The operators, clerks and managers who move Strathaven freight door to door.
Permanent forwarding hires should grow the accounts they inherit.
Strathaven is served by Scotland's logistics network, centred on the Central Belt's rail-connected freight parks. 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 Strathaven market is thin for forwarding talent, we look further along the commute and consider hybrid patterns for desk roles.
The strongest forwarding candidates across Scotland are usually already running desks for businesses such as whisky and food and drink distribution, retail and grocery DCs, port and intermodal operators and Scottish 3PLs.
Air, sea, road and customs roles.
Air, sea or road, import or export: we match forwarders to the work they have actually handled.
We ask which booking and customs systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.
Indicative permanent salaries in Strathaven run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Candidates weigh the whole package: salary, commission, hours and the quality of the customer base. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and customers.
We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We help settle salary, commission and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
Customers notice when their forwarder keeps changing. Continuity keeps them booking.
Many branch managers started as operators. We recruit for every step of that career.
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.
Yes. We compare salary, commission and bonus with current offers for similar roles across the region.
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.
Upload your CV and tell us your modes, lanes and systems. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:
Other specialisms in Strathaven:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Strathaven.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who already handle lanes like yours.