Coventry Midlands RDC

Kite Packaging Ltd Coventry - Midlands Regional Distribution Centre

About Kite Packaging's Coventry Regional Distribution Centre

Our Regional Distribution Centre in Coventry is a fully owned site and home to Midlands Key Accounts, Kite Online, New Business Development, Account Management, Customer Service, IT, HR, and Admin. Kite Environmental Solutions also operates from here, overseen by Managing Partner Andy Fay. For Key Accounts, the Coventry location services businesses across the Midlands region in Birmingham, Nottingham, Northampton, Leicester, Rugby and much more. This occupies 179,000 sq. ft of space in the Tile Hill area of historic Coventry, a city renowned for innovation and industry, has two impressive warehouse spaces which service Midlands and Kite Online (website) customers.

The Midlands operation is overseen by Justin Filby – Managing Partner, who looks after Midlands Key Accounts and Jake Kirk – Managing Partner for Kite’s online operation, and has maintained consistent growth since the business moved in to the building in 2007. The central location makes for a perfect location to operate the e-commerce business, with 60% of the UK population just 3 hours away and 40% just 2 hours away.

Current vacancies in Kite Packaging's Coventry Regional Distribution Centre

Currently our Coventry Regional Distribution Centre is not actively looking for new partners. However, if you are interested in working for Kite in either an internal or external sales role please email your CV and covering letter to jfilby@kitepackaging.co.uk.

Kite Packaging Coventry - Case Study

New innovations to reduce costs:

A West Midlands based bathroom supplier came to Kite with an aim to reduce their packaging spend and improve their packing operation. At the time they were using InstaPak (a product which we also supply to some clients) to package their bathroom products, ready for distribution to customers.

The account manager assigned to the client quickly established that although InstaPak is ideal for high-value, breakable items it often causes problems in that it is not uniform which isn’t ideal for POS, and can be very costly when voids to be filled are large and require several pillows of InstaPak to be used.

The Kite Air Shock was introduced to the customer – a product available online and to Regional Distribution Centre customers who require bespoke versions. Both a sink pack and toilet pan pack were drop tested and transit tested, and used a mere two Air Shock packs per product to offer full protection. The new Air Shock packs saved 62p per pack for the sinks, and a huge £6.89 for the toilet pans – offering a significant annual saving for the client. As well as this packing time was significantly reduced as the Air Shock packs could be inflated in seconds, compared to the InstaPak method which required packers to firstly expand the foam and then pack the cushions around the products.

Location & Directions

Situated just off the A45 between Birmingham and Coventry, Kite Packaging’s Coventry Regional Distribution Centre is only a short journey from the entire Midlands region. Please refer to the map to the right for a visual guide.

From Birmingham:
Take A38(M), at Junction 6 exit on to M6 towards London/M1/M42/M40, at Junction 4 take the A446 exit to B’Ham Airport. At the roundabout take 3rd exit on to Stonebridge Road/A446, continue straight on to A452 and at the roundabout take 1st exit on to the A45 ramp to Coventry. Keep right at the fork and merge on to A45, continue to Broad Lane in Coventry and turn left to Jobs Lane. At the roundabout take the 1st exit to Torrington Avenue.

From London:
Get on M1 in Edgware from The Mall, and continue on M1 to Rugby District. Merge on to M1 and keep left to continue on M45, follow signs for Coventry(S). Follow A45 to Torrington Ave in Coventry and at the roundabout, take the 1st exit on to Coventry Rd/A45, go through 5 roundabouts and turn left on to Torrington Avenue.

From Nottingham:
Get on M1 in North West Leicestershire District from A453 and merge on to M1, at Junction 21 take the M69 exit to Coventry and then the 3rd exit on to M69 heading to Birmingham/M6/Coventry. Continue on to A46 and go through 2 roundabouts, at the 3rd roundabout take the 3rd exit on to Stonebridge Hwy/A45. Continue to follow A45, go through 2 roundabouts and turn left on to Torrington Avenue.

From Leicester:
Take A594 and A5460 to M69 in Blaby District, exit the roundabout on to M69 heading to Birmingham/M6/Coventry. Continue on to A46 and go through 2 roundabouts, at the 3rd roundabout take the 3rd exit on to Stonebridge Hwy/A45. Continue to follow A45, go through 2 roundabouts and turn left on to Torrington Ave

From Northampton:
Follow Herbert St and St. Andrews St to Grafton St/A428 and turn right on to Weedon Rd/A4500. Keep left, go through 4 roundabouts and at the 5th roundabout take the 3rd exit on to the M1 ramp to M6/Coventry/Leicester/Birmingham. Merge on to M1, keep left to continue on M45, follow signs for Coventry(S) and take the 1st exit on to Coventry Rd/A45. Continue to follow A45, go through 5 roundabouts and turn left on to Torrington Ave.