Despatch Team Leader
- Posted 20 January 2026
- LocationExeter
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Logistics & Distribution
- Reference047424
- Job FunctionOperations
- Expiry date 08 February 2026
Job description
Shift Time: 9pm to 5:30am (Shift times may vary)
Pay Rate: £14.30 Per Hour
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.
Exeter:
A distribution depot serving convenience retailers and forecourts in the region.
What you'll be doing:
Lead the team to ensure that they pick and despatch the required products that can be delivered to our customers and distribution centres in a timely manner, consistently operating efficiently thus ensuring the quality and safety of food goods and compliance with legislative and group standards.
What we’re looking for:
Being great with people is essential. In fact, this is the first thing we look for when we recruit a Greencore Colleague You will need to be able to be self-motivated and flexible, be able to use your own initiative and a good communicator at all levels. Experience of leading a team, and of working within or managing a picking operation would be an advantage.
- Sunday Night availability is crucial
- FLT License preferred
- Full UK driving license is essential
- Own transport is a must due to location of the site
At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. 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:
- Weekly Pay
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Free On-site car park
- On-site subsidised food area
- Promotion and progression opportunities
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.