Permanent operations managers, general managers and operations directors for logistics businesses in Dover.
We look for leaders who have run an operation of your size, type and complexity.
Sites such as the M3, M4 and M20 corridors and the airfreight hubs at Gatwick and Heathrow vary in scale and pace. We match leaders to the operation they will actually be running.
Contract logistics, retail distribution, parcel networks and manufacturing operations each need a different kind of leader.
With the M25, M3, M4, M20 and M23, Gatwick Airport and the ports at Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover serving the region, operations leaders across the South East often oversee sites that run national as well as regional work.
The people who own the service, the costs and the team.
Contract logistics, retail distribution, parcel or manufacturing: we match leaders to the model they have run.
Every operations screen covers the candidate's approach to health and safety.
We stay in touch through the first months as the new leader takes charge.
Indicative permanent salaries in Dover run from around £45k for operations managers up to £100k+ for operations directors.
We compare leadership offers with current roles of similar size and scope rather than old survey data. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
The operation, the P&L, the team, the client and the result the new leader must deliver.
We arrange interviews, presentations and site visits, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We help agree the package and stay in touch while the new leader takes charge.
A permanent operations leader builds a management team, a culture and a record with the client. That value grows each year they stay.
Operations leaders who leave early often cite unrealistic targets, little investment or a head office that interferes. We raise all three first.
A strong operations brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent operations managers, general managers and operations directors for businesses across the South East.
We look at the P&L, headcount and service levels they have been responsible for, their safety record and their right to work, then discuss your operation with them.
Yes. We cover operations across the South East and search beyond it for relocating candidates when the role needs it.
Yes. We recruit continuous improvement and lean managers who can show measurable changes on the sites they have worked.
Authority to decide, investment in the site, realistic targets and a package in line with the market.
Operations management recruitment elsewhere in the South East:
Other specialisms in Dover:
See our national Operations Management Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Dover.
Share the operation, the role and the package and we will give you a view of the Dover leadership market before the search starts.