Forwarders who protect margin and customs people who protect compliance, recruited for Chapeltown businesses.
Experienced customs people rarely need to look for work. We approach them with the details that would make them move.
Forwarding employers across Yorkshire include retail and e-commerce DCs, regional 3PLs, manufacturing and port logistics. Each works different lanes, so we recruit to the desk rather than the job title.
We ask candidates which modes and lanes they handle, which systems they book in and how many declarations they complete.
With the M62, M1 and A1(M), Leeds Bradford and Doncaster Sheffield airports and the Humber ports at Hull and Immingham serving the region, forwarders across Yorkshire often handle air, sea and road freight on the same desk.
Permanent forwarding roles matched to mode, lanes and systems.
Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.
We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
Many forwarders are well known to their customers. We approach them discreetly.
Indicative permanent salaries in Chapeltown run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Branch managers earn well above clerks. Customs expertise commands a premium at every level. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
We approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and customers.
We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.
A permanent forwarder builds relationships with your customers and carriers. That value grows with every shipment.
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.
We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.
Yes. We recruit forwarding BDMs and ask about the business they have won, not just the targets they were set.
Yes. We compare salary, commission and bonus with current offers for similar roles across the region.
Yes. Tell us the port or airport and we will look for people who know its routines.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Yorkshire & the Humber:
Other specialisms in Chapeltown:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Chapeltown.
One brief covers a single operator or a team for a new branch.