Shift Manager

Shift Manager

Location: The Pizza Factory, Nottingham

Working Hours: 6AM-6PM, Week 1 Wednesday to Saturday, Week 2 Thursday to Saturday

Salary: Highly Competitive + Excellent Numeration and Benefits Package

About Us

Joining 2 Sisters means becoming part of the UK’s largest food manufacturer, with a £3 billion+ turnover and over 13,500 employees. At our Gateside Road site in Nottingham, we are passionate about producing high-quality pizza products for our customers while continuously investing in our people and processes.

About the Role

As Shift Manager, you will take ownership of the day-to-day operation of B Shift across our Pizza Toppings site, leading a team of 6 x Front Line Managers who oversee key production and logistics functions.

You’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining operational excellence while continuing to build a positive, engaged, and high-performing culture. This position requires a leader who can balance people development with operational delivery, ensuring teams are motivated, supported, and consistently achieving results.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 6 Front Line Managers, providing coaching, support, and direction.
• Drive a strong culture of engagement, accountability, and teamwork across the shift.
• Ensure operational targets relating to safety, quality, output, and efficiency are achieved.
• Champion health and safety as a core part of daily operations, embedding best practice throughout the team.
• Monitor performance data, identify trends, investigate root causes, and implement effective improvement plans.
• Lead problem-solving activities and drive sustainable solutions to operational challenges.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced production leader who values people as much as performance. You will have a proven track record of managing teams within a manufacturing, FMCG, or food production environment and understand how to create a culture where individuals and teams can thrive. You’ll be naturally curious, challenge existing processes, and use data to drive meaningful improvements.

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience in a Shift Manager or similar leadership role within a production or manufacturing environment.
• Strong people management, coaching, and development skills.
• Proven ability to lead through engagement and influence.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience managing operational performance against key metrics.

• 33 days annual leave inclusive of the bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Company sick pay (after qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme via Wisdom
• Discounted onsite canteen
• Access to Grocery Aid counselling services

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a stable, high-performing shift operation where the foundations for success are already in place. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing the positive team culture that has been carefully developed, while also shaping future talent through coaching, succession planning, and leadership development.

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