Planners who protect service levels and working capital at the same time, recruited for Doncaster businesses.
Permanent supply chain hires should leave the plan better than they found it.
Businesses supplied through sites such as iPort Doncaster, the West Moor and Redhouse parks and the M18/A1(M) corridor depend on forecasts that hold up. We match planners to that pressure.
Building a planning team from scratch? We can recruit the analysts and the manager together so the cycle runs from month one.
The strongest supply chain candidates across South Yorkshire are usually already planning for businesses such as retail and e-commerce DCs, regional 3PLs, manufacturing and port logistics.
The people who forecast demand and the people who plan supply.
We ask candidates what happened to forecast accuracy, stock and service on their watch before we talk about their notice period.
Good planners change decisions. We ask for examples of decisions they changed and what it took.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your data.
Indicative permanent salaries in Doncaster run from around £32k for analysts up to £80k+ for heads of supply chain.
If the offer looks light against the planning market, you hear it from us before any interviews. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
A short list with notes on each candidate's sector, systems and results.
We ask referees about the planner's results and influence, not just dates.
We stay in touch through the first planning cycles and help resolve anything that comes up.
Planning improves with continuity. Frequent changes in the team show up in stock and service.
A realistic job description helps retention. We describe the systems and the data as they are, not as they will be.
A strong supply chain brief covers:
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We ask about the forecasts and plans they owned, the systems they used and the results that followed, then check right to work.
Yes. Tell us the office and site days you need and we will only approach candidates who can work that pattern.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar roles across the region.
Yes. We recruit inventory managers and controllers who can reduce stock without hurting service.
Yes. For senior roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.
Supply chain recruitment elsewhere in Yorkshire & the Humber:
Other specialisms in Doncaster:
See our national Supply Chain Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Doncaster.
One brief covers a single analyst or a whole planning team.