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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Leven

The operators, clerks and managers who move Leven freight door to door.

Tayside & Fife

Recruiting forwarders in Leven

Customs errors are expensive. We recruit people who get the declaration right first time.

Forwarding employers across Tayside & Fife include port and coastal logistics, food processing, retail distribution and manufacturing supply chains. Each works different lanes, so we recruit to the desk rather than the job title.

Air freight, ocean freight, road groupage and customs brokerage need different specialists. We recruit each one differently.

Businesses at sites such as the M90 corridor, Rosyth and the Fife distribution parks compete for the same experienced customs people, which pushes salaries up.

Who we place

Permanent forwarding jobs in Leven

From junior operators to branch and business development managers.

What Leven forwarders get

Customs experience checked first

Systems experience

We ask which booking and customs systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.

Customer skills tested

Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.

Discreet approaches

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

What forwarders earn

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Leven

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

Forwarding pay in Scotland moves with mode, seniority and customs responsibility: customs specialists and branch managers usually earn more. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

From brief to start date

The brief

Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.

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

Before we start searching

Temporary cover suits a short gap. A permanent hire is the answer when accounts need an owner.

When a forwarding role is proving hard to fill, we work out whether the pay, the hours or the workload is the obstacle. Then we tell you.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • The modes: air, sea, road or all three
  • Account ownership and any sales targets
  • Who the role reports to and who reports to it
  • The main gap the new hire should fill
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Forwarding FAQs

Common questions

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.

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.

I am a freight forwarder. How do I find my next role?

Upload your CV and tell us your modes, lanes and systems. We contact you when a permanent role fits.

What makes a forwarder stay?

Good systems, fair commission, a manageable workload and a clear path to account management.

Related pages

Related forwarding pages for Leven

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:

Other specialisms in Leven:

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

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