Logistics Team Leader

Greencore Group plc; Northampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convenience food company in the UK is seeking a Logistics Team Leader to oversee inbound and outbound processes. You will direct and supervise team members, ensuring safety and productivity while implementing continuous improvements. The ideal candidate has extensive logistics experience and proven leadership skills. Offering competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including enhanced parental leave, and opportunities for career growth, this role is based in Northampton with a team committed to delivering high-quality products.

Benefits

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing a diverse team.
• Must work weekends.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the distribution/warehouse business.

Responsibilities

• Direct team members to follow operating procedures for outputs.
• Supervise team activities ensuring safety.
• Provide leadership and direction to engage logistics teams.
• Embed continuous improvements in team processes.
• Produce documentation for audit trails.
• Identify and build collaborative relationships in operations.

Skills

Logistics and distribution experience

Team leadership

Safety policy implementation

Goal setting and support

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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
• Must be able to work weekends
• 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

About the Company

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.

We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of 1.8bn. Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us. 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.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies