From import clerks to branch managers, we find permanent forwarding people in Ambleside who know the paperwork and the customers.
Customs errors are expensive. We recruit people who get the declaration right first time.
Forwarding vacancies across Cumbria come from chilled food distribution, defence and marine manufacturing, energy supply chains and Anglo-Scottish trunking operators. Each needs people who can handle the paperwork and the customer.
A forwarder who leaves after a few months takes customer relationships and carrier contacts with them.
Businesses at sites such as the Kingmoor Park estates at Carlisle and the A69 corridor compete for the same experienced customs people, which pushes salaries up.
From junior operators to branch and business development managers.
Many forwarders are well known to their customers. We approach them discreetly.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Ambleside run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Salary is only part of the offer. Candidates compare commission, bonus, hybrid working and the accounts they will run. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Modes, declarations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and customers.
We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
Strong operators become account managers and branch managers. Hiring well now builds the next layer.
We ask candidates why they left their last desk. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.
A strong forwarding brief covers:
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Yes. We cover businesses across the North West. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.
Yes. Tell us the port or airport and we will look for people who know its routines.
Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.
Good systems, fair commission, a manageable workload and a clear path to account management.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the North West:
Other specialisms in Ambleside:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Ambleside.
A short brief is enough to start: the modes, the systems and the start date.