Logistics & Supply Chain gtm recruitment in Blackburn
RevOps, sales engineering and partnerships hires for supply-chain SaaS vendors. On the ground in Blackburn and across the wider North West logistics & supply chain cluster.
Blackburn's commercial fabric is built on a deep manufacturing heritage that has modernised into a diverse industrial economy. The Whitebirk and Walker Park industrial zones, the Cathedral Quarter and Town Centre regeneration, and the Furthergate and Shadsworth manufacturing belts host a substantial concentration of food and drink, industrial engineering, aerospace tier-two and packaging employers. Blackburn-Darwen unitary authority's investment in business space and the proximity to the M65 / M6 junction have also drawn in distribution, e-commerce fulfilment and a growing community of B2B SaaS and industrial-tech businesses serving the East Lancashire manufacturing base.
Blackburn's logistics commercial story is dominated by EG Group's national-scale convenience retail supply-chain function and a wider East Lancashire distribution belt anchored on the M65 / M6 junction. The combination of buyer-side category and supply-chain commercial roles at EG Group and seller-side 3PL and cold-chain commercial roles makes Blackburn a uniquely complete East Lancashire logistics commercial market.
EG Group (Blackburn HQ)
Convenience retail supply chain
Blackburn-headquartered global convenience retail group with one of the largest in-house supply-chain commercial functions in the North West.
Frasers Group (Shirebrook adjacency, Blackburn distribution)
Retail distribution
Major distribution and fulfilment commercial presence within the Blackburn / East Lancashire belt.
Booker / Tesco (Haydock and East Lancs distribution)
Wholesale logistics
Substantial East Lancashire commercial logistics footprint serving the Blackburn corridor.
Holland's Pies (distribution)
FMCG cold-chain
Heritage Lancashire food brand with a Blackburn-area cold-chain commercial team.
Logistics commercial supply is healthy across the M62 corridor at SDR, AE and KAM level. Senior commercial leadership is more concentrated and most strong candidates are passive and embedded in long equity packages, particularly in PE-backed 3PL groups.
Logistics commercial salaries in the North run broadly in line with industrial manufacturing for equivalent seats. Supply-chain SaaS roles attract a mild premium where the buyer-side profile is enterprise.
Blackburn salary nuance
Blackburn logistics commercial salaries run broadly in line with Manchester for equivalent senior 3PL and supply-chain seats, with EG Group-trained category and supply-chain commercial leaders commanding the regional benchmark when moving into wider UK and international convenience-retail roles.
Blackburn Station gives direct services to Preston (20 min) and onward to Manchester (70 min). The M65 connects east to Burnley and west to the M6 at Preston, with the M61 giving direct access to Bolton and Greater Manchester.
How we work
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Before we recruit, we pressure-test the role itself against your GTM operating model. Many businesses ask for a GTM Engineer when they actually need a RevOps Lead, or vice versa. This step saves a six-figure mis-hire.
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We build a role scorecard that captures cross-functional accountabilities (sales, marketing, finance, product) and the systems environment the person will own (CRM, MAP, data warehouse, attribution).
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GTM talent is concentrated in a narrow set of scale-ups and consultancies. We map it deliberately, including in your region, and approach passive candidates with a clear narrative about the problem to be solved.
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Two screens: one commercial (impact delivered, cross-functional credibility, business judgement) and one technical (tooling fluency, data literacy, systems design where relevant).
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Considered shortlist plus a 30-60-90 integration plan. GTM hires fail when they are dropped into an unclear matrix without authority. We build the authority lines into the offer.
FAQs
Yes. We work both sides of the market and understand how 3PL operators buy supply-chain SaaS, which materially shapes the commercial profile required on both sides.
Blackburn offers one of the most diverse manufacturing economies in the North West (food and drink, aerospace supply, industrial engineering, packaging, coatings) supported by major anchors such as BAE Systems Samlesbury, EG Group, WEC Group and Graham & Brown. Cost base sits significantly below Manchester for equivalent commercial seats and the East Lancashire catchment delivers a deep technical-sales pool.
Food and drink manufacturing, aerospace and defence supply (with BAE Systems Samlesbury adjacent), industrial engineering, packaging and coatings, distribution and convenience retail (anchored by EG Group), plus a growing layer of industrial software serving the East Lancashire manufacturing base.
Email Rachel Lunn and the team. We will reply within one working day with a Blackburn-specific logistics & supply chain market read for the role you have in mind.
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