Permanent freight forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses in Carlisle.
Forwarding is judged on margin, accuracy and the customer's next booking. We recruit people who protect all three.
Across Cumbria, forwarding and customs roles support operations at sites such as the west Cumbrian coast at Workington and Whitehaven. We search for people who already know that trade.
When the Carlisle market is thin for forwarding talent, we look further along the commute and consider hybrid patterns for desk roles.
With the M6 and A66, the West Coast Main Line and the port of Workington serving the region, forwarders across Cumbria often handle air, sea and road freight on the same desk.
The people who quote, book and clear freight and the people who win it.
We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Carlisle 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.
Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.
Modes, declarations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.
Customers notice when their forwarder keeps changing. Continuity keeps them booking.
When a forwarding role is proving hard to fill, we work out whether the pay, the hours or the workload is the obstacle. Then we tell you.
A strong forwarding brief covers:
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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 forwarding BDMs and ask about the business they have won, not just the targets they were set.
Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.
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 Carlisle:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Carlisle.
Share the role, the modes and the lanes and we will give you a view of the Carlisle market before the search starts.