Production Team Leader – East Kilbride
Permanent
Annualised Flex Conti Contract (42 hrs, 7‑day days & nights operation)
Structured career development + Annual performance related pay bonus and pay reviews + Share scheme + Competitive pension contributions + Range of flexible benefits and Corporate discounts, holiday buy/sell scheme and optional health care + Life assurance + Free parking + Free hot and cold drinks and subsidised canteen + Excellent parental benefits + Flexible working
What you become part of:
Our East Kilbride site produces around 32 million cases of drinks every year across four production lines — two glass and two PET. It is the only site in GB that produces our Appletiser range in glass, offering a unique operational environment and exposure to specialist production.
Today, the site operates with a team of around 220 employees, and continues to grow and evole. Experience gained here can lead to strong career progression opportunities both within East Kilbride and across our wider GB and Europacific network.
What to expect:
As a Production Team Leader, you will report to the Production Manager and lead a team of approximately 10–12 colleagues. You will ensure your team and production lines deliver the required output across performance, labour utilisation, quality, yield, and CRS targets. This is a highly visible role where leadership, data‑driven decision‑making, and operational rigour are key.
Your responsibilities will include:
Delivering daily production volumes on high‑efficiency lines
Achieving planned downtime targets and reducing unplanned downtime events
Working closely with QESH to strengthen Quality, Environment, Health and Safety standards
Managing yield performance to meet budget targets for ingredients and packaging
Embedding operational excellence through disciplined routines and strong use of data
Leading your team in the delivery of the site maintenance strategy
Achieving 100% compliance across maintenance schedules
Maintaining exceptionally high standards of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
Leading, developing, and engaging your team through performance management
Building future talent pipelines through development and coaching
Fostering a strong safety culture and championing safe working practices
Skills & Essentials:
We’re looking for someone who brings:
Proven leadership experience
Strong decision‑making abilities in a fast‑paced environment
Excellent communication and influencing skills
A self‑starter mindset with a desire to learn and succeed
Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively
Knowledge of SAP (advantageous but not essential)
The closing date for applications is 16/04/26. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to
We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio