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 every day 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.
Tamworth is a major picking depot, operating 24/7 and employing more than 250 colleagues, with a fleet of more than 60 vehicles. The depot serves major convenience retailers in the region.

What You'll Be Doing
Working Any 5 from 7, you will lead colleagues in the Warehouse team, including 3 Warehouse Shift Managers.
You will ensure the correct products are selected for distribution to customers in a timely manner and ensure compliance with required standards by:

• Continuously monitoring all operational processes and the overall working environment to ensure that all activities comply with food safety standards
• Monitor and review rotas to ensure that staff availability and alignment fits with the requirements of the department and training operational needs
• Promote a Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) culture within the department, ensuring compliance with all elements of the health and safety procedures and management system to promote a safe working environment
• Ensure training is planned, recorded and managed for staff in accordance with agreed training matrices
• Manage waste levels to a minimum to manage costs
• Provide Leadership and direction to the team to ensure that they are appropriately trained, operate to Group policy standards and performance is maximised
• Monitoring operational performance trends to ensure that delivery meets agreed customer and Greencore standards and that opportunities for performance improvement are rapidly identified and implemented

What we're looking for
We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

• Effective math skills and effective written and spoken English
• Experience of People management
• Food Safety Training Level 1 Highfield
• Health and safety Level 2 Highfield
• Knowledge of budget process
• Understand LEAN to identify and implement business improvement programmes
• Understanding of voice picking methods
• UK driving license required

These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.
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
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company shares 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.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.