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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Airdrie

The operators, clerks and managers who move Airdrie freight door to door.

Scotland

Recruiting forwarders in Airdrie

Every forwarding candidate we put forward is screened on the modes, lanes and customers they have handled.

Across Scotland, forwarding and customs roles support operations at sites such as Eurocentral, Bellshill and Newhouse along the M8 plus the Grangemouth port and refinery complex. We search for people who already know that trade.

Opening a new branch or desk? We can recruit the manager and the operators together so it trades from day one.

Across Scotland, forwarders and customs specialists are hired by whisky and food and drink distribution, retail and grocery DCs, port and intermodal operators and Scottish 3PLs.

Who we place

Permanent forwarding jobs in Airdrie

Permanent forwarding and customs roles, from clerks to branch managers.

What Airdrie forwarders get

Customs experience checked first

Pay that lands

We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.

Discreet approaches

Many forwarders are well known to their customers. We approach them discreetly.

Through the first months

We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.

What forwarders earn

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Airdrie

Indicative permanent salaries in Airdrie run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.

A clear offer shortens the search. We give you a current read on pay for the role before it goes live. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

From brief to start date

Technical screen

Modes, declarations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.

The offer

We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.

Settling in

We stay in touch through the first months as the new forwarder takes over accounts.

Your brief

Before we start searching

For Airdrie businesses growing their trade, the right permanent forwarder brings in new volume as well as handling it.

A realistic job description helps retention. We describe the workload and the customers as they are.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • The modes: air, sea, road or all three
  • Customs declarations the role will handle
  • Account ownership and any sales targets
  • Salary, commission and bonus
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Forwarding FAQs

Common questions

Do you recruit freight forwarders in Airdrie?

Yes. We recruit permanent air, sea and road forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses across Scotland.

Which forwarding roles do you recruit for?

Air, sea and road forwarders, import and export clerks, customs compliance specialists, operations coordinators, account and business development managers and branch managers.

Can you recruit business development managers?

Yes. We recruit forwarding BDMs and ask about the business they have won, not just the targets they were set.

Do you recruit for forwarders outside Airdrie?

Yes. We cover businesses across Scotland. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.

Do you recruit branch managers?

Yes. For branch manager roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.

Related pages

Related forwarding pages for Airdrie

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:

Other specialisms in Airdrie:

See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Airdrie.

Replacing a forwarder who has left?

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Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.