Step into a high-impact role at Refresco Bridgwater—the UK’s largest and most advanced site—where you’ll lead change, drive performance, and shape the future of operations. As a key force behind innovation and efficiency, you’ll tackle critical improvement areas, embed a culture of continuous progress, and deliver game-changing projects from start to finish. If you’re ready to make a real difference in a fast-moving, industry-leading business, this is your opportunity.

 

Continuous Improvement Manager
Permanent
Refresco - Bridgwater
Monday – Friday 38 hours 

 

Benefits:

12.5% annual bonusPersonal healthcare coverAn enhanced holiday allowance of 28 days plus bank holidaysPurchase extra holiday (up to 3 days per year)Life assuranceAccess to a 24/7 virtual GP for you and your familyAccess to our brand new employee benefits platform offering discounts, cashback rewards, and access to more optional benefitsAccess to Grocery Aid – for free financial, personal, health and wellbeing support

 

The role:
In this role, you will be a leading change agent within the business unit, identifying and closing gaps in operational efficiency, utility usage, quality, and safety against approved targets. You’ll drive and embed a culture of continuous improvement across the site, ensuring that robust processes are in place to support and optimise performance in all areas. You will also take full ownership of projects from concept through to handover, delivering them on time, within budget, and to the required specifications, while maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality compliance.

 

Implement the existing Refresco Continuous Improvement Methodology.Analyse, interpret and understand data / reports and be able to identify opportunities for improvement action.Collaboratively support and lead multi skilled/cross functional teams.Use a high degree of industry knowledge, product & equipment knowledge, project management experience and relationships across the organisation to enable successful delivery of complex/challenging projects.Coaching & developing to less experienced team members and peers.Enable a legacy of individuals and teams capable of retaining the CI skills used in each project / task.Must be able to not only identify opportunities but can also practically deliver improvement.

 

About you
The ideal candidate is a resilient and strategic change leader with a strong track record in driving continuous improvement and operational excellence. They will be skilled at identifying cost-saving opportunities, boosting efficiency, and enhancing safety and quality. With proven leadership and business acumen, they’ll confidently deliver site goals through effective prioritisation and cross-functional collaboration. Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills, along with integrity and the ability to influence at all levels, are key to success in this role.

 

Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far.

Find out more about the Refresco Values here: https://www.refresco.co.uk/uk/about/our-values

If you fit this profile and are excited by this opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you!

 

About Refresco:
Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. 

Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. 

Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand

Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com.

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we’re only just getting started.

We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers.

Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high-profile customers.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.