Make an impact in ways that matter. Join a business built on trusted brands, great people and teamwork, where care and fresh ideas help keep things moving. Here, your contribution helps serve our customers, support our operations and enable our teams to do their best work. You’ll be encouraged to bring your strengths, supported to grow, and welcomed into a team where we make a meaningful difference together. Operational Excellence Manager – East Kilbride Permanent 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 and EV charging + Free hot and cold drinks and subsidised canteen + Excellent parental benefits What you become part of: Join one of the most dynamic manufacturing operations in Great Britain. Our East Kilbride site produces around 33 million cases of drinks every year across four high-performing production lines, including two glass and two PET bottling lines. It is also the only site in Great Britain producing Appletiser in glass, making it a unique place to develop expertise within a world-class manufacturing environment. As part of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, you'll be joining a business that invests in its people, technology, and future. Whether you're looking to broaden your leadership experience, develop operational excellence capability or drive transformation at scale, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact within a market-leading manufacturing business. Reporting directly to the Site Director, you'll play a key role in shaping site performance, embedding a culture of continuous improvement and supporting East Kilbride's operational excellence journey. What to expect: As Operational Excellence Manager, you'll lead the deployment and maturity of the CCEP Operational Excellence framework, helping to deliver sustainable improvements across safety, quality, service, sustainability, cost, and people performance. Working closely with site leadership and cross-functional teams, you'll drive continuous improvement initiatives, develop capability across the business and ensure Operational Excellence principles are fully embedded into day-to-day operations. Key responsibilities include: Leading and delivering the site's Operational Excellence roadmap, supporting progression through the CCEP maturity framework Conducting gap assessments and translating findings into actionable improvement plans Driving continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing, engineering and support functions Using data and performance insights to identify, prioritise and deliver improvement opportunities Managing and developing the Continuous Improvement team, building capability and promoting a high-performance culture Overseeing the site's improvement pipeline and ensuring projects deliver measurable business benefits Auditing frontline routines and coaching leaders to strengthen standards, problem-solving and accountability Supporting autonomous maintenance, reliability and productivity improvement activities Facilitating improvement workshops and coaching teams through structured problem-solving methodologies Reviewing capability requirements and supporting learning and development plans to strengthen operational performance Partnering with operational leaders to prioritise and deploy technical resources in support of key improvement initiatives This is a highly influential role, providing the opportunity to work across all areas of the site while helping shape the future performance and capability of the operation. Skills
Operational Excellence Manager - East Kilbride employer: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is an exceptional employer that values teamwork, innovation, and personal growth. Located in Birmingham, this role as an Away From Home Merchandiser offers a supportive work culture with regular one-to-one sessions and team catch-ups to enhance your skills. With benefits like private health care, a pension plan, and flexible holiday options, CCEP is committed to creating an inclusive environment where every employee can thrive and make a meaningful impact.
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