Production Team Leader - Morpeth

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.

What you become part of

At Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, we make, move and sell some of the world's most loved brands. Join us at Morpeth and you’ll be part of a site that plays a unique role within our GB manufacturing network. Morpeth Operations is the only PET bottled water production site in Great Britain, producing over one million bottles every day across a highly automated manufacturing operation. As a specialist site with around 40 colleagues across Manufacturing, Engineering and QESH, you’ll experience the visibility and impact often found at a smaller location, while benefiting from the scale, investment and career opportunities of one of the world’s largest consumer goods businesses.

This is a site where people are known, supported and developed. You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues who are passionate about continuous improvement, operational excellence and helping one another succeed. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your leadership capability, broaden your manufacturing experience or build a long-term career within CCEP, Morpeth offers an excellent platform for growth. From developing within the site itself to exploring opportunities across our wider GB business and international network, you’ll be part of an organisation where career development is genuinely encouraged and supported.

What to expect

As a Production Team Leader, you’ll lead a manufacturing team to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality production performance while creating an engaged and high-performing team culture. You will have accountability for both team and line performance, ensuring production targets are consistently achieved while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality and operational excellence.

• Lead daily production operations, driving performance against output, quality, yield and efficiency targets.
• Coach, develop and engage a team of operators, creating an environment where people can perform at their best.
• Use real-time performance data to identify opportunities, resolve issues and minimise downtime.
• Work closely with Engineering, QESH and wider manufacturing teams to optimise plant reliability and productivity.
• Oversee material usage, inventory control and syrup production to support production schedules.
• Ensure resources are deployed effectively whilst maintaining strong cost control.
• Support planned maintenance activity and drive compliance with food safety, quality and operational standards.
• Lead incident investigations, identify root causes and embed sustainable improvements.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, cost and delivery performance.
• Play an active role in developing a flexible, capable and future-ready manufacturing team.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact, influence results and help shape the future performance of the site.

Skills and Essentials

We’re looking for someone who combines operational knowledge with strong people leadership skills and a passion for creating high-performing teams. You’ll ideally bring:

• Experience leading or supervising teams within a manufacturing, production or operational environment.
• A background in engineering, manufacturing, food and beverage, FMCG or a similar fast-paced industry.
• Strong leadership and coaching capability, with the confidence to motivate and develop others.
• Experience managing performance, engagement and people-related processes.
• An understanding of production planning, labour utilisation, quality systems and operational KPIs.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make informed decisions in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience driving continuous improvement activity and delivering measurable results.
• The ability to collaborate effectively across functions and influence stakeholders at all levels.

It would be advantageous if you also have:

• Degree-level education or an equivalent professional or technical qualification.
• Experience working within highly automated manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, continuous improvement methodologies or operational excellence programmes.

If you’re an inclusive people leader who enjoys developing others, driving performance and making a visible impact within a close-knit manufacturing team, we’d love to hear from you.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), with 39,000 people serving 4 million customers across 31 markets. We combine the scale of a large multinational business with expert local knowledge of the customers and communities we serve, investing, employing, manufacturing and distributing locally. At CCEP, we welcome people from all backgrounds and value the experiences and perspectives they bring. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves, feel respected and thrive. This commitment is reflected in our recognition as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute and as a Disability Confident Leader. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply so we can support you to perform at your best.

We recognise that some people may prefer not to participate in alcohol-related sales, interactions or promotions. If this applies to you, please speak with your Talent Acquisition contact, who can advise whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.