Permanent freight forwarding and customs recruitment across Derbyshire.
Permanent forwarding hires should grow the accounts they inherit.
Forwarding vacancies across Derbyshire come from national distribution centres, 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and rail-connected freight operations. Each needs people who can handle the paperwork and the customer.
We ask candidates which modes and lanes they handle, which systems they book in and how many declarations they complete.
Forwarding roles across Derbyshire support trade through the A38, A50 and M1, East Midlands Airport and the East Midlands Gateway rail freight terminal.
Air, sea, road and customs roles.
Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.
Many forwarders are well known to their customers. We approach them discreetly.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Derby 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.
Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.
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.
Temporary cover suits a short gap. A permanent hire is the answer when accounts need an owner.
Strong forwarders value good systems, fair commission and a manager who backs them with customers.
A strong forwarding brief covers:
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We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.
Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.
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.
Upload your CV and tell us your modes, lanes and systems. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Derby:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Derby.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.