Manager, Contracts Management

1 month ago


Kegworth Leicestershire, United Kingdom Refresco Full time

Take on an exciting 18-month fixed-term contract with Refresco as the Aspire+ Cutover Manager and lead the smooth transition to a new SAP-centric environment. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage your strategic thinking, SAP expertise, and project management skills to develop and execute cutover plans that minimize disruption to business operations. If you're a proactive leader with excellent communication skills, this is a unique opportunity to contribute to a high-impact, transformative project within a leading manufacturing business.

18-month FTC

An annual 15% bonus and a 20% project completion bonus
~ Private healthcare up to family level
~8% pension contributions
~£7,000 car allowance
~ Access to a 24/7 virtual GP for you and your family
~ Life assurance
~ An enhanced holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays
~ Purchase extra holiday (up to 3 days per year)
~ Access to our brand new employee benefits platform offering discounts, cashback rewards, and access to more optional benefits
~ Access to Grocery Aid – for free financial, personal, health and wellbeing support


The Cutover Manager is key to ensuring a smooth transition from legacy systems to a new SAP-centric environment. This role requires strategic thinking, deep SAP knowledge in a manufacturing setting, and strong project management skills. Excellent communication skills are essential for guiding project teams and addressing any issues during the cutover phase.

Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with the cutover process.
Manage the timeline and deliverables, ensuring alignment with project goals.
Collaborate with technical teams on data migration and validation efforts.
Prepare and deliver cutover communication and training materials to end-users.
Conduct post-cutover reviews to capture lessons learned and identify opportunities for improvement.

Demonstrated ability to deliver large-scale transformational projects independently
Background in managing significant programs impacting Enterprise Resource Management systems
Essential experience in a SAP-based manufacturing environment
Expertise in project management throughout the software delivery lifecycle
Solid experience in risk management and mitigation strategies
Comprehensive knowledge of project management methodologies and tools
Proficiency in project management and collaboration software

We want someone who will lead and role model to the Refresco core values - agile, responsible, excellent, passionate and entrepreneurial - see here for more detail:


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

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.



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