The operators, clerks and managers who move Tavistock freight door to door.
Customs errors are expensive. We recruit people who get the declaration right first time.
Across Devon & Cornwall, forwarding and customs roles support operations at sites such as Plymouth's port and the Devonport and Langage industrial estates. We search for people who already know that trade.
Time-zone work, early cut-offs and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
Across Devon & Cornwall, forwarders and customs specialists are hired by chilled and ambient food distribution, marine services, aggregates and china clay logistics and independent hauliers.
From junior operators to branch and business development managers.
We ask which booking and customs systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.
For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Tavistock 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.
Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.
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.
Strong operators become account managers and branch managers. Hiring well now builds the next layer.
Strong forwarders value good systems, fair commission and a manager who backs them with customers.
A strong forwarding brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent air, sea and road forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses across Devon & Cornwall.
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 can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.
Upload your CV and tell us your modes, lanes and systems. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Tavistock:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Tavistock.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who already handle lanes like yours.