Warehouse Team Leader

Cotteswold Dairy; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent dairy company in Tewkesbury is seeking an experienced Chilled Warehouse Team Leader to manage warehouse operations. This role involves leading a team, ensuring product quality, and maintaining safety standards in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in food manufacturing or logistics and strong leadership skills. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary with overtime enhancements

22 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Refer-a-friend bonus scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted products

Aviva pension scheme

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a busy warehouse environment, ideally in food manufacturing or logistics.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with a solutions-focused approach.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate warehouse operatives to achieve operational targets.
• Manage safe loading and unloading of delivery vehicles.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Tools

Counterbalance Forklift Licence

Powered Pallet Truck (PPT) Licence

Job description

About The Role

Chilled Warehouse Team Leader

Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Hours: Minimum of 37.5 hours per week, 5 days over 7 on a rotating shift pattern (various start times from 06:00)

Cotteswold Dairy, one of the UK’s leading independent family-owned dairies, is seeking an experienced and motivated Chilled Warehouse Team Leader to join our busy warehouse and distribution operation in Tewkesbury. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic warehouse professional with food manufacturing, FMCG, or chilled logistics experience to lead a team in a fast-paced, temperature-controlled environment.

The Role – Chilled Warehouse Team Leader

As a Chilled Warehouse Team Leader, you will oversee daily operations in our chilled warehouse, ensuring accurate receiving, picking, packing, and dispatch of chilled dairy products. You will lead and motivate a team of warehouse operatives, maintaining high standards of efficiency, health and safety, and product quality. This hands-on role involves coordinating stock movements, managing manual handling tasks, and meeting tight deadlines in a fast-moving logistics and distribution setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and motivate warehouse operatives to achieve operational targets
• Manage stock movements, ensuring product codes match picking tickets
• Oversee safe and efficient loading and unloading of delivery vehicles
• Ensure safe manual handling procedures are followed at all times
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organised chilled warehouse environment
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and food hygiene standards
• Provide training, coaching, and support to team members
• Cover for the Warehouse Supervisor as required

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in a busy warehouse environment – ideally in food manufacturing, FMCG, chilled distribution, or logistics
• Strong leadership and communication skills with a solutions-focused approach
• Ability to thrive under pressure and adapt to changing priorities
• Flexibility to work different shifts, including early starts from 06:00
• Knowledge of safe working practices and strong attention to detail
• Ideally a current Counterbalance Forklift Licence or Powered Pallet Truck (PPT) licence – training available for suitable candidates

Training Provided

• Level 2 Food Safety
• Level 2 HACCP
• Level 2 COSHH

Benefits

• Competitive salary with overtime enhancements after 40 hours
• 22 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing after 3 years of service
• Refer-a-friend bonus scheme (up to £500)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted products and delivery options
• Aviva pension scheme (4% employee, 4.5% employer contributions)
• Health and wellbeing support through Simply Health
• Opportunities for career progression and leadership development

If you’re a proactive and experienced warehouse professional looking to take the next step in your career as a Chilled Warehouse Team Leader in a respected logistics and distribution environment, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

About Cotteswold Dairy

Since 1938, Cotteswold Dairy has flourished from a modest milk round—delivering just 30 gallons a day using a bucket and ladle—into one of the UK’s most respected independent, family-run dairies, rooted in Tewkesbury. Built on the founding values of quality, service, and cleanliness, the business has remained committed to those principles spanning three generations, now under the leadership of Managing Director George Workman.

Today, we process, pack, and deliver over 100 million litres of milk and dairy products each year to doorstep customers and businesses across England and Wales, operating from multiple depots and a modern production site in Tewkesbury.

At our heart lies a strong ethical and environmental commitment. We partner with local farms within a 60-mile radius—many Red Tractor-certified—promoting sustainable farming practices, animal welfare, and minimal environmental impact. We’ve championed eco-friendly initiatives for decades, including returnable glass bottles, electric milk floats, telematics for efficient logistics, and zero waste-to-landfill operations.

More than a business, Cotteswold Dairy is a values-driven community dedicated to delivering wholesome, high-quality dairy products while nurturing people, our communities, and our planet—making us a compelling and meaningful place to build your career.