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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Gravesend

Permanent freight forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses in Gravesend.

South East

Hiring forwarding people for good in Gravesend

Permanent forwarding hires should grow the accounts they inherit.

Across the South East, forwarding and customs roles support operations at sites such as the Dartford and Thames-side parks and the M20 route to the Channel. We search for people who already know that trade.

A forwarding offer competes with every broker and carrier within reach. We help set salary and commission so it lands first time.

Forwarding roles across the South East support trade through the M25, M3, M4, M20 and M23, Gatwick Airport and the ports at Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover.

The jobs we work

The permanent forwarding seats we fill

The people who quote, book and clear freight and the people who win it.

Our approach in Gravesend

Right mode, right lanes, right customers

Modes and lanes matched

Air, sea or road, import or export: we match forwarders to the work they have actually handled.

Pay that lands

We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.

Discreet approaches

Many forwarders are well known to their customers. We approach them discreetly.

Pay, clearly

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Gravesend

Indicative permanent salaries in Gravesend run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.

A clear offer shortens the search. We give you a current read on pay for the role before it goes live. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

Brief, search, shortlist

The shortlist

A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and customers.

Contract restrictions

We ask about any restrictions in a candidate's current contract before an offer is made.

Settling in

We stay in touch through the first months as the new forwarder takes over accounts.

Your brief

The brief that works

Customers notice when their forwarder keeps changing. Continuity keeps them booking.

Many branch managers started as operators. We recruit for every step of that career.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • Imports, exports or cross-trade
  • The booking and customs systems in use
  • The main gap the new hire should fill
  • Your interview process and any technical test
Live vacancies

Permanent freight forwarding jobs in the South East

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Forwarding FAQs

Before you ask

Which forwarding roles do you recruit for?

Air, sea and road forwarders, import and export clerks, customs compliance specialists, operations coordinators, account and business development managers and branch managers.

Do you recruit customs specialists?

Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.

Can you recruit business development managers?

Yes. We recruit forwarding BDMs and ask about the business they have won, not just the targets they were set.

Can you recruit a team for a new branch?

Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.

Do you recruit branch managers?

Yes. For branch manager roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.

Around the region

Related forwarding pages for Gravesend

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South East:

Other specialisms in Gravesend:

See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Gravesend.

Growing your trade lanes?

Start a forwarding search

Share the role, the modes and the lanes and we will give you a view of the Gravesend market before the search starts.