Permanent freight forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses in Helensburgh.
A forwarder who can quote but not clear, or clear but not sell, only solves half the problem. We test for the whole job.
From whisky and food-and-drink to energy logistics, employers around Helensburgh compete for experienced permanent people across Scotland. Across Scotland, forwarders serve importers and exporters shipping through the M8, M74, M77 and M90, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports and the ports at Grangemouth, the Clyde and Aberdeen.
When the Helensburgh market is thin for forwarding talent, we look further along the commute and consider hybrid patterns for desk roles.
Forwarders supporting sites such as Eurocentral — one of the UK's largest rail-connected freight parks — Bellshill and the M8 distribution belt are usually approached directly rather than through adverts.
The people who quote, book and clear freight and the people who win it.
We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Helensburgh 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.
Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.
We approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.
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.
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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Air, sea and road forwarders, import and export clerks, customs compliance specialists, operations coordinators, account and business development managers and branch managers.
We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.
Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.
Yes. Tell us the port or airport and we will look for people who know its routines.
Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:
Other specialisms in Helensburgh:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Helensburgh.
Share the role, the modes and the lanes and we will give you a view of the Helensburgh market before the search starts.