Forwarders who protect margin and customs people who protect compliance, recruited for Sidmouth businesses.
Permanent forwarding hires should grow the accounts they inherit.
Across Devon & Cornwall, forwarding and customs roles support operations at sites such as the A30 and A38 trunk corridors and the Exeter distribution parks. We search for people who already know that trade.
A forwarding offer competes with every broker and carrier within reach. We help set salary and commission so it lands first time.
The strongest forwarding candidates across Devon & Cornwall are usually already running desks for businesses such as food and drink and agri-food processing, marine and port logistics, tourism-driven retail distribution and regional hauliers.
Forwarding roles for imports, exports and cross-trade.
We confirm the declarations and compliance work candidates have done before they reach your shortlist.
We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Sidmouth 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 approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.
We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.
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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We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.
Yes. We cover businesses across the South West. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.
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.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Sidmouth:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Sidmouth.
Tell us what a strong forwarder looks like on your desk and we will find more of them.