Freight forwarding recruitment for Crawley businesses that need people who can quote, book and clear freight without supervision.
Forwarding is judged on margin, accuracy and the customer's next booking. We recruit people who protect all three.
Logistics operations around Crawley serve one of the UK's wealthiest consumer regions, with the Channel ports and Gatwick within the region. We recruit the forwarders and customs specialists who keep that trade moving.
A forwarding offer competes with every broker and carrier within reach. We help set salary and commission so it lands first time.
Businesses at sites such as the M3, M4 and M20 corridors and the airfreight hubs at Gatwick and Heathrow compete for the same experienced customs people, which pushes salaries up.
Permanent forwarding roles matched to mode, lanes and systems.
Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Crawley 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.
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.
We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
Strong operators become account managers and branch managers. Hiring well now builds the next layer.
Strong forwarders value good systems, fair commission and a manager who backs them with customers.
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 the South East.
Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.
Yes. We cover businesses across the South East. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.
Upload your CV and tell us your modes, lanes and systems. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
Yes. For branch manager roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South East:
Other specialisms in Crawley:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Crawley.
Tell us what a strong forwarder looks like on your desk and we will find more of them.