Supply Chain Section Leader

Logistics Section Leader

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Contract Type: Permanent

Shift: 3s & 2s shift pattern, 06:00 – 18:00

Salary: circa £27,000 depending on experience

Location: Old Leake, Lincolnshire (near Boston)

Benefits: Pension, flexible benefits, on-site canteen, employee forum, Long Service Awards, Christmas events, company wellbeing programme, £250 referral scheme

Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, which is one of the most advanced, innovative and dynamic food markets in the world.

Our Meals site in Boston (Old Leake) is looking to recruit a Supply Chain Section Leader to manage a small logistics team, reporting into the Logistics Section Manager. The site employs over 700 people and specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals and modern deli products for a dedicated customer.

The Role

In this busy, exciting and hands on role, you will pro-actively manage and motivate a small logistics team in the Despatch area, overseeing stock rotation, loading and picking. You’ll provide direction to ensure all operatives in their area are correctly deployed and are performing to standards in health and safety, food safety and good manufacturing practices.

As Logistics Section Leader you will manage and control the finished goods stock, all materials handling equipment and transport within their area. You will also need to manage improvement activities including KPIs, waste management and production control processes and associated administration and record keeping.

A key part of the role will be to maintain all stock systems within your area of control to ensure stock takes and reconciliation are conducted in a timely fashion and all systems are accurate and up to date.

About you

To be successful in this role you will need to be a positive and motivated team player that possesses strong leadership skills. Ideally you will have previous experience within logistics and warehouse, and it is beneficial to already be IOSH trained.

Communication skills are key to this role as well as having good IT skills for administrative duties as and when needed. Building strong relationships with other areas of the business is important as you will liaise with them on a day-to-day basis, particularly the materials and planning department.

About us

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with an international presence in the US and China. Our 19,000 employees operate from 39 locations, developing and producing innovative food for a wide variety of occasions and budgets. In the UK, we work with leading grocery retailers, focusing on their own label brands.

What you can expect from us

When joining us you can expect a competitive salary, a strong benefits package and excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We’re proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We’re proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we’re proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we’ll make you proud too.

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Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China. We are number one in the UK in the four product categories of meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food. Our customers include every major UK grocery retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and some of the world’s best-known food brands. We have over 19,000 employees, our headquarters are in London and we have 23 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.