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Date Added: Tue 25/02/2025

Despatch Zone Manager

Warrington, WA1, UK
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Company: GREENCORE GROUP LTS

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Negotiable

Why Greencore?

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.

We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.

What you'll be doing

SHIFT - 4 on 4 off - 5am to 4:10pm

  • To manage the despatch plan and that the operational key performance indicators and ensure costs are achieved
  • Provide leadership and direction to the warehouse teams to ensure that there is an adequate resource plan, and that colleagues are supported in their roles and are effective
  • Lead the risk assessment, accident investigation, operational inspection and behavioural monitoring processes that ensures a safe workplace and operation and appropriate corrective actions
  • Manage operational controls, including administration and system compliance, to ensure that operational information relating to warehouse activities is accurate to demonstrate control in the event of an audit or investigation
  • Manage development and engagement activities across the shift, to ensure that colleagues are enabled and delivering maximum performance
  • Manage costs associated with the despatch shift, to achieve key performance indicators
  • Manage any contractor activity taking place on the shift to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements
What we're looking for

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

  • Warehouse management experience
  • People management experience e.g absence, disciplinary procedures
  • Food safety experience
  • FLT. PPT and reach truck experience
  • H&S operational experience
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

  • 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
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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