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Freight forwarding recruitment · Brighton

Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Brighton

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

South East

Customs and forwarding hiring across Brighton

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

Freight across the South East moves through the M25, M3, M4, M20 and M23, Gatwick Airport and the ports at Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover. 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 the South East, forwarders and customs specialists are hired by grocery and retail DCs, Channel-port and customs operations, FMCG supply chains and national 3PLs.

The roles we cover

Permanent roles on the forwarding desk

Forwarding roles for imports, exports and cross-trade.

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.

Customs experience checked

We confirm the declarations and compliance work candidates have done before they reach your shortlist.

A shortlist you can use

A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.

Salaries in the area

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Brighton

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

Where the salary looks short of what forwarders are being offered, we say so before interviews start. 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.

Technical screen

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

The shortlist

A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and customers.

Your brief

Your hiring brief

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

Forwarders who leave early often cite workload, weak systems or no route to account management. We raise all three first.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • The booking and customs systems in use
  • Salary, commission and bonus
  • Who the role reports to and who reports to it
  • The main gap the new hire should fill
Live vacancies

Permanent freight forwarding jobs in the South East

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Forwarding FAQs

Questions, answered

Do you recruit customs specialists?

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

Can you benchmark pay for a forwarding role?

Yes. We compare salary, commission and bonus with current offers for similar roles across the region.

Do you recruit for forwarders outside Brighton?

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

Do you also recruit transport planners?

Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.

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 Brighton

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South East:

Other specialisms in Brighton:

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

Opening a new branch?

Let's recruit your next customs specialist

Share the role, the modes and the lanes and we will give you a view of the Brighton market before the search starts.