Gressingham Foods • Redgrave, Diss
About this role
Position
RDC Assistant Manager
Pay and Shift
Salary per Year £38989.08, paid weekly £749.79, 4 on 4 off from 18.45pm – 7.30am
Report to
Group Chilled Goods Warehouse Manager & Dispatch Manager
Direct reports
Dispatch Operatives
1. Ensure the smooth running of the day-to-day operations of the Dispatch department at Redgrave.
2. To manage dispatch staff in a positive, professional manner, ensuring they are motivated, informed and working as efficiently as possible in accordance with working procedures.
3. Liaise with Sales, and Factory Manager regarding daily orders.
4. Ensure orders are picked accurately on time and are correctly documented.
5. Check products are correctly dated.
6. Check products are at correct temperature.
7. Check that quality of the products, to be dispatched, meet the required standard. Report any problems regarding quality of any product to Factory Manager & Technical Manager.
8. Responsible for ensuring all chill and cold stores are clean and tidy throughout the day.
9. Check daily stock on chilled and frozen products.
10. Ensure that goods in are correctly documented.
11. Ensure that returns to production are correctly documented.
12. Contribute ideas on ways to improve productivity, cost reduction and despatch of product to the customer.
13. Identify and deliver the on-the-job training required for dispatch staff; liaise with Chilled Warehouse Manager regarding other training needs.
14. Promote safe work activities by conducting meeting with team members
15. Maintain all aspects of company policy (as per the Company Handbook).
16. Any other duties required connected with poultry processing.
Benefits
Holidays – 28 days per annum inclusive of Bank holidays
Free onsite parking
Subsidised Canteen
Discounted Staff Sales shop
Workplace pension (after initial qualifying period)
Staff and family events
Monthly Employee Draw
Long Service Awards
Individual training programme including CIPP development
Annual profit related bonus
Opportunity to develop payroll skills in a supportive environment
Interested? Please send your application to HR@gressinghamfoods.co.uk
CLOSING DATE 15/05/2026