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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Warrington

Permanent freight forwarders, customs specialists and branch managers for businesses in Warrington.

Cheshire & the North West

Customs and forwarding hiring across Warrington

Permanent forwarding hires should grow the accounts they inherit.

Warrington sits at the M6/M62 crossroads with Omega — one of the UK's largest logistics parks — making it a prime North West distribution hub. Across Cheshire & the North West, forwarders serve importers and exporters shipping through the M6, M62 and M56, Manchester and Liverpool airports and the Manchester Ship Canal.

Air freight, ocean freight, road groupage and customs brokerage need different specialists. We recruit each one differently.

Forwarding demand across Cheshire & the North West follows retail and grocery DCs, national 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and port and container logistics.

The roles we cover

Permanent roles on the forwarding desk

Permanent forwarding roles matched to mode, lanes and systems.

Why a specialist desk

Built around trade lanes and modes

Customs experience checked

We confirm the declarations and compliance work candidates have done before they reach your shortlist.

Customer skills tested

Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.

Through the first months

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

Salaries in the area

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Warrington

Indicative permanent salaries in Warrington 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

Our recruitment process

Interviews

We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.

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

Your hiring brief

A forwarder who knows a customer's history avoids the mistakes that lose accounts.

When a forwarding role is proving hard to fill, we work out whether the pay, the hours or the workload is the obstacle. Then we tell you.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • The modes: air, sea, road or all three
  • The main trade lanes
  • Imports, exports or cross-trade
  • Your interview process and any technical test
Live vacancies

Permanent freight forwarding jobs in the North West

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Forwarding FAQs

Questions, answered

Which forwarding roles do you recruit for?

Air, sea and road forwarders, import and export clerks, customs compliance specialists, operations coordinators, account and business development managers and branch managers.

Do you recruit customs specialists?

Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.

Do you recruit for forwarders outside Warrington?

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

Can you recruit a team for a new branch?

Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.

I am a freight forwarder. How do I find my next role?

Upload your CV and tell us your modes, lanes and systems. We contact you when a permanent role fits.

More forwarding pages

Related forwarding pages for Warrington

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the North West:

Other specialisms in Warrington:

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

Opening a new branch?

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