Woodland Group

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Defining the Future of Global Supply Chains

Work with us, and you’ll find we all have the same goal in mind - to deliver excellence and expertise, creating growth opportunities for all.

We value honesty, innovation, respect, help build experts to deliver excellence, and pride ourselves on being easy to do business with, creating agile working environments that support clients, team members, suppliers, partners, and the wider community.

Driven by our purpose to create opportunity and deliver sustainable supply chains, we create an environment to thrive in and develop forward-thinking solutions of tomorrow.

At Woodland Group, we believe that equality and inclusion are key to keeping our communities safe, and nurturing collective growth, collaboration, and development. As part of our processes, initiatives, and guidelines supporting equal opportunities, we are proud members of the UK Disability Confident Scheme, ensuring equal access and opportunity to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.

Benefits of becoming a Woodlander

20 Days Holiday Rising to 25 With Service
Cycle2Work Scheme
Length of Service Incentives
Enhanced Occupational Maternity Pay
Profit Share Scheme
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (Managers and Supervisors)
Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
Life Assurance
Health Cash Plan
Mental Health and Stress Support hotline
Retail Discounts and Awards
Discounted Gym Membership

Competitive Salary

Fantastic Teams

Training and Development Opportunities

Community and Social Projects

Career Advancing Opportunities

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Testimonials

Woodland’s success is down to our dedicated and experienced teams across the globe. Thanks to our development over the last 30+ years, and guided by our continuous drive for excellence, we create safe spaces for collective growth. We deliver opportunities across a wide variety of roles all over the world, from entry level to senior management, behind the steering wheel, in IT and tech or eCommerce. Every Woodlander has access to training and development courses and can drive their own success forward.

"I absolutely love working for Woodland and when I look back at where I started I feel like I have progressed really well thanks to additional training offered. One of the main factors I love about working for Woodland is the people here, they are great."

Lily

"I have had the opportunity to grow with Woodland, first starting as a trainee to now being a director. Throughout my journey with Woodland, I've had the chance to work across multiple departments and various roles and been lucky enough to get to travel all over the world to learn and grow."

Dan

"As a new joiner of Woodland, I specifically liked the eLearning including Cyber Security, Suspect Packages, and GDPR. The courses are fun and I picked up lots from them, they contained lots of information and weren’t too long either."

Amy

"What I love most about working for Woodland is that I get to collaborate with our diversely skilled & talented departments across the UK, USA & Ireland to find a way together to align our customers’ requirements and continuously improve our processes. I am constantly learning on the job and supported through any challenges."

Jess

"If you're looking for a company that’s committed to positive change, offers great and diverse opportunities for growth, and has an inclusive and supportive culture, then I highly recommend joining us at Woodland Group.”

Sam

"Woodland, to me, is all about progress. It's a place where we embrace new technology, support people in their growth and exploration of talents, and take client feedback seriously, putting it into action. The pace at which Woodland evolves as a business is truly impressive."

Tatiana

"Woodland Group is very supportive of and helpful to apprentices, which is how I started. Six years later, my skills are sharper than they have ever been thanks to the help of all the staff here. Woodland offers great opportunities outside of work to socialise and it is a pleasure to be a part of this ever-expanding company."

Jack

Life and Work at Woodland

Work with us, grow with us - join us in creating opportunity and delivering sustainable supply chains.

“Our goal is to to connect communities and grow opportunities across the globe as the independent logistics provider of choice.”

What drives us forward

Innovation

At Woodland, our culture embraces and encourages innovation and out of the box thinking to create opportunity for all stakeholders and deliver forward-thinking, sustainable supply chain solutions.

Respect

We strive to do the right thing for our clients, our people, our communities, and the wider world. We believe in creating an open, safe space for feedback, continuous development and self-expression. As a family business, we focus on cross-generational nurturing of talent worldwide to build truly agile teams of tomorrow.

Excellence through Collaboration

Becoming a Woodlander means becoming part of a global team that is not afraid to face challenges, to work together to grow through them, and deliver excellence. We believe in a collaborative approach to delivering success. We work with local initiatives, national and international supply chain and specialist industry associations to support building supply chain solutions of the future.

We never stop learning

Our teams lean on each other to learn, create opportunity across the globe for continuous self-development, and collaborate to give back to community initiatives. We are committed to training and upskilling our people internally to be able to adapt and support businesses and communities of the future. Our teams are empowered to actively take part in developing the future of the business through regular feedback opportunities, and involved in creating positive change.

Driving for Woodland

Our teams are passionate about their essential work in delivering to our customers and communities safely and effectively, and representing Woodland Group on the roads. Our drivers are an important link in global supply chain planning, and take their responsibility in being community- and client-facing seriously. We support our drivers every step of the way, creating safe working environments supported by the latest technology, modern and comfortable vehicles to make the time on the road easier, and opportunity to learn and grow as part of our continuous development programmes.

Apprenticeships and Entry Level Positions

From fully funded apprenticeships to our in-house leadership programme, we have something for every learner at every stage of their career.

Woodland’s apprenticeship scheme has seen several Woodland apprentices successfully grow their careers to current senior management positions.

Our own Group Training Manager writes and delivers new and exciting classroom and online training, designed to assist everyone at Woodland in developing their people, personal, and business skills. We offer bespoke training opportunities to suit each team member’s goals and needs and to assist our teams in preparing for changing demands in skills globally.

Some apprentices join us right after they leave school or college, whilst others are further along in their careers at Woodland and start an apprenticeship to develop their skills in their chosen business area. Either way, we are here to guide you through the process from start to finish, with the support of our knowledgeable leadership team and trusted external suppliers.

Our past/present apprenticeship opportunities include:

Management/Leadership
Business Administration
Freight Forwarding
Finance/Accounts
Warehousing
Sales
HR
IT

And many more…

Event Days at Woodland

Some of the most recent events our Woodlanders connected at

Event Days at Woodland

Some of the most recent events our Woodlanders connected at

Woodlanders take part in The Big Logistics Diversity Challenge

In June, 11 Woodlanders took part in The Big Logistics Diversity Challenge to promote the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion within their...

Woodlanders take on 100 mile bike ride in support of Panathlon Challenge

11 motivated Woodlanders took part in the RideLondon Essex 100 charity bike ride in aide of the Panathlon Foundation.

Our 31-strong team of Woodlanders had a great time braving the obstacles, mud and water of the Nuclear Races event in support of Panathlon Challenge, raising over £4,000!

Well done to all the Woodlanders who participated, and thank you to the wider those that have supported both on and off the course!