Management and executive recruitment firm Stark Brooks has launched a new division focusing on senior positions in the fields of supply chain, procurement and logistics.

Richard York, previously head of direct search at Liverpool-based Direct Search UK, which is part of Bibby Line Group’s employment services arm, joins as a business manager to lead the division.

Meanwhile, Charlotte Amers joins as an associate recruitment consultant within the firm’s accountancy and finance division.

Both York and Amers are based in Manchester. 

Meanwhile, Bethany Willan and Sam Judd have begun one-year undergraduate placements at Stark Brooks, in the Manchester and Leeds offices respectively.