Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Production Team Leader - Wakefield
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Permanent
Salary: £55,000
Benefits:
- Structured career development
- Annual performance-related pay bonus and pay reviews
- Private Medical Insurance
- Share scheme
- Competitive pension contributions
- Range of flexible benefits and corporate discounts
- Holiday buy/sell scheme
- Optional health care and life assurance
- Free parking
- Overtime available
- Free hot and cold drinks and subsidized canteen
- Excellent parental benefits
- Flexible working
What You Become Part Of
Wakefield Operations is one of the largest and most advanced manufacturing facilities within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Producing some of the world's most recognized brands, the site operates in a fast-paced, highly automated environment where safety, quality, and continuous improvement drive everything we do.
With significant investment in people, technology, and operational excellence, Wakefield offers the opportunity to build a rewarding career while making a tangible impact on business performance. Collaboration, innovation, and development are at the heart of our culture, creating an environment where individuals and teams can thrive.
As a Production Leader, you'll take ownership of a key production area within the site, leading a team of 10-12 colleagues to deliver outstanding operational performance. This is an excellent opportunity for a people-focused manufacturing leader to influence results, develop capability, and contribute to the success of one of CCEP's flagship operations.
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What To Expect
Reporting to the Production Manager, you'll be responsible for creating a safe, engaged, and high-performing team while ensuring production plans are delivered efficiently and effectively. You'll combine strong people leadership with operational focus, driving improvements across performance, quality, and sustainability measures.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team of 10-12 colleagues to deliver daily production targets.
- Driving performance across safety, quality, cost, service, and people metrics.
- Improving line efficiency by reducing waste, downtime, and performance losses.
- Partnering with QESH teams to maintain and enhance Quality, Environment, Health, and Safety standards.
- Delivering yield targets across ingredients and packaging through effective performance management.
- Embedding a culture of continuous improvement through effective site routines and data-driven decision-making.
- Acting as a visible leader on shift, creating an engaged, accountable, and high-performing team environment.
You'll play a critical role in ensuring operational excellence while developing the capability and confidence of your team to achieve and exceed performance expectations.
Skills & Essentials
We're looking for a motivated and inclusive leader who can inspire others, drive performance, and thrive in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
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Essential:
- Proven experience leading and developing teams within a fast-paced manufacturing, production, or operational environment.
- Strong people leadership skills with the ability to motivate, coach, and engage teams.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to build effective relationships across the business.
- Ability to make sound decisions and prioritize effectively in a busy, changing environment.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and planning skills.
- A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to use data and insight to drive performance.
- Commitment to maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and operational excellence.
Desirable:
- Experience within FMCG, food, beverage, packaging, or other high-volume manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of SAP or similar manufacturing systems.
- Experience managing production KPIs including efficiency, yield, waste, and labor utilization.
If you're looking for an opportunity to make a real impact, develop high-performing teams, and help shape the success of a world-class manufacturing operation, we'd love to hear from you.
At Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, we make, move, and sell some of the world's most loved drinks. We want our workforce to be as diverse as our products, creating a culture where everyone feels they belong and can be their best. Join us and be part of something bigger.
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