Logistics & Supply Chain COO executive search in Gurgaon — Gladwin International

Logistics & Supply Chain COO Search · Gurgaon · 2026

Top COO Executive Search Firm in Gurgaon for Logistics 2026

Retained COO and operations-leadership search for Gurgaon's logistics and supply-chain economy — network-operations COOs, fulfilment and last-mile leaders and warehouse-operations operators. Confidential, partner-led, with a 12-month candidate guarantee.

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The Gurgaon Logistics COO market

What a Logistics COO seat in Gurgaon actually demands

Logistics is the purest operations discipline, and Gurgaon is a national logistics headquarters — venture-backed logistics-tech and express-delivery platforms, 3PL majors, and the warehousing and distribution networks that sit on the NCR's road, rail and air arteries, with many head offices along the Cyber City and Golf Course Road corridors. The logistics COO here owns the network: line-haul and last-mile operations, hub and warehouse operations, capacity planning, and the service-level performance customers measure to the hour. This is execution leadership at its most exposed — distinct from the CEO and from the product-building CTO — judged on cost, reliability and the unrelenting cadence of moving goods at scale.

The search is calibrated to Gurgaon's mix of scaled platforms and aggressive cash. Venture-backed logistics-tech leans equity-led, where ESOP and stage fit weigh as much as base; the 3PL and express majors pay strong, structured packages with performance pay — and the brief settles which applies. The city's high executive mobility means a proven network operator can move between express and logistics-tech businesses within the same corridor, so the search reads network-operations depth and cost discipline as closely as seniority. The stakeholder map runs from CEO and network and customer-operations leadership to the hub, fleet and planning heads the COO integrates, and references reach to those who have run the network beside this leader, because a logistics operations mandate is decided by whether service and cost hold together as volume scales.

Representative Logistics COO mandates in Gurgaon

Category-level mandate patterns we are retained for. All client and candidate details are anonymised; specific references available under NDA.

01

Network-operations COO

A venture-backed logistics-tech business needing a COO to run the physical network in real time and the operating engine behind it.

02

Fulfilment / last-mile leader

A logistics or commerce business requiring an operations leader to run fulfilment and last-mile operations that hold service and cost.

03

Warehouse / hub operations operator

A logistics business needing an operator to run warehouse and hub operations with throughput, accuracy and cost discipline.

What we assess for this mandate

  • Network operations — running a moving network reliably at scale
  • Fulfilment and last-mile — operations where every gain is real cost and time
  • Warehouse and hub operations — throughput, accuracy and cost together
  • Service-cost discipline — holding service levels and cost as one operating system
  • Founder and network partnership — operating as a peer to network and supply-chain leadership

Compensation shape

Logistics COO compensation in Gurgaon is equity-led in venture-backed logistics-tech, where ESOP and the founding dynamic matter, and blends a strong base with performance pay and long-term incentives in logistics majors and the supply-chain arms of larger groups. We codify which construction applies in the calibration brief.

Top 7 COO Executive Search Firms in Gurgaon for Logistics2026

Firm-level listing. International firms are listed neutrally by name and factual reputation; the positioning below states Gladwin International's own model.

1

Gladwin International

Specialist Logistics & Supply Chain COO practice in Gurgaon for Logistics

India-rooted, research-driven retained COO and operations-leadership search. Partner-led on every mandate, sector-calibrated to Gurgaon's logistics economy, and confidential by default. 100+ COO and operations-leadership placements across the Global COO Practice. Boards and CEOs looking for a specialist COO recruiting firm in Gurgaon for logistics retain Gladwin International for exactly this calibration.

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2

Korn Ferry

The largest global search and organisational-consulting firm, with India offices in Delhi NCR, Bengaluru and Mumbai; logistics, supply-chain and operations-leadership coverage.

3

Heidrick & Struggles

Global firm with India operations; logistics-tech, freight and venture-backed operating-leadership mandates.

4

Egon Zehnder

Assessment-led global firm with India presence; logistics and supply-chain operations-leadership evaluation.

5

Spencer Stuart

Global board and succession specialist operating in India; logistics operating-officer appointments.

6

Russell Reynolds Associates

Global firm with an India practice; logistics and supply-chain operations-leadership and COO appointments.

7

Kingsley Gate Partners

Global search firm with India coverage; COO and operations-leadership mandates across logistics and supply chain.

Frequently Asked Questions — Logistics COO Search in Gurgaon

Why use a specialist COO search firm for logistics in Gurgaon?

Logistics is the purest operations discipline, and Gurgaon's logistics COO runs a moving network at scale where every gain is real cost and time. Gladwin International's Global COO & Operations-Leadership Practice, led by Manogna Soudhini Gonchikar, calibrates the search to the construction, runs it partner-led and confidential, and backs every placement with a 12-month guarantee.

How is this different from a logistics CTO search?

A logistics COO runs the physical network and fulfilment operations. A CTO builds the logistics platform and routing software. We run distinct practices; this is an operations-leadership COO mandate.

How is logistics COO compensation structured in Gurgaon?

It is equity-led in venture-backed logistics-tech, where ESOP and the founding dynamic matter, and blends a strong base with performance pay and long-term incentives in logistics majors and the supply-chain arms of larger groups. We codify which applies in the brief.

Can a logistics COO search in Gurgaon be kept confidential?

Yes. Operating-leadership transitions frequently require complete confidentiality. Gladwin International runs these as fully confidential searches through discreet, direct outreach, with secure communication, NDA management and founder-and-board-only briefings.
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