We recruit air, sea and road forwarders for Chester and the North West, screened on the trade lanes and modes they have handled.
Customs errors are expensive. We recruit people who get the declaration right first time.
Goods passing through sites such as the Trafford Park and Salford estates and the Manchester Ship Canal depend on accurate bookings and clean declarations. We match forwarders to that standard.
When the Chester market is thin for forwarding talent, we look further along the commute and consider hybrid patterns for desk roles.
The strongest forwarding candidates across the North West are usually already running desks for businesses such as retail and grocery DCs, national 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and port and container logistics.
Air, sea, road and customs roles.
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.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Chester run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Our pay advice uses current forwarding offers rather than old salary surveys. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.
We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We ask about any restrictions in a candidate's current contract before an offer is made.
Temporary cover suits a short gap. A permanent hire is the answer when accounts need an owner.
Many branch managers started as operators. We recruit for every step of that career.
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 customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.
Yes. We compare salary, commission and bonus with current offers for similar roles across the region.
Yes. We cover businesses across the North West. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the North West:
Other specialisms in Chester:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Chester.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.