Why Greencore?
We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day.
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Here at Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day.
We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.
What you'll be doing
As Logistics Team Leader you will lead a team to deliver the inbound or outbound processes safely and accurately in line with the logistics plans.
- Direct team members to follow standard operating procedures and use allocated resources to deliver outputs as determined by the Logistics plans
- Supervise team activities to ensure safety, for self and others, always
- Provide leadership and direction to the logistics teams to ensure that people are engaged, focused and delivering their potential
- Implement and embed continuous improvements by ensuring team members understand and use new/improved process, practices and systems to enhance team performance
- Ensure that all team members have the skills and understanding necessary to successfully complete their role and receive on the job training and have training plans in place to support their ongoing development
- Produce all necessary documentation and information to ensure that a clear audit trail of activity is available for review and analysis
- Participate as a member of a cross functional operations team to identify and build collaborative working relationships which deliver solutions to immediate issues and identify ways in which performance across the operational team can be improved
Shift Pattern: Nights, Thursday - Sunday (20:00 - 06:30)
What we're looking for
We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
- Must be able to work nights
- Experience of logistics and distribution, ideally gained as an operative or people manager
- Demonstratable knowledge of the distribution/warehouse business
- Experienced in implementing safety policies and procedures
- Experience leading and managing a diverse team
- Experience setting a goal / target and supporting others with achieving the goal
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Holidays
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.