Despatch Zone Manager

Position: Despatch Zone Manager (Permanent)
Location: Padgate

Why Greencore?
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, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.95bn.
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.
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

These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place  this sounds like you join us, 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
Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

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