AGV, AMR & Robotics sector

AGV, AMR & Robotics recruitment and market mapping across the North.

Robotics is the fastest moving part of warehouse automation. Automated guided vehicles, autonomous mobile robots, goods to person systems and robotic picking are changing how warehouses operate, and the businesses selling them compete hard for a small pool of people who can sell complex, high-value, consultative solutions. Evara recruits the commercial talent who manage long sales cycles, work with technical and operational stakeholders, and turn robotics capability into measurable customer value.

Why Evara for agv, amr & robotics.

Selling robotics is consultative, technical and high stakes. The best people understand throughput, return on investment, integration risk and the operational pressures their customers live with, and they can hold credible conversations from the warehouse floor to the boardroom. Evara is a UK intralogistics commercial recruiter that knows this market and the people in it, and we screen for solution sellers who can carry a long, complex deal rather than transactional closers.

Typical roles we hire and advise on

Business Development Manager (Robotics and AMR)Solution Sales ManagerPre-sales and Solutions ConsultantApplication EngineerKey Account Manager (Automation)Sales EngineerSales Director (Automation)Commercial Director

Anchor employers in the Northern agv, amr & robotics market

Dematic

Warehouse automation and robotics

Provider of automation systems and mobile robotics, part of the KION Group.

AutoStore

Cube storage robotics

Manufacturer of cube-based automated storage and retrieval robotics.

Geekplus

Autonomous mobile robots

Provider of autonomous mobile robots and goods to person systems.

Exotec

Warehouse robotics

Manufacturer of the Skypod robotic goods to person system.

Locus Robotics

Autonomous mobile robots

Provider of autonomous mobile robots for warehouse fulfilment.

Mobile Industrial Robots

Autonomous mobile robots

Manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots for internal transport, part of Teradyne.

Swisslog

Warehouse automation and robotics

Provider of robotics and automation systems, part of the KUKA group.

Honeywell

Warehouse automation and robotics

Provider of warehouse automation and robotics through its intelligrated and automation business.

Daifuku

Warehouse automation

Global provider of automated material handling and automation systems.

Talent pool and working patterns

Robotics commercial talent is scarce and highly sought after. The strongest people combine solution selling with genuine technical fluency, and they often move between automation OEMs, integrators and the more established materials handling businesses building out robotics propositions. Pre-sales and solutions consultants are an especially thin pool. Because the candidates are so visible and in demand, confidential, well-briefed approaches are essential, and many of the best hires come from passive talent rather than active applicants.

Salary notes

Pay in AGV, AMR and robotics is driven by deal size, the length and complexity of the sales cycle, and the technical depth required to win. Solution sellers and pre-sales consultants who can carry large, multi-stakeholder capital projects command more than transactional sellers. Reward typically reflects the long cycle, often with commission weighted to closed and delivered projects, and rises with the seniority of the stakeholders engaged and the scale of the solutions sold.

Yorkshire

Yorkshire angle

Yorkshire's concentration of large distribution centres and fulfilment operations along the M62 and M1 makes it a natural market for warehouse robotics. The logistics clusters around Leeds, Wakefield, Doncaster and Sheffield host the kind of high-throughput operations that invest in automation, which supports demand for robotics commercial talent across the region.

North West

North West angle

The North West is a major fulfilment and distribution region, served by the M6 and M62 and the Port of Liverpool. Large warehousing operations around Manchester, Warrington and the wider motorway network are exactly the customers robotics businesses target, and the region offers a credible base of commercial and technical talent for automation roles.

FAQs

AGV, AMR & Robotics recruitment: common questions.

What robotics roles does Evara recruit?+

Business development and solution sales managers, pre-sales and solutions consultants, application and sales engineers, key account managers, and sales leadership up to Commercial Director, for AGV, AMR, goods to person and robotic picking businesses.

Why is robotics sales hiring so competitive?+

The pool of people who can sell complex, high-value robotics solutions is small, and the candidates are highly visible and in demand. Winning the best of them needs confidential, well-briefed approaches rather than advertising.

Do you recruit pre-sales and solutions consultants?+

Yes. Pre-sales and solutions consultants are central to winning robotics deals and are one of the scarcest parts of the market, so they are a core part of our work in this segment.

Can Evara help an automation business build a UK commercial team?+

Yes. We support automation OEMs, integrators and robotics businesses building or scaling UK commercial functions, from individual solution sellers to full sales and pre-sales teams and the leadership above them.

Talk to us about agv, amr & robotics.

Email Rachel Lunn and the Evara team. We will reply within one working day with a sector-specific market read for the role you have in mind.

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