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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Margate

Hiring a customs specialist in Margate? We check the declarations experience first, then everything else.

South East

Hiring forwarding people for good in Margate

Every forwarding candidate we put forward is screened on the modes, lanes and customers they have handled.

Forwarding employers across the South East include retail and grocery distribution, port and Channel logistics, aerospace and FMCG supply chains and regional 3PLs. Each works different lanes, so we recruit to the desk rather than the job title.

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

With the M25, M3, M4, M20 and M23, Gatwick Airport and the ports at Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover serving the region, forwarders across the South East often handle air, sea and road freight on the same desk.

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 Margate

Right mode, right lanes, right customers

A shortlist you can use

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

New desks and branches

For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.

Through the first months

We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.

Pay, clearly

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Margate

Indicative permanent salaries in Margate 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.

How it works

Brief, search, shortlist

Technical screen

Modes, declarations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.

The offer

We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.

Settling in

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

Your brief

The brief that works

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

Strong forwarders value good systems, fair commission and a manager who backs them with customers.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • Imports, exports or cross-trade
  • Customs declarations the role will handle
  • Who the role reports to and who reports to it
  • 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

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.

Do you recruit for forwarders outside Margate?

Yes. We cover businesses across the South East. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.

Do you also recruit transport planners?

Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.

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 Margate

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South East:

Other specialisms in Margate:

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

Growing your trade lanes?

Let's recruit your next customs specialist

Tell us what a strong forwarder looks like on your desk and we will find more of them.