Welcome to Forward Prospects

'The Freight Recruitment Specialists'

Forward Prospects offers high quality recruitment solutions to the rapidly evolving international freight and logistics industry.  Over the last 3 decades, Forward Prospects has grown to become one of the leading and most respected recruitment specialists in the country.  Widely recognised by the major freight and logistics operators, Forward Prospects has built a firm reputation founded on quality of service and ethics.

Forward Prospects is part of the Logistics Partnership LLP, the market leading supply chain recruitment and staffing specialist. Our specialism allows us to offer a complete range of services that will improve the performance of your business.

STOP PRESS:   LATEST VACANCIES   

The following is a selection of vacancies that have recently been registered with us.

Please call or email for further details.

Updated Friday  28th October  2011

Ref 38120                      Kent                           Import Seafreight Clerk                        £22-£24K  

Ref 38553                      Birmingham                 Roadfreight Operations Clerk               £18-£20K

Ref 38435                      Norfolk                        Forwarding Co-ordinator                      £20-£25K

Ref 38601                      Heathrow                    Sales Manager - Air & Sea                  £negotiable

Ref 38557                      West Midlands            Business Development Manager          c£30K+bonus+car  

Ref 37417                      Birmingham area         Seafreight Import Planner                    to £22K 

Ref 38108                      Bristol                        Export Airfreight Supervisor                  £negotiable

Ref 36373                      Gtr Manchester           Export Clerk                                       £17-£20K

Ref 36981                      Lincoln                       Sales & Admin Support                       £15K

Ref 36982                      Essex                        Ocean Export Clerk                             up to £19K

Ref 36983                      Essex                        Internal Sales                                      to £22K

Ref 36984                      Birmingham                Internal Sales                                      to £21K

Ref 27611                      West Yorks                Account Manager                                up to £40K  

Ref 37007                      Heathrow                    Export Team Leader - Nights                up to £30K

Ref 36899                      Staffs                         Ocean Export  Operator                       to £22K

Ref 36641                      Manchester                 Inside Sales Support                           £18K + comm

Ref 36607                      Birmingham                 Air Freight Clerk                                 £21K                       

Ref 36486                      Manchester                 Air Import Clerk                                  £16 - £19K

Ref 36485                      Manchester                 Air Export Clerk                                 £16 - £19K

Ref 36373                      Manchester                 Roadfreight Export Clerk                     up to £20K

Ref 36372                      Manchester                 Air Freight Export Clerk                       £20K

Ref 36357                      Manchester                 Ocean Export Clerk                            £18 - £20K

Ref 36489                      Heathrow                    Air Freight Sales Execs                       to £35K

Ref 36121                      West Yorks                Road Freight Operator                         up to £25K

Ref 36108                      Manchester                Air Export Clerk                                  £18K

Ref 36050                      Manchester                Air Import Clerk                                   up to £23K 

Ref 35950                      West Yorkshire           Sea Freight Sales Exec                       to £40K

Ref 35742                      South Birmingham       Ops Clerk - Euro Roadfreight               £18K - £25K 

Ref 35536                      Manchester                 Branch Manager - Air                         to £55K + car

Ref 35346                      Heathrow                    Export Clerk - Air/Ocean                     to £20K

Ref 35112                      W Midands                 Euro Roadfreight Sales                        £neg

Ref 35437                      W London                   Ocean Freight Coordinator                   to £24K

Ref 35334                      Middlesex                   Import Clerk Air/Ocean                        £22K

Ref 35235                      Heathrow                    Import/Export Clerk                             £20K - £25K

Ref 35008                      Birmingham                Temp Import/Export Clerk                    to £25K pro rata

Ref 35126                      Bristol                        Ocean Import Clerk                             £18K - £26K

Re 34024                      Hertfordshire                Sales Support Exec - freight                c £26K + bonus

Ref 31384                      Middlesex                   Field Sales Exec                                to £45K + car 

12/4/11   NEWS ITEM;  

OLDER WORKERS IN FREIGHT - AN INSIGHT FROM ANDY RIMINGTON

 Click through to the following topical article !     http://www.mvp-search.com/news/new/0/1774/

Featured Jobs

Sales Executive – Road Transport, £25,000 - £32,000 +car Our client is a progressive company operating in the international freight forwarding sector. They are looking to further develop the international road freight side of the business. The successful candidate will have: • Strong business development experience in logistics • Good understanding of the road freight sector • Excellent commercial skills, target oriented. The successful candidate will have worked in freight sales, parcels or express courier sector.

Freight Sales Support Executive, £26K + bonus Our client provides international transport solutions by air, road and sea to exporters and importers throughout the UK. The Sales Support Executive will work in a busy trading environment supporting the sales effort with customer quotations and calculations and liaising with transport and shipping operators on rates negotiations, striking deals and winning orders for the operations team to plan and coordinate. He/she should be a good team player with a confident telephone manner and enthusiasm. In order to succeed in this role the selected candidate will be experienced in freight forwarding, preferably sea freight or air freight, or possibly European road freight. Our client may also consider candidates from an export sales background. Accuracy and attention to details are necessary in order to complete the administration of KPIs.

Freight Executive, 13000 Our client is seeking a Polish speaking administrator to negotiate with transport companies price availability and place purchase orders. • To utilise the MULTIFREIGHT computerised system for group age consolidation and trailer profitability. • To arrange cargo collections and to notify relevant warehouse of cargo arrival. • To prepare cargo loading manifest for group age and to fax same to the international trading warehouse and also to the port agent for export documentation preparation. • To fax group age trailer manifest to destination agent showing all cargo details such as terms of sale, customs clearance, delivery. • To prepare the appropriate export documents for the transporter and the Client. • To be aware of Customers credit limits and only to sell within these terms and not to put the Company at risk. • To invoice all Clients those jobs booked by the Route Executive. • To make ferry bookings as appropriate whilst not putting the Company at risk by only booking ferries when the transporters’ account is in credit to the value of that booking. The ideal candidate will have a freight background with excellent English and Polish speaking skills.