The Commercial and Supplies function at Kimal covers all of the activities in our supply chain. This includes the specific functions of;
Purchasing
Customer Care
Contracts and Tenders
Warehousing, Distribution and Logistics
To ensure that we are best placed to provide the very best in Customer Service, in 2009 these functions were bought together at our Global Logistics centre near Droitwich in Worcestershire.
The purchasing team are specifically focussed on obtaining improvements in cost, delivery and quality of the products that we purchase.
These include all of the components that are used for inclusion in pack production at Bromsgrove and our own brand labelled or distributed products sourced from 3rd party suppliers.
Another responsibility of the purchasing business unit is to have involvement in the sourcing and cost control of expenditure on indirect products and services such as transport, hotels, flights, tele-communications and energy.
As part and parcel of the purchasing operation, we have a Supply Chain Manager based permanently in China who has responsibility in that country for placing local orders, expediting suppliers and managing freight partners.
Providing excellent Customer Service is at the core of what we strive to achieve and basing our experienced team next to the Purchasing and Logistics functions ensure that they are able to react quickly to customer requirements allowing Kimal to Make a Difference in the healthcare sector. The Team have specific responsibility for key customers within the UK and Europe however all of them are capable of handling queries from our total customer base.
Many supply contracts are now won through a formal tendering process and meeting the demands of responding to OJEU style PQQ's and tenders is handled by our Tenders and Contracts Team.
Kimal's Global Distribution Centre near Droitwich has state of the art material handling and tracking services at its disposal. All products supplied to our customers are received in to and despatched from this bespoke 60,000 square feet facility.
Droitwich
Business Unit Leader - Mark Jenner
Customer Services Manager - Jonathan Thorneycroft
Commodity Manager - Helen Twigg
Warehouse Team Leader - Ian Gandy
All are contactable by phone/fax as well on the following numbers:
Tel: +44 (0) 845-4379540
Fax: +44 (0) 845-4379544
China
Supply Chain Manager - Yu Shi
Please contact any of the above personnel for further information on how our purchasing operation works and to discuss any business proposals that you may have.
LRQA Certificate ISO 9001 13485 0929603A
LRQA Certificate MDD (II) 0929603B
LRQA Certificate MDD (V) 0929603E
We are dedicated to ensuring that we fully meet all the legislative and code of practice requirements that are commensurate with the performance of a quality driven commercial medical devices organisation.
This area of our business is a wide and varied one, therefore, we have decided to split responsibility into two specific areas which are Medical Device Vigilance and Regulatory Affairs, these areas come under one under one overall management structure
Medical Device Vigilance
From offices based at our Bromsgrove site, the team ensure that all our products are both ISO9001 (2000) & 13485 (2003) compliant. As well as making sure that we are at one with any relevant medical device directive.
Additionally, if any issues are raised in respect of customer use of our products, then all investigations and correspondence are handled here.
We feel it important that all customers are confident in our commitment to compliance, therefore you can view and download our ISO certificates by clicking on the links at the end of this section
Regulatory Affairs
This section based at the corporate headquarters in Uxbridge, ensures that all our products are registered on a UK & International basis in accordance with the legislation required in each specific region or country.
In the UK we comply with the requirements of Lloyds Quality Regulatory Assurance (LRQA), the Medical & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as well as European & international medical directives.
In addition to the above, the regulatory affairs section attends to necessary compliance within distributor contracts and ensures that ancillary, but no less important items, such as product labels, boxes, literature etc are compliant with required external standards
Wholesale Dealer's Licence
Kimal hold a Pharmaceutical Wholesale Dealer’s Licence. The Wholesale Dealers Licence permits us to store and distribute pharmacy-only-medicines (P) and prescription-only-medicines (POM). Our Licence Number is WL/14163, and was granted to us by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA).
All the controls and working practices required by the licensing authority have been defined and embodied within our Quality Management System (QMS). Our Quality Management System is routinely audited to ensure we continue to comply with the requirements our Wholesale Dealers Licence.
The Regulatory Affairs & Quality Systems team are:
Departmental Manager - Mike Edwards
Device Vigilance Co-ordinator - Amanda Makemson
Regulatory Executive - Justyna Szatkowska
All are contactable by phone/fax as well on the following numbers:
Tel: +44 (0) 845-4379540
Fax: +44 (0) 845-4379542
Available regulatory PDF downloads
All the controls and working practices required by the licensing authority have been defined and embodied within our Quality Management System (QMS). Our Quality Management System is routinely audited to ensure we continue to comply with the requirements our Wholesale Dealers Licence.
Our human resources operation is based at our manufacturing site in Bromsgrove. We believe it important that this part of our organisation is professional, compassionate and understanding as it has to cater for a wide range of different personnel and job profiles.
It is critical that we remain up to date on all aspects of current human resources practice as well as being up to date on regulations. We need to ensure that everyone has the best possible opportunities for career progression, training and a place to go to with people to speak to that they can trust.
At Kimal we do all of the above and we are proud to note that this commitment has been recognised, not only by our receiving the Investors in People award in 2007, but also by our being the recipient of various training awards over the years.
Current Recruitment
View our current vacancies here
Enquiries
All enquiries in respect of human resources or job vacancies should be sent to our personnel manger Bridget Brooks
As part and parcel of its overall corporate commitment to providing the best possible service to customers, the company has a dedicated coprorate marketing department.
This key department is predominantly based at the Uxbridge HQ and looks after the provision of quality design, literature, above and below the line advertising, web development, exhibition and event management, all internal & external communications, trademarks and copyright. Additionally and importantly this department is responsible for our adherence to continuity of corporate identity and brand awareness.
If you have any queries in respect of the company's corporate marketing operation, then please contact the following:
Coprorate Marketing Manager - Ken Findlay
Tel: +44 (0) 1905-793697
Fax: +44 (0) 845-4379546
Marketing Executive - Rebecca Gittins
Tel: +44 (0) 1905-793696
Fax: +44 (0) 845-4379546
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