Leaders for ambient, chilled and e-commerce warehouses in and around Gloucester, recruited onto your payroll.
A new site manager changes the culture of a warehouse within weeks. Getting the hire right matters more than filling it fast.
From port handling to regional distribution, employers around Gloucester compete for experienced permanent logistics people across the South West. Across the South West, warehouse leaders are in demand at sites such as the Avonmouth and Severnside parks, the M4/M5 junction and the distribution sites along the M5.
A shift manager who leaves in the first year costs a search, a handover and months of lost momentum on the floor.
Across the South West, warehouse leaders are hired by grocery and retail distribution, port and import logistics, aerospace supply chains and national 3PLs.
Leadership roles across goods-in, storage, picking and despatch.
Most strong warehouse managers are not looking. We approach them with the details that would make them move.
For a new site or contract we can recruit the whole team, with start dates planned around go-live.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months in the job, while a new manager settles in.
Indicative permanent salaries in Gloucester run from around £28k for shift supervisors up to £55k+ for site and operations managers.
Warehouse pay in the South West moves with the size of the site, the shift pattern and the sector: nights and chilled operations usually pay more. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Volumes, systems, shift pattern, headcount and the problem the new leader needs to solve.
Site experience, results, safety approach and right to work checked, then a conversation about your operation.
A short list with notes on each candidate's scale, systems and results.
A leader who knows the site's history makes better decisions about people, layout and process.
Team leaders are often promoted from the floor. We recruit for both routes into management.
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 cover sites across the South West. Tell us the postcode and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit the general manager, shift managers and team leaders together, with start dates planned around go-live.
Yes. Tell us the automation on site so we look for leaders who have run a similar operation.
Permanent warehouse recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Gloucester:
See our national Warehouse Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Gloucester.
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