Despatch Team Leader (Nights) - Mash Factory

Branston Potatoes; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company in Lincoln seeks a Despatch Team Leader for the night shift at their Mash Factory. This role involves day-to-day operations management and leading a small team to ensure efficiency and safety. Candidates should have management experience and a background in despatch or warehouse environments, along with excellent communication skills. The company offers competitive pay of £17.46 per hour and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Pension salary sacrifice scheme

Critical illness cover

Life assurance policies

Employee benefit platform

Free onsite parking

Helphand medical scheme

Free potatoes

Access to a free eLearning platform

Family fun events

Company sick pay scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a management role desirable.
• Worked in Despatch/Warehouse environment before.
• Ability to motivate and innovate.

Responsibilities

• Provide consistent leadership across the shift.
• Plan customer orders daily for efficiency.
• Ensure health and safety procedures are followed.

Skills

Leadership

Excellent communication skills

Flexibility

Motivating & innovating

Tools

Reach truck license

Job description

Overview

Despatch Team Leader (Nights) - Mash Factory

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We are looking for a Despatch Team Leader for our night shift to join the team in our state of the art Mash Factory. You will be responsible for the day-to-day Despatch operations of the factory and looking after a small team.

Night Shift - 4 on 4 off, 6pm to 6am £17.46 per hour

Benefits

• Pension salary sacrifice scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance policies
• Employee benefit platform, offering a range of discounts to major retailers.
• Free onsite parking
• Helphand medical scheme
• Free potatoes
• Access to a free eLearning platform
• Family fun events
• Company sick pay scheme

Responsibilities

• Leadership - providing consistent leadership across the shift, whilst always demonstrating and role modelling our Branston values.
• Planning - Plan the customers orders daily, working with our own Transport department team to maximise efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Employee relations & engagement - Working with HR to ensure any employee relations matters are handled consistently and in line with policy. Motivating and engaging the team to work to their best, including periodic one-2-one reviews.
• Health & Safety - Acting as a role model for H&S, ensuring processes are strictly adhered to by all members of the team, and taking appropriate action when others do not work in a safe manner.
• Compliance - Ensure all members of the team are following standard operating procedures and that the working area complies with GMP audit standards.
• Continuous Improvement – Identifying areas which can be improved with either breakthrough improvement or an incremental approach.
• Working against set K.P.I’s

Requirements / Qualifications

• Experience in a management role desirable
• Worked in Despatch/Warehouse environment before
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexibility
• The ability to motivate & innovate
• Reach truck licence

About Branston

At Branston we pride ourselves on our How We Do Business Values and aim to exemplify this in everything we do. Our purpose is to make a positive difference to people’s lives and the wider environment, focusing on work life balance and employee wellbeing. We are dedicated to helping employees grow their careers, with training opportunities that allow you to build on existing skills and develop new ones. We like to celebrate success, and have recognition & reward schemes in place, to say thank you to our people, who without, our operations wouldn’t be possible. We understand the importance of corporate responsibility and our impact on the wider environment and continuously look to improve our sustainability procedures and aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2030