction
We are looking for a Senior Foreign Trade Analyst to join our Standard Logistics SAM team in the Services business area. In this role, you will manage and optimize foreign trade and international logistics operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, traceability, and high service levels across import, export, and customs-related processes.
You will report to Assistant Manager, Logistics, and the role location is Concón, Chile, with a hybrid working model available.
Team you will belong to
You will join the Standard Logistics SAM team, which is responsible for coordinating and supporting foreign trade and logistics activities across the business. The team plays an important role in ensuring compliant, efficient, and cost-effective international logistics operations while supporting business objectives and customer needs.
The team works closely with logistics, procurement, finance, sales, operations, warehouses, distribution centers, planning, customer service, compliance teams, suppliers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and carriers to ensure smooth execution of logistics and foreign trade processes.
What you'll do
- Coordinate and control import, export, triangulation, temporary admission, re-export, and other customs regimes required by the business.
- Review and validate invoices, shipping documents, purchase orders, shipping instructions, certificates of origin, and other documentation to ensure compliance with customs, tax, commercial, and contractual requirements.
- Prepare and provide accurate information to customs brokers and coordinate customs clearance activities through to operational and documentary closure.
- Coordinate shipments and logistics activities with suppliers, freight forwarders, carriers, warehouses, distribution centers, and internal stakeholders while ensuring agreed service levels, timelines, and costs.
- Analyze logistics costs and evaluate transportation alternatives, including freight, storage, insurance, demurrage, and handling expenses, identifying opportunities for savings and operational improvements.
- Monitor logistics performance indicators, transit times, costs, supplier performance, and operational deviations, generating reports and recommendations for improvement.
- Identify operational, documentary, and regulatory risks within the foreign trade process and support corrective and preventive actions.
- Support audits, maintain documentation and traceability records, provide technical guidance on foreign trade matters, and promote compliance with quality, safety, health, environmental, and ISO standards.
What you'll bring
- Demonstrated experience in foreign trade, international logistics, imports, exports, customs processes, or coordination with logistics operators.
- Professional or technical education in Foreign Trade, International Business, Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field.
- Solid knowledge of foreign trade regulations, customs requirements, import and export documentation, and international logistics processes.
- Understanding of free trade agreements, certificates of origin, tariff classification, and landed cost concepts.
- Experience working with SAP or other ERP systems supporting logistics, purchasing, inventory, sales, or foreign trade activities.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, with the ability to analyze data and support decision-making.
- Upper-intermediate written and spoken English.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify risks, evaluate alternatives, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ability to build effective relationships with internal customers, suppliers, customs brokers, and logistics partners.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, effective document control, and the ability to manage priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Clear communication skills, customer focus, teamwork, and a proactive approach to meeting deadlines and operational objectives.
- Ability to work with AI tools.
Nice to have
- Experience with Power BI or other analytical and reporting tools.
What's in it for you
At Metso, you will combine meaningful work with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact in a supportive and inclusive environment. You'll be part of a global team where collaboration, wellbeing, and continuous learning are part of everyday work.
We support your growth and wellbeing by offering:
- Purpose-led work: Contribute to enabling sustainable modern life and transforming the industry.
- Wellbeing: Access to wellbeing programs, occupational healthcare, and supportive services.
- Rewards: Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives.
- Flexibility: Hybrid working options to support balance and productivity.
- Growth: Learning pathways, mentoring, internal mobility, and global collaboration opportunities.
- Culture: A caring, collaborative, and inclusive workplace committed to helping you thrive.
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Metso is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.
Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers’ energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and service expertise. We are the partner for positive change.
Metso is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. At the end of 2025 Metso had close to 18,000 employees in around 50 countries, and sales in 2025 were about EUR 5.3 billion. Metso is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.