Freight forwarding recruitment for Great Yarmouth businesses that need people who can quote, book and clear freight without supervision.
Permanent forwarding hires should grow the accounts they inherit.
Great Yarmouth draws on a Norfolk and Fenland labour market with deep experience in temperature-controlled and seasonal agricultural work. We recruit the forwarders and customs specialists who keep that trade moving.
We ask candidates which modes and lanes they handle, which systems they book in and how many declarations they complete.
The strongest forwarding candidates across Norfolk & the Fens are usually already running desks for businesses such as agri-food and vegetable processing, cold storage, offshore wind and southern North Sea energy logistics and regional 3PLs.
Forwarding roles for imports, exports and cross-trade.
We ask which booking and customs systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
Many forwarders are well known to their customers. We approach them discreetly.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Great Yarmouth 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.
We approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and customers.
We ask about any restrictions in a candidate's current contract before an offer is made.
An empty desk costs more than the advert: missed quotes, slower bookings and customers looking elsewhere.
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 compare salary, commission and bonus with current offers for similar roles across the region.
Yes. We cover businesses across the East of England. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.
Yes. For branch manager roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.
Good systems, fair commission, a manageable workload and a clear path to account management.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the East of England:
Other specialisms in Great Yarmouth:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Great Yarmouth.
One brief covers a single operator or a team for a new branch.