From import clerks to branch managers, we find permanent forwarding people in Tarbert who know the paperwork and the customers.
A forwarder who can quote but not clear, or clear but not sell, only solves half the problem. We test for the whole job.
Freight across the Highlands & Islands moves through the A9 and A82, Inverness Airport and the ferry links to Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. Forwarders who know those gateways quote and book with confidence.
Air freight, ocean freight, road groupage and customs brokerage need different specialists. We recruit each one differently.
Forwarders supporting sites such as the Inverness Airport Business Park and the Cromarty Firth ports at Invergordon and Nisbet are usually approached directly rather than through adverts.
From junior operators to branch and business development managers.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Tarbert run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Salary is only part of the offer. Candidates compare commission, bonus, hybrid working and the accounts they will run. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Modes, declarations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
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.
An empty desk costs more than the advert: missed quotes, slower bookings and customers looking elsewhere.
A realistic job description helps retention. We describe the workload and the customers as they are.
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.
We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.
Yes. We recruit forwarding BDMs and ask about the business they have won, not just the targets they were set.
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 Scotland:
Other specialisms in Tarbert:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Tarbert.
A short brief is enough to start: the modes, the systems and the start date.