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Job Posted: 2 days ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Bourne
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Section Leader - Assembly Red Days
Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Pension, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire
Ways of Working: Site based
Hours of work: 4 on 4 off, 07:30 - 19:30.
Contract Type: FTC, 6 months
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.
This role is based in Bourne at a site specialising in the preparation of fruit, dressed salads, noodles, leafy salads, and stir-fry mixes. The site employs over 1,200 people and is conveniently located just 16 miles from Peterborough and 12 miles from Spalding.
What you'll be doing
Reporting to a Production Manager, you will manage, organise and control all activities within the factory. You will assign and organise staff alongside managing productivity and performance ensuring the achievement of the required service levels and performance results.
Accountabilities:
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.
Complete Return to Work interviews, attend daily review meetings and team briefings.
Constructively challenge performance of area - quality, throughput rate and crew size.
Effectively audit daily technical paperwork.
Document handover for oncoming shift and ensure packing 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
An ability to work to Safety & Quality standards, with the ability to work with other functions to deliver the days production plans. What we're looking for
Experience in a production or section management role within the food manufacturing industry.
Knowledge and experience of continuous improvement.
A solid understanding of retailer expectations and how we meet them.
You'll be a great leader, capable of inspiring and engaging your team, understanding the pressure of a factory environment. We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.
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
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
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.
Colleagues whose roles are at risk of redundancy and who meet essential role criteria will be given priority consideration for this role.
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