Hire Skilled Warehouse Staff, HGV Drivers & Supply Chain Managers Across Europe

Searching for a dependable Logistics Recruitment Agency in Europe? AtoZ Serwis Plus supplies vetted logistics talent to the continent’s busiest freight and fulfilment corridors, where employers such as DHL Group with its Leipzig air hub, DB Schenker in Essen, Kuehne+Nagel, DSV in Denmark, Maersk in Copenhagen, Geodis in France, Dachser in Kempten, Rhenus, Girteka in Vilnius, Waberer’s in Budapest, Raben in Poland, Primafrio in Murcia, InPost in Krakow, GXO, UPS at Cologne, FedEx at Liege, and the fulfilment networks of Amazon and Zalando hire drivers and warehouse staff continuously. These names illustrate the market we serve every day: global networks, thousands of family-owned hauliers, and 3PL warehouses, all drawing on the same shrinking pool of qualified people.

We connect European employers with Warehouse Operatives, Pickers and Packers, Order Pickers, Loaders, Goods-In and Goods-Out Operatives, Forklift Operators (counterbalance, reach truck, VNA), Cold-Store Operatives, Inventory and Stock Controllers, Warehouse Supervisors and Managers, HGV Class 1 (C+E) and Class 2 (C) Drivers, ADR Drivers, Van and Courier Drivers, Yard Shunters, Transport Planners and Dispatchers, Transport and Fleet Managers, Freight Forwarders, Customs Clearance Clerks, Import and Export Coordinators, Demand Planners, Supply Chain Analysts and Managers, and Distribution Centre and Operations Managers.

Whether you need ten pickers for a peak-season surge, a team of international C+E drivers with valid Code 95, or a Supply Chain Manager for a multi-site network, we deliver compliant, scalable recruitment across the EU, EEA, and UK — and candidates are never charged for a job offer, because legitimate sponsorship never asks for upfront fees.

Why Europe Needs Skilled Logistics Talent More Than Ever

Logistics moves roughly a tenth of the EU economy, and its labour problem is now structural. The latest industry research counts more than half a million unfilled truck driver positions across Europe — a shortage rate of around 13% — with roughly a fifth of the driver workforce expected to retire within the next five years, the average driver approaching fifty, and women making up only about 4% of the profession. The consequences are visible on the ground: around two-thirds of European road-transport operators report turning down contracts simply because they cannot find drivers. Warehouses feel the same squeeze as e-commerce, quick commerce, and same-day delivery multiply demand for pickers, packers, forklift operators, and fulfilment supervisors on every corridor.

Pay reflects the shortage. International HGV drivers in Western European markets typically earn around €2,500–€3,500 gross per month, with Central European haulage packages adding substantial per-diem allowances, while UK Class 1 (C+E) drivers commonly earn £35,000–£45,000 and Class 2 drivers £28,000–£35,000. Warehouse operatives typically earn €12–€16 per hour in Western EU markets plus shift allowances, and around £23,000–£26,000 in the UK, with forklift, cold-store, and night work paying more — and logistics, transport, and supply chain managers earning significantly above all of it.

Real legal pathways exist for international hiring. The EU has harmonised the minimum professional driving age at eighteen, allowed training from seventeen, and moved to facilitate the employment of non-EU drivers through national work permits combined with the EU driver attestation, alongside Code 95 qualification and licence conversion. Degree-qualified supply chain professionals can use the EU Blue Card; Germany operates its Skilled Worker visa and Opportunity Card; Poland and other logistics economies run high-volume permit procedures; and the UK Skilled Worker visa — anchored at a £41,700 general threshold with £33,400 for qualifying Immigration Salary List roles and an hourly minimum around £17.13 — concentrates sponsorship on logistics, transport, and supply chain management. Navigating these routes correctly is exactly where a specialist agency earns its keep.

Why Choose AtoZ Serwis Plus as Your European Logistics Recruitment Partner

We are a focused logistics hiring company, working with warehouse, driving, transport-office, freight, and supply-chain roles every single day. Our recruiters genuinely understand the differences among a Picker, a Reach Truck Operator, a Goods-In Operative, a Class 2 multi-drop driver, a C+E international driver, an ADR tanker driver, a Dispatcher, a Freight Forwarder, a Customs Clerk, and a Distribution Centre Manager — and we screen for the exact licences, certificates, systems skills, and safety awareness each role demands, in every market we serve.

