Permanent freight forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses in Leeds.
Customs errors are expensive. We recruit people who get the declaration right first time.
Leeds and West Yorkshire anchor the M62 logistics belt — a magnet for retail and e-commerce distribution serving the whole of the North of England. We recruit the forwarders and customs specialists who keep that trade moving.
Time-zone work, early cut-offs and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
Businesses at sites such as the M62 / M1 corridor, Wakefield Europort and the Aire Valley compete for the same experienced customs people, which pushes salaries up.
The people who quote, book and clear freight and the people who win it.
We ask which booking and customs systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Leeds run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Branch managers earn well above clerks. Customs expertise commands a premium at every level. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.
We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
We stay in touch through the first months as the new forwarder takes over accounts.
For Leeds businesses growing their trade, the right permanent forwarder brings in new volume as well as handling it.
Many branch managers started as operators. We recruit for every step of that career.
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 West Yorkshire.
Air, sea and road forwarders, import and export clerks, customs compliance specialists, operations coordinators, account and business development managers and branch managers.
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. For branch manager roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Yorkshire & the Humber:
Other specialisms in Leeds:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Leeds.
One brief covers a single operator or a team for a new branch.