Coloplast To Create 150 Jobs

Peterborough's Coloplast To Create 150 Jobs

Peterborough-based medical devices company Coloplast (www.coloplast.com) is to create at least 150 new jobs over the next few years – and recruitment for the first 50 has already started.

The news came during a visit to the Peterborough offices by Lars Rasmussen, chief executive of Coloplast’s Danish parent company, and Kristian Villumsen, the company’s executive vice president for chronic care.

They told UK staff that the company’s board of directors had approved the ambitious plans for the UK drawn up by general manager Sue Kernahan and her team in Peterborough. They said that the company would back the plan with the major investment needed.

Sue Kernahan said: “We have a clear vision and strategy for where we want Coloplast to be by 2020 – a bigger and better number one in our industry, the first choice for customers and consumers and a great place to work for our staff.

“The investment and plans which the board has now approved give us another boost on our journey ‘from good to great’. They will give us the opportunity to create substantially more revenue and profit while focusing on our commitment to make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. We will only succeed by putting the users of our products and services at the centre of everything we do.”

Lars Rasmussen said: “We have congratulated Sue and the UK management team on an excellent business plan and we are excited by what can be achieved here in the UK. We are now looking forward to seeing the plan put into operation.”

Coloplast has already begun the process of recruiting 50 new people in roles that include sales, marketing, nursing, operations, customer care, delivery, finance and IT. Many of the new posts are in Coloplast’s chronic care division which provides stoma care and continence care medical devices. The company plans to double its chronic care business by 2020.

Most of the new jobs will be based in the Peterborough offices which, together with the nearby warehouse and despatch centre, currently house around 300 of Coloplast’s 350 UK staff. Details of the vacancies are being advertised on a special recruitment website at www.jobsatcoloplast.com.

Sue Kernahan said: “Getting the right people is critical to the success of our plans. I am extremely proud of the team we have in place already – people with a real commitment and passion to make a difference to the lives of our users who depend upon us in so many ways. Now we need to expand the team with people who share that commitment and passion.

“We are able to offer them tremendous job satisfaction at what has been externally assessed to be a great place to work. Earlier this year we were ranked at number 39 in The Sunday Times ‘top 100’ league table of best companies to work for – the fourth year running that we have been named in this list and our highest score ever.”

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