Zone Manager

GREENCORE

Spalding

On-site

GBP 36,000 - 48,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore’s Spalding site is recruiting a Production Zone Manager for the Sunday-Thursday night shift (22:00–06:00). You will lead a team, ensure production plans are followed, and maintain high food-safety standards across processes and equipment.

This role focuses on delivering productivity and continuous improvement within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will monitor materials, optimize labour deployment, and drive a culture of safety and quality, reporting progress and risks to

Qualifications

Experience of managing diverse teams in a complex manufacturing environment.
HACCP level 2 and IOSH level 2 are required.
Advanced Food Hygiene accreditation preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver department/zone productivity and efficiency targets aligned to production plan.
Monitor raw materials/ingredients and overall production processes for food safety compliance.
Review labour deployment to fit production requirements.
Communicate progress to the operations team and flag risks to volumes and standards.
Monitor machinery performance and ensure reliability via OEE.
Promote Health, Safety and Environment culture and complete near-miss reporting.
Identify opportunities for sustainable improvements in quality and profitability.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Operational excellence

Education

HACCP level 2

IOSH level 2

Advanced Food Hygiene accreditation

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, 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 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers 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 atSpalding, we have a team of around 540 colleagues. We produce coleslaw, potato salad, salad bar bulk products (2kg), pasta salads and couscous/grains for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Morrisons, Co-op, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Nando’s and Pizza Hut. Our Spalding site has a restaurant with hot food available to all our colleagues.

What you’ll be doing

AsProduction Zone Manageryou willlead nominated colleagues and manage the consistent application of processes within a given department or zone to ensure products are prepared and manufactured to the agreed standards and production plans.

Shift: Sunday - Thursday Night(22:00 - 06:00)

Deliver department/zone productivity and efficiency targets to produce goods in line with the agreed production plan
Continuously monitor raw materials/ingredients, all operational processes and the overall production environment to ensure that all activity comply with food safety manufacturing standards
Monitor and review labour deployment to ensure that the availability and alignment fits with the production requirements of the department
Effectively communicate with the operations team report progress against plan, highlighting any risks to the achievement of volumes and standards
Monitors the effectiveness of machinery and equipment, through Optimum Equipment Efficiency (OEE), to ensure performance consistency and reliability
Promote a Health, Safety and Environment culture within the department, complying to procedures, accident investigation, corrective actions and completing near miss reporting, promoting a safe working environment
Review operational trends within department / zone. Identify and act on opportunities to that can make sustainable improvements in all areas including quality, performance and profit and the ultimately delivery of the operational plan
Monitor and review team capability, ensuring all colleagues are clearly focused on their key objectives and are developed to maximise their potential
Actively contribute to both customer and technical process development reviews to promote improvement to quality and consistency of production

What we’re looking for

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

Experience of managing diverse teams in a complex manufacturing environment
Holds an advanced Food Hygiene accreditation
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
Has a HACCP level 2 qualification and IOSH level 2 qualification

What you’ll get in return