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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Armadale

Permanent freight forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses in Armadale.

Scotland

Customs and forwarding hiring across Armadale

Customs errors are expensive. We recruit people who get the declaration right first time.

Forwarding employers across Scotland include retail and grocery distribution, food, drink and whisky supply chains, energy logistics and national 3PLs. Each works different lanes, so we recruit to the desk rather than the job title.

A forwarder who leaves after a few months takes customer relationships and carrier contacts with them.

Forwarders supporting sites such as the M74 and M9 corridors and the Clyde and Forth port estates are usually approached directly rather than through adverts.

The roles we cover

Permanent roles on the forwarding desk

Permanent forwarding roles matched to mode, lanes and systems.

Why a specialist desk

Built around trade lanes and modes

Modes and lanes matched

Air, sea or road, import or export: we match forwarders to the work they have actually handled.

Customer skills tested

Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.

Discreet approaches

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

Salaries in the area

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Armadale

Indicative permanent salaries in Armadale 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

Our recruitment process

The brief

Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.

The search

We approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.

Interviews

We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.

Your brief

Your hiring brief

Customers notice when their forwarder keeps changing. Continuity keeps them booking.

We ask candidates why they left their last desk. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • The modes: air, sea, road or all three
  • The main trade lanes
  • Customs declarations the role will handle
  • Salary, commission and bonus
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Permanent freight forwarding jobs in Scotland

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Forwarding FAQs

Questions, answered

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.

How do you screen forwarding candidates?

We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.

Do you recruit customs specialists?

Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.

Can you recruit a team for a new branch?

Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.

Do you recruit branch managers?

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

More forwarding pages

Related forwarding pages for Armadale

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:

Other specialisms in Armadale:

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

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One brief covers a single operator or a team for a new branch.