Careers at Kite
If you want to push boundaries, grow professionally and personally, and be part of something special, Kite Packaging is the company for you.
Since launching in 2001, we’ve always been focussed on our ambition of becoming the fastest-growing, most profitable packaging distributer in the UK.
We placed 66th in the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 and won Packaging Company of the Year in 2023. And we’re still only just getting started yet.
We are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join us in building something truly exceptional.
Explore our vacancies today and become a part of the Kite story.
Powered by employee share-ownership
As the only employee share-owned business in our sector, people are at the heart of everything we do.
After six months with us, you’ll have an opportunity to become a shareholder through our HMRC-approved Share Incentive Plan (SIP). That means you’ll have a genuine stake in the success you’ve helped create, so when we grow, you grow too.
What we offer:
- A generous pension scheme – you contribute 3.5%, we’ll add 5.5%
- Life assurance (2x your salary)
- Shareholder status via our SIP scheme
- Cash health plan for everyday medical costs
Curious about what it’s really like working at Kite? Watch our video to find out more.
Team sport
Kite is a team sport. Sometimes intense, always exhilarating, naturally collaborative, and deeply rewarding for those with the right mindset.
Our success has been driven by teamwork, trust, and shared ambition. It’s been pulling us in the same direction since day one. It’s what lifted us from our humble kitchen table beginnings to our industry leading heights.
If you’ve got an idea, we’ll back you to share it, shape it, and run with it. Whether you work in customer service, warehouse operations, sales, or web development, at Kite, every team plays a part. Every person brings value.
Sound like your kind of game? Then the ball’s in your court. If you’re ready to play for a winning team, explore our vacancies today.
Social responsibility
‘Love your planet, please use less packaging.’
This may sound unusual coming from a packaging distributor, but we’re on a mission to help businesses make smarter, more sustainable packaging choices. And to use less where possible.
We take a ‘reduce, re-use, recycle, replace’ approach to this task, using current and new solutions to solve any packaging problem.
Since 2019, we’ve worked with customers to cut 508 tonnes of plastic from their packaging usage. That’s the same as approximately 12,700,000 plastic bottles.
Now we’re on the lookout for more people to join us.
Community matters
We believe in giving back – to our employees, to our customers, and especially to those parts of our community that need it most.
And at Kite, giving back goes beyond donations (though we make those too).
Everyone gets stuck in and has a say in which charities we support and how we show up for them. Whether through bake sales, raffles, competitions, or football tournaments, we’re here all year-round, fundraising and using our platform to highlight and support important causes.
Why do we care so much?
We’ve worked with many of these charities for years and seen first-hand the difference they make – at times in our own employees’ lives. That’s why it’s a real privilege to empower our people to give back to the causes that are close to their hearts.
After all, it’s up to big guys like us to make a lasting difference in our community. And we’re proud to do our bit.
If you’re looking for an employer that cares about the same things you do, you’re in the right place. Hit apply. We can’t wait to meet you.