forwarding manager

Forwarding managers plan and organise cargo shipments within national and international areas. They communicate with carriers and negotiate the best way to send the cargo to its destination which can be a single customer or a point of distribution. Forwarding managers act as experts in supply chain management. They know and apply the rules and regulations for each specific type of cargo and communicate the conditions and costs to the clients.

The most in-demand skills for this role include supply chain management, manage freight payment methods, non vessel operating common carrier regulations, oversee shipment routing, implement short term objectives, prepare bills of lading. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives forwarding manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.