Buyer

Myton Food Group; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer is looking for a Seafood Buyer to join their team in Grimsby. The role involves ensuring product quality, building supplier relationships, and implementing best practices in seafood sourcing. Candidates should have a strong background in the seafood industry and experience in fresh food retail. A full driving license and flexibility to travel are required. This role offers career development opportunities and various employee perks.

Benefits

15% discount in store

Annual bonus scheme

Career progression opportunities

Generous holiday entitlement

Market leading pension scheme

Healthcare benefits

Free parking onsite

Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of fish manufacturing and retail operations.
• Willingness to travel and work flexibly.
• A full driving license.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement best practices across the seafood division.
• Ensure all products meet food safety and quality standards.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers to maintain quality.
• Produce reports on seafood trends and make recommendations.
• Identify and implement process improvements.

Skills

Strong network in the seafood industry

Experience in fresh food retail

Proven success in driving efficiencies

Strong influencing skills

Analytical mindset

Excellent training ability

Job description

Seafood Buyer Manufacturing

• Location: Grimsby (with travel to stores / suppliers)
• Department: Production
• Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role

We are looking for a passionate commercially minded Seafood Buyer to join our Manufacturing team in Grimsby. In this key role, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering the highest standards for our Myton customers ensuring exceptional product quality, operational efficiency, and outstanding customer service.

You will be the expert voice on seafood within our manufacturing and retail operations, helping to optimise everything from sourcing and quality assessments, yield, waste reduction, and colleague training.

This is a fast-paced, hands‑on role where your decisions will directly impact product quality, availability, and margin.

What You’ll Do

• Define and implement best‑in‑class operating procedures across the seafood division
• Ensure all seafood products meet Myton’s food safety and quality standards.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and maintain a supply base that consistently delivers quality and value.
• Keep up to date with seafood trends and consumer preferences to inform decisions. Produce reports for our customers and make recommendations.
• Identify and implement process improvements across manufacturing and retail to boost yield, reduce waste, and improve profitability.
• Benchmark our products against competitors, lead taste panels, and act on customer feedback to elevate our fish offering.
• Train and upskill colleagues in fish handling, display, and quality standards.
• Partner with site and retail teams to enhance service, availability, cleanliness, and overall standards.
• Drive category sales and profitability by improving quality, service, and operational efficiency.

About You

We’re after someone with a deep understanding of both fish manufacturing and retail operations, a person who thrives on improving standards and inspiring others to deliver excellence.

You’ll have:

• A strong network with in‑depth knowledge of the UK and international seafood industry
• Experience working within fresh food retail, ideally in fish or seafood
• Proven success in driving manufacturing efficiencies and waste reduction
• Strong influencing, relationship‑building, and communication skills
• Analytical mindset confident using data to drive decisions
• Excellent training and coaching ability
• A full driving licence and willingness to travel and work flexibly (including retail hours)

Why Join Us?

At Myton, we’re proud to source, prepare, and serve fresh food that our customers love. As our Seafood Buyer, you’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of our fish category helping us lead the way in quality, sustainability, and service.

About The Company

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• MyPerks giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast‑paced and ever‑changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!

At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too.

We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.