Supply Chain & Logistics
Planning, procurement and operations for businesses that move product at scale.
Our view of this market
Our supply chain desk covers demand and supply planning, procurement and category management, logistics and distribution operations, and the trade compliance work that has become considerably more complicated since 2021.
Clients here fall into two groups: manufacturers trying to build genuine planning capability rather than running on spreadsheets, and distribution businesses scaling operations faster than their processes allow. Both need people who can hold detail and drive change, and both routinely underestimate how few of those there are.
Customs and trade compliance is the acute shortage. The regulatory workload increased permanently and the pool of people who genuinely understand it did not grow to match, which keeps salaries in that niche moving well ahead of the wider function.
What we recruit
Planning
Demand Planner
Supply Planner
S&OP Manager
Inventory Manager
Materials Planner
Procurement
Category Manager
Strategic Buyer
Procurement Manager
Supplier Development Engineer
Head of Procurement
Logistics and compliance
Logistics Manager
Distribution Centre Manager
Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist
Transport Planner
Head of Supply Chain
Open roles in this sector
/Sector lead
Principal Consultant, Supply Chain & Logistics
Where we place in this sector
A search we ran in this sector
Ruth wrote the job descriptions with us rather than for us, and that is the reason the hires worked.
Michael Verrall, Operations Director, Verrall Distribution
12 days
average time to shortlist
5
new planning roles built
£2.1m
working capital released
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