Overview of role Drive Your Career Forward with Allied Bakeries! Location: Allied Bakeries Stoke (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Hours: 4 on 4 off days and nights, 42 hours Salary: Competitive Are you a dynamic leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Logistics FLM to join our team at Allied Bakeries Stoke and lead the way in delivering excellence! As the Logistics FLM, you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring that our products are safely delivered to customers on time and in full. Working under the guidance of the Logistics Manager, you’ll inspire and motivate our Transport and Despatch teams, drive change, and implement improvements across the department. Key Accountabilities Safety First: Lead by example and promote a culture of safety, ensuring all Health & Safety standards are met and maintained. Team Leadership: Set clear goals, targets, and expectations for your team while motivating and supporting them to exceed objectives. Training & Development: Help recruit, train, and develop staff to align with the company’s values and goals, ensuring a high-performing team. Continuous Improvement: Implement best practices and industry standards to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance service levels. Customer Satisfaction: Ensure that all despatched goods meet customer expectations, and manage compliance with traceability and food safety standards. Cost Control: Manage operational costs effectively, focusing on reducing absence, labour, damage, and losses.What You'll Bring ✅ Strong leadership with experience in warehousing and/or transport logistics operations. ✅ An excellent communicator with a knack for building effective relationships across teams. ✅ A keen eye for detail and a problem-solving mindset, with the ability to work on your own initiative. ✅ Ability to manage performance, absence, and conduct, and drive results consistently. ✅ A completer-finisher mentality with a focus on continuous improvement. ✅ CPC qualification is desirable, or the willingness to achieve it.Why Join Us? We know that our people are at the heart of our success. That’s why we offer: ✔ 24 shifts annual leave – time to relax and recharge! ✔ Health & Wellbeing Support – Access to a healthcare cash plan, free eye tests & more! ✔ Pension & Life Assurance – Up to 10% employer contributions to secure your future. ✔ Retail Discounts – Save at Asda, Tesco, M&S, Currys & 500 other retailers! ️ ✔ Career Progression – Grow with us through development & training opportunities. ✔ Financial Wellbeing Support – Affordable loans, free financial education & budgeting tools. ✔ Green Benefits – Save up to 40% on an electric car or get a great deal on a bike. ♂️⚡ ✔ Loyalty Rewards – We celebrate milestones with recognition and gifts. ✔ Recognition & Awards – Your hard work won’t go unnoticed! ✔ Charitable Giving – Support Save the Children through payroll donations. ❤️ Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon. We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s, Bürgen and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products. The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry. Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS. If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.