Logistics & Supply Chain COO executive search in New Delhi — Gladwin International

Logistics & Supply Chain COO Search · New Delhi · 2026

Top COO Executive Search Firm in New Delhi for Logistics 2026

Retained COO and operations-leadership search for New Delhi and the NCR'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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105–130 days
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The New Delhi Logistics COO market

What a Logistics COO seat in New Delhi actually demands

Logistics and supply-chain leadership in the capital sits at a natural crossroads — Delhi NCR as a national distribution hub, a corporate headquarters belt, and a policy centre where transport, trade and infrastructure regulation are framed. The COO here is the execution leader at the very heart of the business: network and warehouse operations, transportation, last-mile and fulfilment, and the relentless cadence that holds service levels and cost-to-serve together across a sprawling national footprint. This is distinct from the CEO who carries strategy and the technology head who builds the platform; in logistics the COO effectively runs the company, because operations are the company. In the capital that machine is heavily exposed to the government and regulatory interface — transport policy, e-way and tax compliance, infrastructure programmes — and often sits inside a promoter- or family-led group, or serves large PSU and public-procurement demand concentrated around Delhi.

The scarcity is the operator who has run a logistics network at national scale through real volume and seasonality, holding reliability, cost and quality together while expanding the footprint. The failure mode is a manager who has run one node or one lane but never integrated the full operating network, or one without the gravitas to carry both a regulatory interface and a promoter board. Compensation blends a strong base with performance pay and long-term incentives, with the Delhi conversation weighted toward standing and the trust of the principals as much as the number. References reach to operations, network and fulfilment leaders who have delivered alongside the candidate, because whether this leader can run the whole network is answered only by those who have run it with them.

Representative Logistics COO mandates in New Delhi

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 across the NCR 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 New Delhi and the NCR 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 New Delhi for Logistics2026

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

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Gladwin International

Specialist Logistics & Supply Chain COO practice in New Delhi for Logistics

India-rooted, research-driven retained COO and operations-leadership search. Partner-led on every mandate, sector-calibrated to New Delhi'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 New Delhi 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 New Delhi

Why use a specialist COO search firm for logistics in New Delhi?

Logistics is the purest operations discipline, and the NCR — north India's distribution gateway — needs a logistics COO who 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 New Delhi?

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 New Delhi 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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