A partnership-led permanent recruitment desk for UK supply chain, logistics, manufacturing and procurement. Long briefs, properly vetted shortlists, one named consultant.
Agenda Partnership runs permanent recruitment for the UK industries that move things. Distribution centres, manufacturing plants, food and drink production, third-party logistics, automotive supply, packaging, e-commerce fulfilment. The roles range from team leaders on a 4-on / 4-off shift to operations directors with full P&L responsibility.
The team has run searches in this space for over a decade. We are based in Corby, Northamptonshire - the middle of the UK distribution corridor - and we work UK-wide. The Corby office is where the desk runs from, but our network is national.
The person who picks up your call runs your search end to end. No researcher in the back room. No handover when you sign the contract. The phone number you dial first is the phone number you dial all the way through to the day-90 check-in.
We sit in the briefing call long enough to understand the team, the manager, the shift pattern, the offer process, and the make-or-break qualities. The shortlist that comes back is built around what you told us, not what the market makes easy. We would rather take a fortnight to deliver three good candidates than a week to deliver eight average ones.
The same operations teams we serve live and die by paperwork. So do we. Right-to-work documents, FLT and CCNSG cards, IOSH or NEBOSH certificates, technical references and notice periods all confirmed before a CV reaches you.
Send CVs we have not vetted. Inflate salary expectations to win the brief. Pretend a candidate is two weeks away when we can see they are six. Pull a candidate from one of your competitors without their explicit, written consent. Run a search where we do not believe the salary band attracts a strong candidate.
Operations directors, plant managers, supply chain leads and HR business partners at UK industrial operators who want one named consultant who knows their business. SMEs, mid-market, and the UK arms of multinational manufacturers all sit comfortably with us. If you would rather a CV firehose, we are the wrong agency. If you would rather a steady, ranked shortlist that holds, we are exactly that.
Every permanent placement comes with a 12-week replacement guarantee. If a hire does not stay, we re-run the search at no additional fee. The terms are written into the engagement letter, not buried in T&Cs.