The operators, clerks and managers who move Windermere freight door to door.
We look for people who have worked your modes and lanes: air, sea, road, imports, exports or cross-trade.
Forwarding vacancies across Cumbria come from chilled food distribution, defence and marine manufacturing, energy supply chains and Anglo-Scottish trunking operators. Each needs people who can handle the paperwork and the customer.
When the Windermere market is thin for forwarding talent, we look further along the commute and consider hybrid patterns for desk roles.
Forwarding roles across Cumbria support trade through the M6 and A66, the West Coast Main Line and the port of Workington.
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 Windermere run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Where the salary looks short of what forwarders are being offered, we say so before interviews start. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
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.
We stay in touch through the first months as the new forwarder takes over accounts.
A permanent forwarder builds relationships with your customers and carriers. That value grows with every shipment.
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 compare salary, commission and bonus with current offers for similar roles across the region.
Yes. Tell us the port or airport and we will look for people who know its routines.
Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the North West:
Other specialisms in Windermere:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Windermere.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.