Despatch Supervisor

Great opportunity to work as a Despatch Supervisor for our client, a professional yet friendly company that specialises in making and developing chilled meals for the top UK supermarkets, making over 3.7million chilled…

Pay rate £18.22 – £19.74/hour
Job type Temporary
Posted 14 October 2026

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About this job

Great opportunity to work as a Despatch Supervisor for our client, a professional yet friendly company that specialises in making and developing chilled meals for the top UK supermarkets, making over 3.7million chilled meals every week.

Do you have strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills? We're looking for motivated individuals to join our team and help us deliver high-quality products to our customers every day.

Staffline is recruiting Despatch Supervisors in Wrexham.

The rate of pay is:
- Days £18.22 per hour
- Nights £19.74 per hour

This is a full-time role working fixed shifts, 4 on 4 off, and the hours of work are:
- 6am to 6pm
- 6pm to 6am

Your Time at Work

As a Despatch Supervisor you will be supervising a team of upto 10 warehouse colleagues on shift at this fast paced Food Manufacturing site.

Key duties include:

- Oversee safe working practices and environmental compliance.
- Plan and monitor receipt, storage, and dispatch of goods.
- Maintain stock accuracy and manage forklift operations.
- Drive continuous improvement and efficiency in warehouse processes.
- Coordinate maintenance of vehicles and equipment.
- Implement best practices and support operational budget reduction.
- Build a strong team culture and maintain training standards.
- Manage staffing levels and manpower resources.
- Coach and motivate the team to meet daily operational goals.
- Liaise with customers, suppliers, and transport partners.
- Ensure SOPs and procedures are properly trained and followed.

Our Perfect Worker

Skills we are looking for:

- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to motivate teams and lead by example.
- Understanding of customer deliverables and cost of poor quality.
- Resilient, confident, and open to change.
- Proficient in Quor system and advanced Excel.
- Supervisory experience in a fast-paced warehouse or food manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical, numeric, and IT skills.
- Proven ability to manage people and performance under pressure.

Key Information and Benefits

- Earn £18.22 - £19.74 per hour
- 4 on 4 off
- Temp to perm opportunity
- OnSite support from Staffline
- Canteen on site
- Free car parking on site
- Free food
- Free hot drinks
- PPE provided
- Shop on site

Job Ref: 1OMW

About Staffline

Staffline is the UK's largest recruitment solutions partner, enabling over 35,000 people into good work every week. We operate at more than 420 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

As one of the most established recruitment agencies in Nottingham with operations across the UK, we specialise in connecting businesses with temporary and permanent jobs across warehouse & logistics, food and drink, aviation, driving, technical & engineering, manufacturing & automotive and security.
Important Information

- Staffline and its subsidiaries do not charge any recruitment or job‑seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process.
- This job advert may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, by third-party websites, without prior written consent from Staffline.
- Our job adverts are correct at the time of publication, but some details and job responsibilities are subject to change

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