Production Team Leader Job at Greencore Group (Wisbech)

Job Description

4 on 4 off - (May be required to start at 06:45am) 12 Hour Shifts Up to £14.09 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. Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 525 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op. What you'll be doing As a Team Leader you will manage, organise and control all activities within your section of the factory. You will assign and organise staff alongside managing productivity and performance ensuring the achievement of the required service levels and performance results. You will walk the floor of the production area and manage start-up procedures, receiving a handover from the previous shift and ensuring there is no excess or shortage of labour in the production areas.

Job Responsibility

Manage, organise and control all activities within your section of the factory
Assign and organise staff alongside managing productivity and performance ensuring the achievement of the required service levels and performance results
Walk the floor of the production area and manage start-up procedures, receiving a handover from the previous shift and ensuring there is no excess or shortage of labour in the production areas
Constructively challenge performance of area – quality, throughput rate and crew size
Effectively audit daily technical paperwork
Assist First Line Coordinator in DWOR completion
Attend daily taste panel as required and follow through any actions
Document handover for oncoming shift and ensure production area is left in a clean and safe condition
Review Productivity and NME Losses Graph to identify opportunities for improvement
Identify performance management / training requirements within the area and manage the process / delivery

Requirements

Supervisory experience
Understand how to maintain a team within a manufacturing environment
Food or wider FMCG Manufacturing Experience is desirable
Good level of English & Maths
Basic understanding of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene
Ability to work unsupervised.

Nice to have

Food or wider FMCG Manufacturing Experience is desirable

What we offer

Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Competitive matched pension contributions
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
On the job training and development opportunities

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