Distribution Shift Manager Back Shift
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | CT7 0AX |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Thanet Earth |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The Role
Working on the back shift, you will oversee all in‑loading and out‑loading activities, ensuring health and safety, operational standards, and performance targets are consistently met. You will provide strong leadership and guidance to the distribution team while driving a comprehensive continuous‑improvement programme across the operation, focusing on both process efficiency and team development.
Other responsibilities include:
Plan, coordinate and monitor orders, assembly and dispatch of all our produce.
Make use of space and mechanical handling equipment efficiently.
Ensure quality performance, customer compliance and budget targets are met.
Liaise closely with the planning and production teams ensuring information flows both ways and is effective.
Ensure distribution areas consistently meet all Health, Safety and Environmental requirements to protect employees, contractors and visitors, and implement updates when needed.
Key Skills & Knowledge
Experience from within a distribution business serving multiple retailers.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
People management skills, including the ability to inspire, lead and motivate others, delegate and explain.
Planning and organisational skills.
Ability to demonstrate initiative and decisiveness.
IT skills, particularly database management and spreadsheets.
Problem-solving skills and an ability to work on a tactical and strategic level.
The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
A Day in the Life...
“No day is ever the same. Every day is full of exciting challenges, opportunities to learn, working as a team and adding value. In the role of Distribution Shift Manager, you need to ensure everyone understands the part they play and the days objectives. We lead from the front, supporting and safely co-ordinating our teams’ activities to efficiently and effectively delight our customers processing and delivering millions of pounds of stock every week to household names. If you are dynamic, thrive under pressure, love working with people and taking responsibility for a fast-moving operation, come and join us.”
What we can offer you:
A competitive salary.
28 days holiday per annum plus 8 days of bank holidays.
Private Medical Insurance.
Learning and development opportunities.
Company pension.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Medicash cash back scheme.
Working on the back shift, you will oversee all in‑loading and out‑loading activities, ensuring health and safety, operational standards, and performance targets are consistently met. You will provide strong leadership and guidance to the distribution team while driving a comprehensive continuous‑improvement programme across the operation, focusing on both process efficiency and team development.
Other responsibilities include:
Plan, coordinate and monitor orders, assembly and dispatch of all our produce.
Make use of space and mechanical handling equipment efficiently.
Ensure quality performance, customer compliance and budget targets are met.
Liaise closely with the planning and production teams ensuring information flows both ways and is effective.
Ensure distribution areas consistently meet all Health, Safety and Environmental requirements to protect employees, contractors and visitors, and implement updates when needed.
Key Skills & Knowledge
Experience from within a distribution business serving multiple retailers.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
People management skills, including the ability to inspire, lead and motivate others, delegate and explain.
Planning and organisational skills.
Ability to demonstrate initiative and decisiveness.
IT skills, particularly database management and spreadsheets.
Problem-solving skills and an ability to work on a tactical and strategic level.
The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
A Day in the Life...
“No day is ever the same. Every day is full of exciting challenges, opportunities to learn, working as a team and adding value. In the role of Distribution Shift Manager, you need to ensure everyone understands the part they play and the days objectives. We lead from the front, supporting and safely co-ordinating our teams’ activities to efficiently and effectively delight our customers processing and delivering millions of pounds of stock every week to household names. If you are dynamic, thrive under pressure, love working with people and taking responsibility for a fast-moving operation, come and join us.”
What we can offer you:
A competitive salary.
28 days holiday per annum plus 8 days of bank holidays.
Private Medical Insurance.
Learning and development opportunities.
Company pension.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Medicash cash back scheme.
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