What Sets Us Apart

• Exclusive focus on warehouse, driver, transport, freight-forwarding, and supply-chain recruitment across Europe
• 16+ years of European recruitment experience, headquartered in Poland at the heart of the continent’s road-freight network
• Global sourcing reach across more than 50 countries in Asia, Africa, the CIS, Eastern Europe, and Latin America
• Practical driver-mobility support: licence conversion, Code 95 qualification, EU driver attestations, and tachograph driver cards
• Hands-on verification: forklift licences, driving records, tachograph history, and ADR certificates checked before presentation
• Full compliance with GDPR, national work-permit rules, EU Blue Card criteria, and UK SOC-code and salary-threshold requirements
• Proven volume-hiring capability for peak seasons, new warehouse openings, and fleet expansions
• End-to-end support from sourcing and screening through relocation, housing guidance, and onboarding
• Ethical recruitment guarantee: candidates are never charged for a job offer

Top Benefits of Hiring Through a European Logistics Recruitment Agency

1. Access to a Pre-Vetted Logistics Talent Pool

Our global database already screens candidates for warehouse experience, forklift licences, driving licence categories, Code 95 status, ADR certification, tachograph history, WMS and scanner skills, physical fitness for shift work, language, and permit eligibility. So you interview job-ready professionals rather than sift through raw applications.

2. Faster Time-to-Hire

An empty driver’s seat means a truck standing still; an understaffed pick tower means missed dispatch cut-offs. Our focused process cuts hiring timelines sharply, keeping fleets on the road and warehouses shipping even during peaks when the whole market is hiring at once.

3. Reduced Hiring Risk

A wrong hire damages delivery performance, vehicle safety, stock accuracy, insurance costs, and customer trust. Licence verification, driving-record checks, practical assessments, and references dramatically reduce that risk — doubly important when a hire involves a permit and relocation.

4. Lower Total Recruitment Costs

Add up HR time, job-board fees, no-shows, permit administration, and the notoriously high turnover of warehouse and driving roles, and a specialist agency usually costs less than going it alone — and far less than the revenue lost. At the same time, trucks are parked for lack of drivers.

5. Compliance and Legal Protection

International logistics hiring touches national work permits, EU driver attestations, Code 95 and licence rules, ADR requirements, drivers’ hours and tachograph compliance, UK Skilled Worker sponsorship for qualifying management roles with accurate SOC coding and a valid Certificate of Sponsorship, right-to-work checks, and GDPR. We handle it all professionally, and candidates are never charged for a job offer.

6. Market Intelligence and Insights

We share driver-pay benchmarks, warehouse wage norms, shift-premium standards, peak-season demand patterns, and emerging skill needs — from WMS and voice picking to e-truck familiarity — so your pay and rosters actually attract and keep people in a candidate-short market.

Complete Range of Logistics Recruitment Services We Offer in Europe

Core Recruitment Services

• Permanent placement for warehouse, driving, transport-office, and management hires
• Peak-season and volume hiring for Black Friday, Christmas, and seasonal surges
• Temporary and flexible staffing for shift, weekend, and holiday cover
• International HGV driver recruitment with licence conversion, Code 95, and driver-attestation support
• Executive search for Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Distribution Centre Managers
• Complete team builds for new warehouse, hub, and terminal openings
• Specialised hiring for Freight Forwarders, Customs Clerks, Demand Planners, and Cold-Store Operatives
• Try-before-you-hire (temp-to-perm) and interim management coverage

Additional Support Services

We also provide licence and certificate verification (C and C+E categories, Code 95, ADR, forklift qualifications), driving-record and tachograph-history checks, practical and safety assessments, language evaluation, reference and background verification, work-permit and EU Blue Card documentation, UK SOC-code and Certificate of Sponsorship guidance for qualifying roles, relocation assistance, housing guidance, local registration support, and structured onboarding so new hires are safe and productive from week one.

