Warehouse Section Lead

Greggs Plc; Kettering; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Free hot drinks

Paid breaks

Profit sharing

Health and wellbeing app

Holiday entitlement growth

Employee share plans

Pension scheme with employer matching

EAP and helpline

Long service awards

Savings and discounts

Job summary

Greggs Plc is recruiting for Warehouse Section Leaders at the new Kettering KNDC. You will lead a team, manage shift operations, and drive performance in a high-speed, customer-focused environment.

The role requires physical work, experience in warehouse leadership, and willingness to work in cold areas. Benefits include colleague discounts, breaks, and profit-sharing potential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a warehouse team in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent planning and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead a warehouse section to achieve site performance targets.
• Guide colleagues and build capability during shifts.
• Monitor output, flow and progress using daily reports and KPIs.
• Drive improvements to minimise disruption and waste.

Skills

Team leadership

Organisation skills

Physical work

Cold environment

Microsoft Office

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

We're looking for Warehouse Section Leaders to join the team at our new Kettering National Distribution Centre (KNDC). This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in our brand-new distribution site, situated at Symmetry Park Kettering. Our KNDC site is a major investment in Greggs' future, bringing together cutting-edge automation, new systems, and industry-leading logistics processes to support our continued growth. You'll be a key part of the Greggs Team, running and organising a warehouse section to support the delivery of site performance targets with a customer-first mindset. You'll lead a team, in a fast-paced, high-performance environment where timescales and targets are important. You'll provide clear direction throughout the shift, guiding colleagues and building capability whilst monitoring output, flow and progress. You'll use daily reports and KPI's to track performance and drive improvements, resolving issues quickly to minimise disruption. Working in a food environment means that you could be exposed to flour and dust. You will also be expected to work in a chilled environment.

Ideally, you'll have previously worked as a Warehouse Lead within a similar environment. You'll also need:

• Experience of team leadership or management.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• To be comfortable working in a physical role, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of cages, as well as other manual tasks
• To be able to work in cold areas of the warehouse (warm PPE will be provided)
• Be supportive of an inclusive culture - recognising and valuing that difference is good

Experience of Microsoft IT packages and SAP systems would also be beneficial but isn't essential. If you're enthusiastic, reliable, comfortable with working shifts which could include nights, weekends and bank holidays,

• Salary £44,705
• Colleague discount allowing you and a family member to enjoy up to 50% off your favourite Greggs products
• Free hot drinks for you to enjoy while on shift
• Paid breaks allowing you to recharge your batteries
• We share 10% of all our profits with our colleagues
• Health and Wellbeing App providing Remote GP and Physiotherapy services
• Holiday entitlement that grows as your career grows with us
• Colleague share plans to help you invest and save for your future
• Pension scheme to help you plan for your future. We'll match your contributions up to 7%
• Confidential employee assistance app and helpline to help with your wellbeing
• Long service awards celebrating key milestones in your career
• Savings and discounts for your everyday shopping, leisure and wellbeing