Production Team Lead - Night Shift in Stoke-on-Trent

Are you an experienced, proactive leader looking to take the next step in your career? Do you want to work for a household name in the FMCG industry?

As Night Shift Team Leader, you’ll be responsible for overseeing night shift operations to ensure the smooth, efficient production of high-quality products. You’ll lead and support your team, ensuring resources and equipment are optimally utilised to meet production targets and maintain a ‘Right First-Time’ approach. You’ll also act as the key point of contact for any operational issues during the night shift.

This role is critical to maintaining site performance and embedding a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with other functions to ensure operational flexibility across engineering, logistics, and technical support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate night shift operations to meet production plans and KPIs
• Champion health, safety, and environmental standards
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the team
• Build strong relationships across departments and functions
• Role model company values and behaviours
• Ensure compliance with site processes and procedures
• Manage labour planning and working time using SAP
• Support training and development of team members
• Conduct appraisals, return-to-work interviews, and manage attendance

About You

We’re looking for someone with proven leadership experience in a manufacturing or production environment, ideally within FMCG. You’ll be confident managing teams, driving performance, and fostering a culture of accountability and improvement. Experience in a unionised setting is advantageous.

You’ll need:

• Strong people management and coaching skills
• A proactive approach to safety and compliance
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
• A continuous improvement mindset
• Experience with SAP or similar systems

Interested? Get in touch with Victoria Winter or click “Apply Now” to be considered for this vacancy.

☎ 0161 639 0080

📧 victoria.winter@advocate-group.co.uk

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