The operators, clerks and managers who move Ely freight door to door.
Forwarding is judged on margin, accuracy and the customer's next booking. We recruit people who protect all three.
Across the East of England, forwarding and customs roles support operations at sites such as the Haven ports and the A14 corridor parks. We search for people who already know that trade.
A forwarder who leaves after a few months takes customer relationships and carrier contacts with them.
The strongest forwarding candidates across the East of England are usually already running desks for businesses such as port and container logistics, customs and forwarding businesses, FMCG and agri-food supply chains and national 3PLs.
From junior operators to branch and business development managers.
Air, sea or road, import or export: we match forwarders to the work they have actually handled.
We ask which booking and customs systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Ely run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Forwarding pay in the East of England moves with mode, seniority and customs responsibility: customs specialists and branch managers usually earn more. 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.
A forwarder who knows a customer's history avoids the mistakes that lose accounts.
We ask candidates why they left their last desk. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.
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 East of England.
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 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.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the East of England:
Other specialisms in Ely:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Ely.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who already handle lanes like yours.