Logistics Section Leader

Logistics Section Leader We rise to challenges together Salary : £33,000 per annum Location: Bo\’ness Ways of Working: Site Based Shift: Tuesday-Saturday 14:00-22:00 Contract Type: Permanent Benefits : Highly competitive rewards package and excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group Why join us? We\’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it\’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together. What we do. This particular role is based at our Bakkavor Salads Bo\’ness site, which employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments to a number of customers. It is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles to Falkirk. About the role. In this busy, exciting and hands on role, you will lead a section of the Logistics team, ensuring that products are received, stored and shipped accurately and efficiently in line with site procedures, GMP and H&S. As Logistics Section Leader you will manage and control all materials handling equipment and transport within your area. As well as ensuring mechanisms are in place and supported to provide effective communication to all levels and conduct team briefs on a regular basis. 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. Accountabilities: Complete Return to Work interviews, attend daily review meetings and team briefings. Constructively challenge performance of area – quality, throughput rate and crew size. 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 About you. To be successful in this role you will need to be a positive and motivated team player that possesses strong leadership skills. The role requires you to pay attention to detail. Ideally you will have previous experience within logistics and warehouse. 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. What you\’ll receive. As an equal opportunity employer, we\’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you. You\’ll enjoy: Life Assurance (1 x salary) 25 days holiday Staff Shop Stakeholder Pension Scheme MyBargains Discount Platform Personal Accident Insurance Free Independent Mortgage Advice Employee Assistance Programme A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) Discounted tutoring for children Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service) Free Car parking Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions. Proud to be Bakkavor. We\’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We\’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury\’s and Waitrose. We\’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team! Find out more and apply. #LI-MK1 #CVL Bakkavor We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with operations also in the US, positioning the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 15,000 colleagues operate from 31 sites across our two markets supplying a large portfolio of products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US. Category: Manufacturing Location: Boness, GB, EH51 9SJ Date: 2 Jul 2025 Req ID: 25157 TPBN1_UKTJ