Freight General Manager

Freight General Manager
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Working Pattern: Full-time, office-based
Salary £35000 – £55000 DOE

The Role

This is a senior operational leadership role for an experienced freight forwarding professional who understands the detail of road freight while also seeing the bigger commercial picture. The successful candidate will take responsibility for the smooth running of day-to-day operations while working alongside the Managing Director to drive profitable growth across the business. With the prospect of running the business.

With road freight at the core, this role oversees activity across UK and European transport, supported by sea and air services. You’ll be equally comfortable managing live shipments, negotiating rates, and making strategic decisions that improve efficiency, service, and margin.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and control the end-to-end freight forwarding operation, with road freight as the primary focus

• Maintain oversight of UK domestic and European road movements, ensuring service levels, compliance, and cost control

• Provide operational leadership across sea and air freight activities, ensuring integration between all modes

• Maximising profitability and negotiating with new clients and suppliers

• Work closely with the Managing Director to align operational performance with commercial objectives

• Drive margin improvement through effective pricing, supplier negotiation, and routing decisions

• Support and influence sales activity with strong operational insight and commercial realism

• Manage and develop the operations team, setting clear expectations and performance standards

• Identify and implement improvements to workflows, supplier usage, and service delivery

Experience & Skills Required

• Proven road freight experience is essential, including UK and European operations

• Demonstrable exposure to sea and air freight within a freight forwarding environment

• Strong operational knowledge of freight suppliers, hauliers, and forwarding networks

• Commercially astute with the ability to balance service delivery and profitability

• Confident negotiator with both customers and suppliers

• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to step into operational detail when required

• Highly organised, calm under pressure, and solutions-focused

• Clear communicator, able to explain operational and commercial decisions effectively

• Ambitios, accountable and motivated to grow with the business

• Must be based in West Yorkshire

Package & Benefits

• Salary: £35,000 – £55,000, dependent on experience

• Bonus structure linked to new business performance

• Company pension scheme

• 28 days holiday (including BH)

• Birthday off

• Gym membership

• Paid company social events

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