Logistics Supervisor Night Shift Job Details | Danish Crown Group in Rochdale

Lead our night-shift operations to ensure our world-class food products move safely, accurately, and efficiently from our warehouse to the world.

What you will be doing

• You will be the driving force behind our nocturnal logistics, supervising a dedicated team to manage everything from intake to dispatch while maintaining a safety-first culture. Your goal is to ensure 100% load accuracy and system integrity before the sun comes up.
• Safety & Team Leadership: Champion a "zero-harm" environment, managing staff attendance, conducting return-to-work interviews, and coaching your team to hit high performance standards.
• Operational Control: Oversee the picking and dispatch schedules, ensuring all stock follows FIFO principles and that trailer turnarounds are handled with precision.
• Inventory & Systems: Maintain real-time SAP accuracy, liaising with Production and Planning to resolve discrepancies and manage stock age or quality risks.
• Compliance: Own the documentation process for audits and traceability, ensuring every pallet and paper trail meets our rigorous food safety standards.

What you will bring

• We are looking for a decisive leader who thrives in a fast-paced warehouse environment and understands the critical importance of temperature-controlled logistics.
• Experience: You possess a proven track record in warehouse or transport supervision, ideally within a high-pressure manufacturing or FMCG environment where timing is everything.
• Hard Skills: You are highly proficient in SAP or similar WMS/ERP systems and Microsoft Office; holding a valid forklift license (counterbalance or reach) is a significant advantage.
• Soft Skills: You are a proactive problem-solver with a "safety-first" mindset, capable of motivating a diverse team and remaining calm and clear-headed under operational pressure.

Why join us

Joining Danish Crown means stepping into a pivotal role where your autonomy is respected and your impact is visible every single day. You won’t just be managing a shift; you’ll be refining processes and leading a team in an environment that values continuous improvement and operational excellence. We provide the stability of a global market leader while maintaining a site culture that feels personal and supportive.

We are committed to your professional journey, offering a workplace where hard work is recognised, and career growth is an active conversation. You will have the opportunity to stretch your leadership capabilities in a high-standard facility, contributing to a supply chain that feeds millions while working within a schedule that offers a consistent Monday-to-Friday routine.

About us

Danish Crown UK is a business built on trust, teamwork and ambition. We exist to deliver food that people believe in, and we know that takes strong leadership and collaborative cultures.

Our leadership principles guide us. We act for the good of the whole organisation. We hire brilliant people and help them grow. We are ambitious, curious and open to new ideas. We build trust by accepting mistakes as part of development. We believe real leadership is earned through example, not title.

Whoever joins us will help create a workplace where people feel safe to speak up, share ideas, challenge old ways of working and stretch themselves to achieve more. If that sounds like the environment where you thrive, we would love to hear from you.