Overview
Address: East Kilbride, Scotland, GB, G74 5PR
Warehouse Shift Lead
Location: Johnstones Food Service, East Kilbride
Shift: Weekdays
Salary: Competitive
We have a new opportunity for a Warehouse Shift Lead (WSL) within our Warehouse team in our East Kilbride site as part of the Finsbury Food Group.
Finsbury Food Group is a leading specialty bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships within the foodservice channel. Finsbury offer a wide range of bakery products and are a leading frozen supplier into the Foodservice sector.
To be successful in this role, you will lead, motivate, and develop warehouse and logistics teams to achieve operational KPIs while ensuring full compliance with Health & Safety, food safety (BRC/HACCP), GMP, and security standards. You will manage all warehouse processes efficiently—from inbound through dispatch—maintaining strong inventory accuracy and operational control. You will also drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimise efficiency and reduce waste, communicating effectively with internal teams and serving as the key escalation point for operational issues on site.
This is what you’ll actually do!
As Warehouse Shift Lead, you will own and drive the operational performance of the warehouse and on-site logistics. You’ll provide leadership, strategic direction, and accountability for people, processes, and results. You will ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operations across all functions—including inbound, storage, picking, packing, dispatch, inventory, and workplace standards. Your role delivers on key metrics (Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, People, and Sustainability), acting as the senior operational leader on site. You will champion continuous improvement and uphold high standards of operational excellence at all times.
You will take full accountability for warehouse and logistics operations across all shifts, leading staffing, rota planning, performance management, coaching, and succession development. You will ensure strict compliance with SOPs, audits, and regulatory standards, while identifying process bottlenecks and implementing improvements that optimise performance. By working closely with Quality, Technical, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams, you will help maintain seamless end-to-end operations. You will also support continuous improvement initiatives and champion a strong, safety-first culture across the site.
Ideally this is you!
• Experienced in warehouse or logistics operations, ideally in FMCG or food distribution.
• Strong knowledge of inventory management systems (WMS), transport planning, and operational KPIs.
• Experienced in managing multi-disciplinary teams and delivering site-wide operational performance.
• Competent in MS Office, ERP systems, and data-driven decision-making.
• Knowledgeable in Health & Safety, food safety, and GMP compliance.
• Skilled in continuous improvement, Lean, CI, or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Values-driven, visible leader with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Flexible, resilient, and able to thrive in a fast-paced operational environment
What’s in it for you?
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!
Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!