Accounts Payable Team Leader – EMEA

Lineage Logistics; Heywood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Cycle-to-work scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Lineage Logistics is seeking an Accounts Payable Team Leader – EMEA to join our Shared Service Centre in Heywood. This hands-on role focuses on people management, coaching and developing the AP team while ensuring timely and accurate processing.

You will lead day-to-day AP activities, coordinate onboarding and training, and drive process improvements within the UK SSC, promoting a culture of ownership and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Previous Accounts Payable or P2P experience.
• Experience supervising or leading a team.
• Strong people-management, coaching and communication skills.
• Good Excel skills.
• Fluent English; additional European languages would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Accounts Payable specialists.
• Manage daily workloads, priorities and work queues.
• Hold regular one-to-ones and support individual development and training.
• Coordinate onboarding, training and cross-training within the team.
• Monitor AP performance, backlogs and service levels.
• Support the team with invoice, supplier and payment-related queries and escalations.
• Ensure processes, procedures and internal controls are followed consistently.
• Promote teamwork, accountability and a positive working environment.
• Identify opportunities to improve ways of working and support implementation of process improvements.

Skills

People management

Coaching

Communication skills

Prior AP/P2P experience

Excel skills

Prior team leadership

Prior AP/ERP systems experience

Tools

Workday

AppZen

ERP systems

Job description

We are looking for an Accounts Payable Team Leader – EMEA to join our growing Shared Service Centre in Heywood. This is a hands‑on role with a strong focus on people management, coaching and team development. You will lead the day‑to‑day activities of an Accounts Payable team, ensuring colleagues are supported, workloads are effectively managed and services are delivered accurately and on time. You will also support the continued transition and stabilisation of AP activities within the UK Shared Service Centre and help create a positive culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement. Working hours: Monday - Friday 37.5 hours/week. Flexible working hours with the ability to start between 7am-10am and finish between 3pm-6pm.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Accounts Payable specialists.
• Manage daily workloads, priorities and work queues.
• Hold regular one-to-ones and support individual development and training.
• Coordinate onboarding, training and cross-training within the team.
• Monitor AP performance, backlogs and service levels.
• Support the team with invoice, supplier and payment-related queries and escalations.
• Ensure processes, procedures and internal controls are followed consistently.
• Promote teamwork, accountability and a positive working environment.
• Identify opportunities to improve ways of working and support implementation of process improvements.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous Accounts Payable or P2P experience.
• Experience supervising or leading a team.
• Strong people-management, coaching and communication skills.
• A supportive and approachable leadership style.
• Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage priorities in a busy environment.
• Experience with ERP/AP systems; Workday or AppZen experience would be an advantage.
• Good Excel skills.
• Fluent English; additional European languages would be an advantage.

Reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia‑Pacific, and South America. At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain. Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day. We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex‑Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

• We offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us.
• This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle‑to‑work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.
• Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice.