Aspion is a multi-specialist recruitment consultancy UK. We offer permanent recruitment, temporary recruitment, and contract recruitment solutions in transport & logistics, metals, supply chain, manufacturing, and finance.
We also act as a recruitment agency in the UK and deliver specialist recruitment services to clients. Our search & selection team handles executive roles, and our talent acquisition experts build long-term recruitment strategies.
Our team covers major UK regions and stays closely aligned with market trends. We focus on quality and fast delivery.
What Is a Recruitment Consultancy?
Definition of a Recruitment Consultancy
A recruitment consultancy matches employers with candidates. It guides hiring managers through job definition, advertising, and candidate selection. A recruitment consultancy may also offer salary guidance and interview support and provide candidates with strategies to land an entry-level job you’ll love.
Role of Recruitment Consultancies in Talent Acquisition
Recruitment consultancies improve hiring speed and fit. They use networks, industry knowledge, and market data to find suitable candidates. They screen candidates to save clients time and advise on market salaries.
Our permanent recruitment service fills long-term roles across industries. Our temporary recruitment team sources staff for short assignments. Our contract recruitment offering supports project and interim needs with flexible staffing.
Search & Selection and Talent Acquisition Services
Our search & selection service identifies top candidates for critical roles. Our talent acquisition experts create processes to build talent pipelines and support growth. We follow proven methods and clear screening steps.
Which Specialisms Do We Cover?
We cover roles in finance, supply chain, and manufacturing. We work with finance recruitment agencies and focus on supply chain recruitment and manufacturing recruitment. We place roles for accountants, logistics managers, and production engineers across multiple UK locations.
Why use a specialist recruitment agency ?
How Sector Expertise Speeds Time-to-Hire
A specialist recruitment agency offers deep sector knowledge. We match roles faster and cut vacancy time. Our sector expertise guides market insights and reduces hiring risk. Aspion has a 96% retention fill rate and averages 16 days to hire.
How to Choose the Right Recruitment Agency?
Key Criteria for Evaluating Recruitment Agencies
Evaluate industry expertise, service range, and track record. Look at response times and communication quality. Ask about success metrics and fill rates.
Which specialisms do we cover ?
Business Services
Our business services recruitment team fills roles in administration, human resources, customer service, and project support. We draw on market data to match candidates with clients in office, shared services, and support functions.
Our operations recruitment service places production supervisors, process managers, and operations coordinators. We use our network to find professionals who improve efficiency and drive team performance.
Sales & marketing recruitment identifies account managers, digital marketing executives, and brand specialists. We screen for communication skills and proven results to boost growth.
Transport & logistics recruitment covers planners, dispatchers, and warehouse supervisors. We match candidates with firms in distribution, delivery, and freight management under supply chain & logistics.
Our driving recruitment team sources HGV, LGV and delivery drivers. We verify licences, check safety records, and confirm availability for peak or ongoing needs.
Our metals & engineering recruitment team places design engineers, fabricators, and maintenance technicians. We work with firms in steel, fabrication, and precision engineering to find skilled talent.
Our finance & accountancy recruitment service fills roles for accountants, auditors, and financial analysts. We place candidates in firms that include corporate finance, practice, and transactional teams.
Our supply chain recruitment experts focus on buyers, planners, and logistics coordinators. We match candidates who manage inventory, sourcing, and supplier relationships.
Our manufacturing recruitment team sources operators, supervisors, and engineers for production lines. We partner with manufacturers in food, automotive, and electronics to fill roles quickly.
Transport Planner
Wrexham, North Wales
£32,000 - £34,000 + Overtime (£38,500 inclusive of OT)
4 on 4 off, Nights, 18:00 - 06:00
Aspion Logistics is recruiting an experienced Transport Planner to join an established and growing transport and logistics business.
This is an excellent opportunity for a transport professional to join a busy planning operation, taking responsibility for coordinating vehicle movements, allocating drivers and trailers, and ensuring customer requirements are met efficiently and on time.
Working closely with drivers, customers and depot teams, the successful candidate will play a key role in maximising fleet utilisation, maintaining service levels and ensuring compliance with transport legislation.
What's On Offer;
- Basic Salary: £34,000 per annum.
- Potential Earnings: £38,670 per annum, inclusive of additional holiday shift cover
- 4 on 4 off shift pattern, 06:00 - 18:00.
- Company pension scheme.
- Life assurance.
- Health and wellbeing programme.
- Free on-site parking.
- Career development opportunities within a growing business.
The Candidate;
- Previous experience as a Transport Planner, Traffic Planner or Transport Coordinator within a busy transport operation.
- Experience within a general haulage transport operation is highly desirable
- Strong geographical knowledge and experience planning routes and vehicle movements.
- Good understanding of drivers' hours, tachograph regulations and transport compliance.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to make effective decisions under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Confident IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and transport management systems.
- Experience using Mandata or similar planning software would be advantageous.
- Transport Manager CPC qualification desirable but not essential.
Duties and Responsibilities;
- Plan and coordinate daily vehicle, trailer and driver movements to meet customer requirements.
- Allocate transport resources effectively, maximising fleet utilisation and operational efficiency.
- Monitor deliveries, collections and driver progress, responding to any operational challenges.
- Liaise with drivers, customers and internal departments to ensure a smooth transport operation.
- Work collaboratively with other depots to optimise vehicle movements and available resources.
- Ensure compliance with drivers' hours regulations, Working Time Directive and transport legislation.
