Despatch Zone Manager
- Posted 14 January 2026
- LocationWarrington
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Production
- Reference047044
- Job FunctionOperations
- Expiry date 14 February 2026
Job description
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 at recruitment.
If 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.