Human Resources Business Partner

Refresco; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage solutions provider in Bridgwater is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to drive people strategy and manage change initiatives. The ideal candidate will excel in stakeholder management and have proven expertise in overseeing performance, governance, and employee relations. This permanent position offers a conducive environment for high-quality results and a commitment to the organization's core values.

Benefits

12.5% Annual bonus

Personal healthcare

6% pension

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Purchase 3 additional holidays per year

Free on-site parking

GroceryAid support service

Cheers benefits platform

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner with expertise in managing change.
• Ability to manage diverse responsibilities across multiple HR functions.
• Strong stakeholder management capabilities to build relationships and secure buy-in.

Responsibilities

• Deliver people strategy at site level, reflecting business values.
• Lead performance cycles and capability development.
• Shape resourcing plans and oversee recruitment strategy.
• Provide HR and employment law guidance to ensure compliance.
• Lead complex employee relations cases and partner with union representatives.
• Own absence strategy and implement wellbeing interventions.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Performance management

Employee relations

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact in a fast-paced, transformational environment? At Refresco , the world’s largest independent bottler, we’re looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team of four HRBPs at our biggest UK site.

This is a unique opportunity to step into a business-critical role where change and transformation are constant. You’ll be working at the heart of our people strategy, partnering with stakeholders across the site to drive initiatives forward, support organisational change, and help shape the future of our workforce.

Site HRBP

Monday to Friday – 38 hours

Permanent

Bridgwater

Reward & Benefits

• 12.5% Annual bonus
• Personal healthcare
• 6% pension
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Purchase 3 additional holidays per year
• Free on-site parking
• GroceryAid – a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical support, advice and counselling
• Cheers – a benefits platform offering discounts, free perks, and well-being tools for all Employees

About the Role

As HR Business Partner, you’ll deliver our people strategy at site level, ensuring it reflects the values and behaviours of the business. You’ll identify local HR priorities, provide practical solutions, and support managers across the full employee lifecycle. This is a hands‑on role within a small, friendly HR team on site, with additional support from our Central HR function.

As the HR Business Partner here are your key areas of focus :

• Performance & Capability : Lead the performance cycle, drive capability development, and coach managers to manage performance and behaviour issues confidently.
• Workforce Planning & Resourcing : Shape resourcing plans, oversee recruitment strategy (perm / agency), and drive retention and onboarding improvements.
• Governance : Provide expert HR and employment law guidance, manage risk, and ensure full compliance with policies, audits, and legislative requirements.
• Employee & Industrial Relations : Lead complex ER cases, partner with union reps, and support consistent, fair, and constructive employee relations.
• Absence & Wellbeing : Own the absence strategy, lead long‑term sickness management, and implement wellbeing and workplace adjustment interventions.
• People Insights & Leadership Partnering : Use data to identify trends, brief senior leaders, and influence organisational planning, culture, and capability initiatives.

We’re looking for

An experienced HR Business Partner (HRBP) who can operate as a versatile generalist, bringing broad adaptability across multiple functions and the ability to manage diverse responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in change management, demonstrating skill in guiding teams through transitions, implementing new processes, and minimizing disruption.

Strong stakeholder management capabilities are essential, with the ability to build relationships, align interests, and secure buy‑in from varied groups. Finally, candidates must thrive in fast‑paced environments, consistently delivering high‑quality results under short turnaround times.

Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far.

Find out more about the Refresco Values here : https : / / www.refresco.co.uk / uk / about / our-values

If you fit this profile and are excited by this opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you!

About Refresco

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.

Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com .

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. 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. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high‑profile customers.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.