Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era.
Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M), led by deep-tech investors Plural (whose portfolio spans fusion energy and space exploration), Relay is scaling faster than 99.
98% of venture-backed startups.
We're assembling the most talent-dense team the logistics industry has ever seenRelay’s Mission is to free commerce from friction.
Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate.
We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people, making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone.
THE TEAM• ~110 people, more than half in engineering, product and data• 45+ advanced degrees across computer science, mathematics and operations research• Thousands of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle• An intellectually vibrant culture of first‑principles thinking, tight feedback loops and relentless experimentationThe OpportunityYou will report to the Site Manager/Head of Site and will run shifts at one of our Hybrid Sort Centres (HSCs), leading 50–100+ operatives through high-volume, time-pressured sortation where minutes matter and small deviations cascade into missed deadlines.
Each of our HSCs handle over 40 million parcels annually, with our largest site measuring more than 300,000 sq ft.
You will also be accountable for whether the site is measurably better in a month than it is today for each of our key metrics.
You are on the floor for your shift, every shift.
This is not a project role with occasional site visits and it is not a desk job, the forward work happens along with running the operation.
Who will thrive in this roleDeliver shift plan end to end people deployment, throughput, quality standards, and health & safety complianceLead, develop, and performance-manage a frontline team of 50–100+ operativesBuil.