Warehouse recruitment for Exeter operators who need leaders to hit pick rates, accuracy and safety targets year after year.
A new site manager changes the culture of a warehouse within weeks. Getting the hire right matters more than filling it fast.
Distribution sites across Devon & Cornwall are served by the A30, the A38, the A390, the M5 as far as Exeter and the ports at Plymouth and Falmouth. Good managers weigh the commute and the shift as carefully as the salary.
A shift manager who leaves in the first year costs a search, a handover and months of lost momentum on the floor.
Across Devon & Cornwall, warehouse leaders are hired by food and drink and agri-food processing, marine and port logistics, tourism-driven retail distribution and regional hauliers.
Leadership roles across goods-in, storage, picking and despatch.
We ask candidates what they improved on their last site before we ask about their notice period.
Most strong warehouse managers are not looking. We approach them with the details that would make them move.
A short list of people who fit the site, each with notes on scale, systems and results.
Indicative permanent salaries in Exeter run from around £28k for shift supervisors up to £55k+ for site and operations managers.
A clear, competitive offer shortens the search. We give you a current read on pay for the role before it goes live. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
We map the sites within a realistic commute and the people running them.
We arrange interviews and site visits, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We help agree salary, shift allowance and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
An empty leadership seat costs more than the advert: overtime, agency spend and pressure on the rest of the team.
A realistic job description helps retention. We describe the site as it runs on a normal week, not the best one.
A strong warehouse brief covers:
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Site and warehouse managers, operations and shift managers, team leaders, inventory and stock control leads, goods-in and despatch leads, continuous improvement managers and health and safety managers.
We check the sites they have run, the volumes and systems they managed, their safety approach and right to work, then talk to each candidate about your operation.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and shift allowance with current offers for similar sites across the region.
Yes. We can recruit the general manager, shift managers and team leaders together, with start dates planned around go-live.
Yes. We recruit health and safety managers and advisers who know warehouse and materials-handling risks.
Permanent warehouse recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Exeter:
See our national Warehouse Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Exeter.
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