Commercial Brand Executive

Step into a role where you’ll help shape and elevate some of the UK’s most exciting beverage brands, driving campaigns, events, and brand activity that genuinely influence commercial performance. It’s a standout opportunity for someone with a marketing or commercial foundation who wants to grow, make their mark, and play a visible role in building brands people love.

Permanent

Kegworth, Head Office

38 hours

• Annual bonus and pay reviews
• Hybrid working
• Early Friday finish to kick‑start your weekend
• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave, increasing your allowance to 31 days plus bank holidays
• Life assurance coverage
• Personal healthcare cover, including 24/7 virtual GP access for your family
• Free eye‑care vouchers and discounted glasses
• Employee referral scheme with bonuses for successful referrals
• Grocery Aid support services offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical guidance
• Cheers benefits platform providing discounts, free perks, and wellbeing tools
• Free onsite parking and discounted products

The Commercial Brand Executive supports the development and execution of brand strategies to deliver the agreed annual volume, GM/L and EBITDA budgets for the designated brands and to drive awareness, engagement, and commercial growth across the branded portfolio. Working closely with Commercial Brand Managers and cross-functional teams, this role is responsible for delivering marketing campaigns, coordinating brand activity and trade events, and ensuring consistent brand messaging across all channels.

• Support Sales & Marketing by delivering integrated assistance across the full branded portfolio
• Manage branded communications to ensure consistency, clarity, and impact across internal and external channels
• Assist Brand Managers with annual planning, audits, idea generation, and creative agency coordination
• Execute multi channel campaigns including content creation, sample coordination, and sales team engagement
• Lead trade event delivery from planning through execution, including KPI, ROI, and engagement tracking
• Support launches & promotions while collaborating on budget allocation, pricing, promotions, and trade media spend

The ideal candidate will bring a marketing/commercial background, supported by excellent organisational and project management skills and confident communication and presentation abilities. They will demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and the capability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and key tools, particularly PowerPoint and Excel, is essential, with experience using digital marketing platforms considered a valuable advantage.

Find out more about the Refresco Values here:

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.

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.