Permanent fulfilment managers, shift leaders and returns specialists for online retail operations in Felixstowe.
People who have run a fulfilment centre through peak are in demand every autumn. We approach them before the rush.
Felixstowe is the UK's largest container port, handling around a third of the country's containerised trade — the natural home of forwarding, customs and port-logistics talent. We recruit the fulfilment and returns leaders who keep online orders moving.
A fulfilment manager who leaves before peak hands the plan, the rota and the carrier relationships to someone new.
Fulfilment leadership roles across Suffolk & the Haven ports sit at sites such as the Port of Felixstowe, the A14 freight corridor and the Haven Gateway parks.
The people who run picking, packing, despatch and returns.
We ask what happened to accuracy, service and headcount at the candidate's last peak.
We confirm the WMS and any automation candidates have run, so there is no hidden learning curve.
For a new fulfilment centre or client launch we can recruit the leadership team together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Felixstowe run from around £28k for team leaders up to £60k+ for heads of fulfilment.
Heads of fulfilment earn well above shift managers. Large automated sites often pay more than smaller manual ones. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Order profile, volumes, systems, shifts and the problem the new leader must solve.
We approach strong candidates early, before peak makes a move impossible.
We arrange interviews and site tours, then brief each candidate so the visit is useful.
A permanent fulfilment leader learns your customers, your carriers and your peak. Each season they plan it better.
If a fulfilment role is hard to fill, we identify whether the shifts, the pay or the systems are the cause and tell you straight.
A strong fulfilment brief covers:
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As early as you can. Experienced fulfilment leaders are hard to move once peak planning starts, so tell us your timeline and we will plan the search around it.
Yes. We recruit returns and reverse logistics leaders who can process returns quickly and get stock back on sale.
Yes. We compare salary, shift allowance and bonus with current offers for similar fulfilment roles across the region.
Yes. We recruit for fulfilment operations across the East of England. Share the site postcode and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. Our warehouse desk recruits warehouse, shift and site managers for distribution operations.
E-commerce fulfilment recruitment elsewhere in the East of England:
Other specialisms in Felixstowe:
See our national E-commerce Fulfilment Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Felixstowe.
Tell us what a good peak looks like for you and we will find leaders who have delivered one.