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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Wolverhampton

Permanent freight forwarding and customs recruitment across the West Midlands.

West Midlands

A freight forwarding desk for Wolverhampton

We look for people who have worked your modes and lanes: air, sea, road, imports, exports or cross-trade.

Forwarding vacancies across the West Midlands come from automotive and manufacturing supply chains, national 3PLs and retail distribution centres. Each needs people who can handle the paperwork and the customer.

Opening a new branch or desk? We can recruit the manager and the operators together so it trades from day one.

Forwarding roles across the West Midlands support trade through the M54, M6 and A449, Birmingham Airport and Wolverhampton's rail connections.

Roles on our desk

Forwarding and customs roles

Air, sea, road and customs roles.

What you can expect

Forwarders who stay and grow accounts

Modes and lanes matched

Air, sea or road, import or export: we match forwarders to the work they have actually handled.

A shortlist you can use

A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.

New desks and branches

For a new branch or trade desk we can recruit the manager and the team together.

What good forwarders cost

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Wolverhampton

Indicative permanent salaries in Wolverhampton 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.

How it works

Our process, step by step

The search

We approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.

Technical screen

Modes, declarations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.

Settling in

We stay in touch through the first months as the new forwarder takes over accounts.

Your brief

Getting the brief right

Strong operators become account managers and branch managers. Hiring well now builds the next layer.

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
  • Imports, exports or cross-trade
  • Customs declarations the role will handle
  • Account ownership and any sales targets
Live vacancies

Permanent freight forwarding jobs in the West Midlands

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Forwarding FAQs

The detail

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.

How do you screen forwarding candidates?

We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.

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.

Do you also recruit transport planners?

Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.

Do you recruit branch managers?

Yes. For branch manager roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.

Keep reading

Related forwarding pages for Wolverhampton

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the West Midlands:

Other specialisms in Wolverhampton:

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

Replacing a forwarder who has left?

Submit your forwarding vacancy

Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.