- Monitor vehicle and trailer availability, maintenance schedules and operational requirements.
- Support the achievement of customer service, fleet utilisation and cost efficiency targets.
- Maintain accurate planning records and update transport management systems.
If you have Transport Planner experience and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply via the link.
At Aspion, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your data - These can be viewed on our website.
ASPLOG
Transport Planner
Wrexham, North Wales
£32,000 - £34,000 + Overtime (£38,500 inclusive of OT)
4 on 4 off, Days, 06:00 - 18:00
Aspion Logistics is recruiting an experienced Transport Planner to join an established and growing transport and logistics business.
This is an excellent opportunity for a transport professional to join a busy planning operation, taking responsibility for coordinating vehicle movements, allocating drivers and trailers, and ensuring customer requirements are met efficiently and on time.
Working closely with drivers, customers and depot teams, the successful candidate will play a key role in maximising fleet utilisation, maintaining service levels and ensuring compliance with transport legislation.
What's On Offer;
- Basic Salary: £34,000 per annum.
- Potential Earnings: £38,670 per annum, inclusive of additional holiday shift cover
- 4 on 4 off shift pattern, 06:00 - 18:00.
- Company pension scheme.
- Life assurance.
- Health and wellbeing programme.
- Free on-site parking.
- Career development opportunities within a growing business.
The Candidate;
- Previous experience as a Transport Planner, Traffic Planner or Transport Coordinator within a busy transport operation.
- Experience within a general haulage transport operation is highly desirable
- Strong geographical knowledge and experience planning routes and vehicle movements.
- Good understanding of drivers' hours, tachograph regulations and transport compliance.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to make effective decisions under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Confident IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and transport management systems.
- Experience using Mandata or similar planning software would be advantageous.
- Transport Manager CPC qualification desirable but not essential.
Duties and Responsibilities;
- Plan and coordinate daily vehicle, trailer and driver movements to meet customer requirements.
- Allocate transport resources effectively, maximising fleet utilisation and operational efficiency.
- Monitor deliveries, collections and driver progress, responding to any operational challenges.
- Liaise with drivers, customers and internal departments to ensure a smooth transport operation.
- Work collaboratively with other depots to optimise vehicle movements and available resources.
- Ensure compliance with drivers' hours regulations, Working Time Directive and transport legislation.
- Monitor vehicle and trailer availability, maintenance schedules and operational requirements.
- Support the achievement of customer service, fleet utilisation and cost efficiency targets.
- Maintain accurate planning records and update transport management systems.
If you have Transport Planner experience and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply via the link.
At Aspion, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your data - These can be viewed on our website.
ASPLOG
Expeditor
Location: West Midlands
Salary: £27,000-£28,000
Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.
Reference: ASPLIV
Our client, an established business operating within the fastener industry, is looking for an organised and proactive Expeditor to join their team.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career within manufacturing, engineering or supply chain. No previous experience is required, as full training will be provided.
The successful candidate will play an important role in ensuring orders are progressed efficiently, working closely with suppliers, customers and internal departments to monitor delivery schedules, resolve delays and keep operations running smoothly.
We're looking for someone with excellent communication skills, strong organisational abilities and the confidence to manage conversations with suppliers and customers, including when dealing with delays or outstanding orders.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and track customer orders, ensuring delivery schedules are maintained.
- Liaise with suppliers to obtain updates on outstanding orders and expected delivery dates.
- Proactively chase delayed or overdue orders to minimise disruption.
- Communicate delivery updates and potential delays to internal departments and customers.
- Build and maintain positive working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Identify potential issues with orders and work proactively to find solutions.
- Manage multiple orders and priorities simultaneously, ensuring nothing is overlooked.
- Maintain accurate records of order progress, delivery dates and supplier communications.
- Follow up on outstanding actions and ensure issues are escalated where necessary.
- Support the wider team with general administrative and coordination duties.
Requirements
- No previous expediting experience is required, with full training provided.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Confident communicator, comfortable chasing suppliers and having challenging conversations when required.
- Resilient and assertive, with the confidence to follow up on outstanding actions and hold people accountable.
- Able to remain professional and composed when dealing with difficult situations or competing priorities.
- A proactive approach with the ability to use initiative and resolve problems.
- Good attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change.
- A positive attitude, willingness to learn and a strong work ethic.
Package
- £27,000-£28,000 depending on level of experience
- Opportunity to join an established business within the fastener industry.
- Full training and support provided.
- Excellent opportunity to develop a career within the industry.
- Monday to Friday 37 hours per week.
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holiday
To Contact Direct:
Daniel Barnett
Managing Consultant
0151 209 2050
daniel.barnett@aspion.co.uk
At Aspion, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion, and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store, and handle your data - these can be viewed on our website.
Q: What is a multi-specialist recruitment consultancy?
A: A multi-specialist recruitment consultancy like Aspion offers tailored staffing services across multiple sectors such as finance, supply chain, and manufacturing.
Q: Why use a specialist recruitment agency in the UK?
A: Specialist recruitment agencies have deep market insight and networks to source top talent efficiently, reducing time-to-hire and improving candidate fit.
Q: How to choose the right recruitment consultancy for your business?
A: Consider factors like industry expertise, service range, track record, and personalised service to ensure alignment with hiring needs.
Q: What recruitment services does Aspion provide?
A: Aspion provides search & selection, permanent, temporary, and contract recruitment solutions across multiple specialist sectors.
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