Specialist sales recruitment across material handling, warehouse automation, storage solutions and supply chain technology. We find the commercial people who win and keep customers.
Thirteen markets, one talent shortage. A market-by-market read on the commercial side of European intralogistics, from the UK to Poland. Every figure is attributed to a named public source.
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+7%
Global warehouse automation order intake growth in 2025, with EMEA the strongest region to 2030
Source: Interact Analysis
19%
Forecast annual growth for mobile robots to 2030
Source: Interact Analysis
€5.4bn
Jungheinrich incoming orders in 2025, the scale of Europe's intralogistics OEMs
Source: Jungheinrich AG
The Challenge
We build relationships with them long before they are.
The commercial talent that wins work in intralogistics is in short supply. The people who can sell material handling, automation and storage solutions understand throughput, return on investment and integration risk. They know their worth, have options, and are rarely looking. Finding them takes deep networks and industry knowledge, not job adverts. Keeping them takes the right structure and a long-term relationship.
Evara is built for the businesses that want to hire properly. We know the industry, we know the people, and we approach the ones who fit.
What We Do
Mid to senior commercial hires.
Specialist intralogistics sales recruitment for the commercial people who carry the number. Evara runs dedicated, mapped search for mid to senior sales talent who understand technical buyers, long sales cycles and the way intralogistics deals are really won.
Directors, Heads of Sales and Managing Directors.
Confidential search for the leaders who build and run commercial functions, from the first senior sales hire to a full leadership team.
Competitor intelligence and talent insight.
A clear view of the talent landscape before you hire, so your next move is informed rather than reactive.
The Evara Growth Partnership
A strategic partnership for ambitious businesses that want more than recruitment. Led by Rich Evans.
For employers · Exclusive to Evara
Every person here is pre-vetted and represented exclusively by Evara. They are not active on the open market, not advertised on job boards, and not registered with any other agency. Each one is open to move, but only for the right opportunity.
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Senior individual contributor, Area Sales Manager levelNorth of England. Covers Yorkshire, the North West and the North East.
Available now for the right opportunity. One month notice, open to a structured handover.
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Senior Business Development ManagerMidlands. Works nationally, hybrid.
Available now for the right opportunity. One month notice.
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Key Account ManagerSouth East. Covers London and the Home Counties.
Available from August 2026 for the right opportunity. One month notice.
42 commercial and sales people, open to move for the right opportunity.
Markets We Serve
We focus on the businesses that move, store and automate goods, and on the commercial people who sell to them.
Forklift, lift truck and equipment businesses.
Automation, robotics and integration businesses.
Racking, shelving and storage systems.
WMS, software and supply chain platforms.
Where we work
Coverage
We place commercial and sales talent right across the UK and mainland Europe, from Yorkshire and the South East to the Polish and Central European, Benelux, DACH, French and Nordic intralogistics hubs.
United Kingdom
Mainland Europe
The Method
Seven steps that turn a brief into a hire who is still there two years on, doing what they said they would.
A written scorecard with outcomes, package and behaviours, signed off by the hiring manager before any outreach.
Prevents: A search built on a job title and a guess.
A bespoke EVP and opportunity pack: role narrative, growth story, comp benchmark, day-in-the-life and CEO or MD note, wrapped in a digital attraction campaign.
Prevents: A standout passive operator binning a generic recruiter message.
A named long-list of where the right operators actually sit, including the strong ones who are not on the market.
Prevents: A shortlist drawn from whoever happened to be applying.
A first conversation framed around your commercial brief, not a generic pitch, so the wrong fits drop out early.
Prevents: A pipeline of polished CVs with no commercial intent.
A structured assessment of pipeline ownership, leadership and motivation, scored against the scorecard agreed in step one.
Prevents: A hire who interviews well but cannot carry a number.
Three to five candidates presented with strengths, risks and cultural fit, supported through to signed offer and start date.
Prevents: A CV flood followed by a rushed offer.
Offer design that holds against a counter, a 30-60-90 plan agreed before day one, and check-ins at day 30, 60 and 90 with both the hire and the hiring leader.
Prevents: A strong hire quietly drifting in their first quarter because nobody owned the landing.
Meet the team
Evara is a small, senior team built entirely around intralogistics. Recruitment, revenue strategy, research and marketing under one roof, each focused on what it adds for you.
Co-Owner and Head of Recruitment
Leads every commercial search. Eleven years inside Toyota Material Handling mean she knows exactly what a strong sales or commercial hire looks like, and how to secure the people who drive your growth.
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Co-Owner and Commercial Director / Revenue Strategy
With nearly two decades in commercial leadership and multiple businesses built from scratch, including an MBO exit, Rich helps ambitious owners build the whole revenue engine, not just fill roles. His Revenue Engine Audit makes a business easier to grow, easier to scale and ultimately more valuable.
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Head of Research & Data
Builds the market maps and talent intelligence behind every search, so you know where the right commercial people sit before a search even begins.
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Fractional CMO
Drives the industry intelligence, content and campaigns that reach the best hard-to-find talent, and make your employer brand stand out to people who are not actively looking.
Meet the team →Testimonials
"Our Sales Manager role had been live for six months, both internally and through other agencies, with nothing to show for it. Evara quickly came back with three solid options who actually understood our market. A completely different experience."
Sales Director
Material handling equipment business
"What stood out was how well Evara know intralogistics. The shortlist was short, relevant and properly briefed, so we spent our time meeting the right people rather than sifting through CVs."
Head of Sales
Warehouse automation supplier
"Rich recently spent the day with our leadership team mapping out our revenue engine. He challenged how we sell, where we were leaving money on the table and what to fix first. We left with a clear, practical plan the whole team could get behind."
Managing Director
Materials handling dealer, North of England
Featured roles
Each month we build a free, confidential market map and salary benchmark for five intralogistics businesses that are serious about hiring the best commercial people. No cost, no pitch, no obligation.
Claim your market map →Intralogistics insights
Sector feature
Female Leaders to Watch in Material Handling
A curated, sourced watch list of women leading across materials handling, from the forklift OEMs, dealers and automation firms to the sector's trade bodies.
Sector feature
Influential Commercial Leaders
A curated list of the sales and commercial leaders shaping intralogistics across the UK and Europe.
A sales hire, a leadership appointment, or a clear view of the talent market. Tell us where you are and we will tell you honestly how we would approach it.
Specialist commercial search for the intralogistics industry. We reply within one working day.
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