European Logistics Roles We Recruit For

We place Warehouse Operatives, Pickers and Packers, Order Pickers, Loaders, Goods-In and Goods-Out Operatives, Forklift Operators, Cold-Store Operatives, Inventory Controllers, Warehouse Supervisors and Managers, HGV Class 1 and Class 2 Drivers, ADR Drivers, Van and Courier Drivers, Yard Shunters, Driver Trainers, Transport Planners, Dispatchers, Transport and Fleet Managers, Freight Forwarders, Air and Sea Freight Coordinators, Customs Clearance Clerks, Import and Export Coordinators, Demand Planners, Supply Chain Analysts and Managers, and Distribution Centre and Operations Managers across Europe.

Industries and Sectors We Serve Across Europe

Our Proven End-to-End Recruitment Process

Step 1: Detailed Requirement Analysis

We map your operation — routes and traction types, warehouse layout and equipment, shift patterns, seasonal peaks, systems, licence and certificate requirements, and pay structure — and confirm the correct permit route and, for UK management roles, SOC codes and thresholds before anything else.

Step 2: Strategic Talent Sourcing

We activate our proprietary database, professional driver networks, warehousing communities, EU labour markets, and third-country pipelines across Asia, Africa, the CIS, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, built over 16+ years of logistics recruitment.

Step 3: CV, Licence, and Experience Screening

Every candidate is reviewed for relevant experience, driving licence categories, Code 95 status, ADR and forklift certificates, tachograph history, warehouse systems competence, physical suitability, language ability, and a reliable work record before progressing.

Step 4: Interviews and Practical Assessments

We run structured interviews plus practical verification: safety-awareness checks, route- and scenario-based questions for drivers, equipment-handling reviews for operatives, and systems and numeracy checks for transport-office roles — evidence of ability, not just a CV.

Step 5: Specialisation Evaluation for Senior Roles

For Transport, Warehouse, Supply Chain, and Distribution Centre Managers, we review KPI performance, fleet compliance records, cost and productivity achievements, team leadership, and health and safety track records in depth.

Step 6: Background and Reference Verification

We verify employment history with recognised logistics employers, confirm licences and certificates with issuing authorities where possible, and take references with proper GDPR consent, including extra checks for high-value, cold-chain, or dangerous-goods operations.

Step 7: Permit and Driver Documentation Support

We coordinate national work permits across the EU, EU driver attestations for non-EU drivers, licence conversion, Code 95 qualification, tachograph driver cards, EU Blue Card applications, and UK Skilled Worker sponsorship for qualifying management roles — working only with legitimate employers who never charge candidates for a job offer.

Step 8: Relocation and Onboarding Integration

We assist with travel, housing guidance, local registration, banking setup, site induction, and safety onboarding, so international hires settle quickly — which directly lifts attendance, safety, and first-year retention.

Global Talent Reach Beyond European Borders

Europe cannot close its logistics labour gap from the domestic market alone — the shortage numbers make that clear. We recruit professional drivers and warehouse workers from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand, and experienced international drivers from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, and the wider CIS — many already familiar with European routes and tachograph discipline.

We also work with dependable candidates from Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa, recruit from Latin America, and place EU and EEA citizens who need no permit at all. Every candidate arrives screened, licence-verified, documented, and ready to contribute from the first shift.

Top European Markets We Cover

• Poland — the powerhouse of European road freight and our home market, with giant distribution parks around Warsaw, Lodz, and Silesia
• Germany —Europe’s largest logistics market, from Hamburg’s port to the Ruhr’s distribution belt and the Leipzig air hub
• Netherlands — the Rotterdam gateway, Schiphol air cargo, and the dense DC clusters of Brabant and Limburg
• Belgium — the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge plus the Liege air-freight hub
• United Kingdom — the Midlands golden triangle, Lothian, the North and the North, with sponsorship for qualifying managers
• France — Paris, Lyon, Lille, and Marseille across grocery distribution, parcel networks, and contract logistics
• Spain — Madrid’s inland hubs, the Valencia and Barcelona ports, and Murcia’s refrigerated-transport corridor
• Italy —Milan, industrial north with the ports of Genoa and Trieste
• Lithuania & the Baltics — Vilnius-based international fleets running routes across the whole continent
• Czechia, Slovakia & Hungary — automotive logistics and Budapest-centred international haulage
• Nordics — Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, and Helsinki, where safety culture and reliability are paramount

How to Choose the Right Logistics Recruitment Agency

Logistics Specialisation

Pick an agency that lives in warehouses and fleets. Generalists miss the difference between a counterbalance and a reach-truck licence, or Class 2 multi-drop and Class 1 trunking — details that decide whether a hire works.

