Forwarders who protect margin and customs people who protect compliance, recruited for Batley businesses.
Forwarding is judged on margin, accuracy and the customer's next booking. We recruit people who protect all three.
Freight across Yorkshire moves through the M62, M1 and A1(M), Leeds Bradford and Doncaster Sheffield airports and the Humber ports at Hull and Immingham. Forwarders who know those gateways quote and book with confidence.
Opening a new branch or desk? We can recruit the manager and the operators together so it trades from day one.
Across Yorkshire, forwarders and customs specialists are hired by retail and grocery distribution, rail-linked intermodal operators, manufacturing supply chains and regional 3PLs.
Forwarding roles for imports, exports and cross-trade.
Many forwarders are well known to their customers. We approach them discreetly.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Batley run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Candidates weigh the whole package: salary, commission, hours and the quality of the customer base. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
We approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.
We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
We stay in touch through the first months as the new forwarder takes over accounts.
Temporary cover suits a short gap. A permanent hire is the answer when accounts need an owner.
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 recruit permanent air, sea and road forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses across Yorkshire.
Air, sea and road forwarders, import and export clerks, customs compliance specialists, operations coordinators, account and business development managers and branch managers.
Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.
Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.
Upload your CV and tell us your modes, lanes and systems. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Yorkshire & the Humber:
Other specialisms in Batley:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Batley.
One brief covers a single operator or a team for a new branch.