Permanent operations managers, general managers and operations directors for logistics businesses in Swinton.
The right operations leader changes a site's culture in months. The wrong one does it in weeks.
Operations vacancies across Yorkshire come from retail and e-commerce DCs, regional 3PLs, manufacturing and port logistics. Each needs leaders who can hold service levels and margin at once.
A general manager who leaves in the first year unsettles the team, the client and the numbers at the same time.
With the M62, M1 and A1(M), Leeds Bradford and Doncaster Sheffield airports and the Humber ports at Hull and Immingham serving the region, operations leaders across Yorkshire often oversee sites that run national as well as regional work.
Permanent operations roles matched to site size, contract type and culture.
We ask how candidates built their management teams and what happened to staff turnover on their watch.
We benchmark salary, bonus, car allowance and pension against comparable leadership roles before the search.
Senior searches are run confidentially, whether you are replacing a leader or planning ahead.
Indicative permanent salaries in Swinton run from around £45k for operations managers up to £100k+ for operations directors.
An offer set at the market saves a second round of negotiation. We give you a current read on leadership pay before the search starts. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
We map the leaders running comparable operations within a realistic commute or relocation.
We arrange interviews, presentations and site visits, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We ask referees about results, leadership and how the candidate handled pressure.
Frequent changes at the top of a site show up in turnover, safety and service levels. Continuity steadies all three.
Many operations directors began as shift or site managers. We recruit at every step of that path.
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.
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. Senior searches can be run discreetly, including when the current post holder is still in place.
Yes. We recruit general managers and contract managers who run client contracts for third-party logistics providers.
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 Swinton:
See our national Operations Management Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Swinton.
Tell us what the next leader must fix and we will find people who have fixed it before.