From site operations managers to regional directors, we find permanent leaders in Doncaster with results they can explain.
Operations leaders are judged on service, cost, safety and the people who choose to stay. We recruit leaders who can show all four.
Doncaster is one of the UK's fastest-growing logistics hubs, home to iPort — a 6 million sq ft rail-connected logistics park on the M18. Across South Yorkshire, operations leaders are needed at sites such as iPort Doncaster, the West Moor and Redhouse parks and the M18/A1(M) corridor.
A general manager who leaves in the first year unsettles the team, the client and the numbers at the same time.
Leadership demand across South Yorkshire follows retail and e-commerce DCs, regional 3PLs, manufacturing and port logistics.
Site, contract, regional and improvement leadership roles.
We ask how candidates built their management teams and what happened to staff turnover on their watch.
For contract logistics roles we look for leaders who have kept and grown a client relationship, not just hit the service levels.
We benchmark salary, bonus, car allowance and pension against comparable leadership roles before the search.
Indicative permanent salaries in Doncaster run from around £45k for operations managers up to £100k+ for operations directors.
Bonus structures matter at this level. We check how each candidate's current bonus is calculated so the comparison is fair. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
A short list of leaders, each with notes on scale, results and leadership style.
We ask referees about results, leadership and how the candidate handled pressure.
We help agree the package and stay in touch while the new leader takes charge.
Strong operations managers become general managers and then directors. Hiring well builds that bench.
When a leadership role is hard to fill, we identify whether the package, the location or the brief is the obstacle and say so.
A strong operations brief covers:
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Operations and general managers, site and regional operations managers, operations directors, heads of operations, contract managers, continuous improvement managers and mobilisation managers.
Yes. We recruit general managers and contract managers who run client contracts for third-party logistics providers.
Yes. We can recruit the general manager and senior team together, timed to the contract start.
Yes. Our warehouse desk recruits warehouse managers, shift managers and team leaders.
Yes. Tell us the sites and the travel involved so we approach leaders who want that kind of role.
Operations management recruitment elsewhere in Yorkshire & the Humber:
Other specialisms in Doncaster:
See our national Operations Management Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Doncaster.
Begin with the essentials: the operation, the P&L and the start date.