Driver-Mobility Expertise

International driver recruitment stands or falls on documentation: licence conversion, Code 95, driver attestations, ADR, and tachograph cards. Make sure your agency handles these routinely, not as an afterthought.

Global Talent Reach

The driver and warehouse shortage cannot be solved locally. Demand active sourcing pipelines across the EU, Asia, Africa, and the CIS, backed by the legal knowledge to bring people in compliantly.

Compliance Expertise

Confirm fluency in national permit rules, the EU Blue Card, UK SOC-code matching and thresholds, drivers’ hours regulation, GDPR — and the principle that candidates are never charged for a job offer.

Real Screening Capability

Ask exactly how candidates are verified: licence and certificate checks, driving-record and tachograph reviews, practical equipment assessments, and reference validation, not keyword-matched CVs

Transparent Communication

Avoid hidden fees and vague timelines. Choose partners who speak plainly about pay, contracts, shift patterns, peak-season terms, and permit pathways with employers and candidates alike.

Proven Track Record

Look for real outcomes — drivers legally placed, permits approved, teams retained — not promises.

Latest Hiring Trends in European Logistics Recruitment

The Driver Shortage Is Structural

More than half a million driver positions stand unfilled across Europe — around 13% of the profession — with roughly a fifth of drivers heading for retirement within five years and two-thirds of operators refusing contracts due to a lack of drivers. Recruitment capability is now a direct constraint on revenue.

Europe Opens Legal Routes for Non-EU Drivers

The harmonised minimum professional driving age of eighteen, training from seventeen, and facilitated employment of third-country drivers through permits and driver attestations give compliant international recruiters a decisive advantage.

E-commerce and Last-Mile Growth Never Slows

Parcel volumes, quick commerce, and same-day promises keep multiplying demand for pickers, sorters, fulfilment team leaders, and courier drivers across every major European city.

Automation Raises the Skills Bar

WMS, voice picking, and automated sortation spread through European warehouses — and they need operatives and supervisors who work confidently with the technology. Digitally comfortable warehouse staff are among the most requested profiles.

Cold Chain and Pharma Demand Compliance-Ready Staff

Food-safety and Good Distribution Practice standards make trained cold-store operatives and temperature-controlled drivers among the hardest roles to fill — and among the best paid at the operative level.

Nearshoring Powers Central European Hubs

Shortening supply chains keep adding distribution capacity in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, deepening demand for drivers, warehouse teams, and coordinators across the region.

Green Fleets Change Driver Skills

Electric trucks and alternative fuels reward drivers trained on new vehicles and planners who optimise routes for range, cost, and toll class.

Conditions Now Decide Retention

Industry research points to a wage wall: pay alone no longer keeps drivers. Predictable schedules, home time, decent facilities, and secure parking increasingly determine who stays — which is why we screen for fit and set honest expectations on both sides.

Why European Logistics Employers Trust AtoZ Serwis Plus

Quality comes from our exclusive focus on logistics roles, rigorous licence and competence verification, and presenting only candidates who genuinely match your operational and safety standards.

Compliance comes from working correctly with national permit rules across the EU and EEA, EU driver-attestation requirements, Code 95 and drivers’ hours regulation, and UK SOC code and threshold rules with Certificate of Sponsorship guidance — alongside GDPR and the strict ethical rule that candidates are never charged for a job offer at any step.

Partnership comes from acting as a long-term workforce-planning advisor rather than a one-time vendor. With 16+ years of European recruitment experience and headquarters at the crossroads of European freight, we invest in understanding your fleet, warehouse network, and seasonal rhythm.

Our clients stay because we help them fill trucks, staff warehouses, and strengthen supply chains faster, with less risk and less administrative burden.