As leading eCommerce recruitment experts we know increasing levels of sophistication in UK consumer expectation, driven by continued growth in eCommerce and the resulting competitive response amongst retailers, has had a major impact on demand for logistics and supply chain professionals with the specific eCommerce skills and experience required. Traditional DC’s are evolving with many now using automation to support eCommerce fulfilment operations. Today’s logistics professionals increasingly need to understand WCS as well as WMS and can even find themselves responsible for engineering and control room departments along with automation software teams.
The result is a need for eCommerce leadership teams with a broader set of management qualities, knowledge and experience as well as the flexibility to adapt to a continually changing environment.
