Role Details:

• Shift Times: 4am to 12:30pm 
• Pay Rate: £14.50 per hour 
• Shift Pattern: Monday to Saturday with a rolling rest day

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.

Southampton:

A distribution depot serving convenience retailers and forecourts in the region. The depot operates a fleet of 35 vehicles on 36 routes.

What you'll be doing:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Team Leader to join our Team based at our Southampton Depot. You will be part of a small team responsible for overseeing the Greencore van delivery network. The operation runs 364 days a year and is a fast paced depot to start a transport career. As a Team Leader you will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Admin work/ Data input
• Interacting with drivers
• Liaising with customer service and thirds parties over email and phone
• Overlooking van routes to ensure smooth delivery
• Manage the workload of the drivers, ensuring efficient allocation of resources.
• Control and manage KPI requirements
• Being a strong example of safe Health and Safety practices
• Overseeing the day to day running of the Vans routes
• Reporting into Transport Management
• Ongoing training, including health and safety, manual handling and driving assessments

Shift details:

*       Monday to Saturday (Rolling rest day)

*       £13.50 per hour

*       5:30am to 2pm

*       Overtime available (£16.87 per hour for any hours worked over 42 per week)

What we’re looking for:

• Experience working within the transport industry is desirable but not essential
• A positive attitude and be a team player, working closely in our team
• Good attention to detail
• Self-disciplined and able to work under pressure to ensure deadlines are met
• Be computer literate, including the use of Excel spreadsheets

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, 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
• Free car parking
• 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.