At Lineage Logistics, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live every day. Lineage is the world’s largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions with +20,000 colleagues globally.

If you open your fridge freezer, up to 20% of the products you’ll see have passed through a Lineage facility. We support customers who keep our schools and restaurants stocked and supplied as well as working with many of the UK’s leading retailers.

We are currently seeking a General Manager to lead across 2 sites and split their time between Bristol and Gloucester with over 80,000 pallet positions and 90 employees across the two locations; this location is a critical link between our 14 UK sites. Planning is underway to completely redevelop our Bristol site.

The role

You will take full accountability at both sites, providing direction to all departments and shifts to ensure we are providing a great service to our customers and meeting all their requirements whilst working safely, productively and in accordance with company working procedures.

You will engage and motivate teams and managers at site, ensuring that we are creating a strong performance but also a rewarding culture for our employees.

Tasks include:

• Meeting with various managers and team members – ensuring they have direction and support to work effectively

• Running reports from the WMS (Warehouse Management System) to ensure managers have access to data on site performance

• Manage the site to deliver key performance indicators (such as ensuring stock admin is focused on customer driven specifics)

• Maintaining a site-specific continuous improvement plan

• Conducing training need analysis, ensuring training is completed and records maintained

• Be accountable for health and safety at site; making sure all colleagues have a safe environment to perform their duties

• Be part of the project team to manage the expansion plans of our Bristol site

Who were looking for:

We are looking for someone who has experience of being solely accountable for a site. That is a people focused operational leader, who understands that success is built by getting the best from our large team of colleagues at site.

To thrive in this role, you'll ideally need:

• Experience of leading large teams through managers

• Has managed conflicting customer priorities to deliver to productivity targets

• Is comfortable working with data to support decision making

• Can travel to either of the depot locations every working day

• Experience of working in a multi-site environment

• Previous experience in managing improvement and/or expansion projects would be highly beneficial

Job reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.