Raw Materials Professional - Wakefield

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: Wakefield Operations is a flagship manufacturing site and a powerhouse within the network, producing a significant proportion of GB’s volume across multiple high-speed production lines. It is one of the largest soft drink facilities in Europe, combining scale, pace and innovation in a truly dynamic environment. With a workforce of over 550 colleagues across Manufacturing, Engineering and QESH, the site offers a collaborative and high-performing culture where continuous improvement is embedded into everyday work. The scale and complexity of the operation creates outstanding opportunities for career development, both locally across GB and more broadly across Europe and a wider global network. This is an opportunity to step into a visible leadership role where you can make a genuine impact, develop talent and contribute to a business that values progression, ownership and ambition.

What to expect: Reporting to the Production Manager, you will lead a team responsible for ensuring the seamless flow of raw materials to production. You will play a key role in maintaining operational continuity, driving standards and delivering performance in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment. Your focus will include:

• Leading and embedding a strong safety-first culture
• Developing, coaching and engaging a team to consistently deliver high standards
• Ensuring reliable supply of raw materials to production through effective planning and control
• Taking ownership of stock accuracy, storage profiles and system integrity
• Driving improvements in waste control, yield and overall efficiency
• Embedding operational excellence routines and supporting progression through OE accreditation levels
• Delivering and maintaining GMP standards across all activities

You will also build strong relationships across the business, working closely with scheduling, material supply and QESH teams to ensure smooth operations and continuous improvement.

Skills & Essentials: We are looking for a confident and proactive leader who thrives in a high-energy environment and is motivated to drive performance and develop people. Key requirements include:

• Demonstrable leadership experience within a manufacturing or operational setting
• Strong decision-making capability and the ability to perform under pressure
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with a genuine drive to learn and improve
• Ability to manage competing priorities effectively and make sound judgements
• Experience or awareness of stock control, materials management or supply processes
• Knowledge of SAP or similar systems would be beneficial, but not essential

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks. We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth.