Distribution Centre & Logistics Manager

Location: St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Salary: Not specified
Job Type: Perm
Sector: Engineering & Manufacturing
Date Posted: 11 November 2026
Reference: 56133

About The Role

The One Group

Distribution Centre & Logistics Manager | St Ives, Cambridgeshire

An opportunity to lead the distribution operation behind some of the biggest names in golf

I’m recruiting for Acushnet, the global golf equipment business behind some of the sport’s most recognisable brands, including Titleist and FootJoy.

It’s a significant period of change for the wider organisation while the business undertakes a major SAP S/4HANA implementation. Due to the existing DC Manager being promoted to cover EU operations, they need an experienced Distribution Centre & Logistics Manager to take ownership of their St Ives operation.

You’ll lead the day-to-day performance of the Distribution Centre, with five direct reports and a wider team of around 30. Your remit covers warehouse operations, inventory accuracy, customer service, labour planning, transport, third-party logistics and overall operational performance.

The site operates with Manhattan WMS, so you’ll need to be comfortable working with sophisticated warehouse systems, using data to understand performance and ensuring the operation runs efficiently. You’ll also manage carrier and 3PL relationships, oversee budgets and costs, and work closely with the wider business to maintain excellent service levels.

While the SAP implementation is taking place elsewhere in the business, your priority will be keeping the DC performing at its best. That means strong leadership, sound operational decisions and the ability to manage challenges without losing sight of the bigger picture. There’ll also be opportunities to drive improvements across productivity, processes, systems and customer service.

What will you need?

  • Significant experience managing warehouse or distribution operations, ideally within a high-volume environment

  • Proven people leadership, including managing and developing supervisory or management teams

  • Strong WMS experience, ideally Manhattan, although comparable systems will be considered

  • Experience managing inventory, operational KPIs, labour, budgets and service performance

  • Exposure to transport, carriers and 3PL operations

  • A confident, organised and commercially aware approach to operational leadership

Experience of SAP, systems implementations or operational change would certainly be advantageous, although you won’t be responsible for delivering the SAP project itself.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a globally recognised business with an outstanding reputation, leading an established distribution operation during an important period for the organisation.

We’re shortlisting now, so please apply today!

For more information, contact The ONE Group’s Technical Division on 01733 234000.

Recruitment as it should be.

To apply for this job email your details to eiredale@theonegroup.co.uk

About The ONE Group

The ONE Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy with offices in Cambridge, Peterborough, Northampton, and Hertfordshire.

We recruit across Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing, Scientific, Sales, and Marketing, with consultants who specialise in their sector rather than trying to cover everything. This focused approach allows us to provide deeper market knowledge, stronger networks, and better hiring outcomes for both clients and candidates.

Our expertise spans permanent, contract, and senior-level appointments. Most importantly, the majority of our business comes from repeat clients and referrals, reflecting the long-term relationships we build and the trust we earn through consistently delivering results.

What Happens Next

1

One of our consultants will review your application within one working day.

2

If your experience looks like a fit, we'll be in touch for a quick conversation to understand what you're looking for.

3

From there, we'll talk you through the role properly, prepare you for interview, and stay alongside you through to your start date.

4

Whatever happens with this role, we'll keep your details on file, with your permission, so we can flag other opportunities that suit you.

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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
→

Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

Hire with TOG → Looking for a role →
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