Primary Supervisor

New England Seafood; New Waltham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

New England Seafood International (NESI) is seeking a dedicated Warehouse/Materials Supervisor to lead the Primary Processing materials team, ensuring accurate stock control, timely delivery to factory and retail operations, and compliance with safety and quality standards.

You will attend planning meetings, work with hygiene and production teams, manage stock transactions, and drive continuous improvement in KPIs across stock accuracy, turnover, and FIFO.

Qualifications

• Stock management experience is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong numeracy and data handling abilities.
• Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Experience leading a production or warehouse team.
• IOSH or equivalent health and safety awareness is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee health and safety requirements for the department and report issues.
• Manage machines, equipment and pre-start safety checks.
• Maintain housekeeping, hygiene standards, and compliance.
• Ensure technical compliance across the end-to-end process for audits.
• Investigate non-conformances and close out within timelines.
• Ensure correct stock transactions and FIFO across departments.
• Lead stock management, KPI reporting and daily/weekly reviews.
• Train and develop subordinates; maintain SOPs and risk assessments.
• Plan for annual leave and maintain overtime budget within volumes.

Skills

Stock control

Communication

Numeracy

MS Office

Team leadership

Health & safety

Proactive

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Who is New England Seafood International?
New England Seafood International (NESI) was established in 1991 and is an importer and processor of premium fresh and frozen sustainable fish and seafood. NESI employs circa 850 people across three sites in the UK and imports a wide range of wild and farmed fish and shellfish from all around the world. We are part of the Sealaska Corporation, an Alaska Native corporation formed in 1971 and which is owned by 26,000 Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian shareholders, who are all bloodline descendants of the first settlers to the Americas.
Our vision is to “show people how to enjoy fish every day” and we pride ourselves on our supply chain integrity, sustainable sourcing and high-quality product. Our values run through our business and are Respect, Customer Care, By Learning We Grow, Team Spirit and Integrity.

Responsible For

The preparation and delivery of materials in the Primary Processing area to service the factory primary and retail operations. Ensuring accurate accounting of materials at specification to service the retail lines and food service. Maintaining effective communication both with external and internal departments.

Job Purpose

Ensuring that all department tasks are performed efficiently, safely and to the set requirements.

Attendance at all T1 and planning meetings to communicate performance and raise departmental concerns.

Work closely with the hygiene team to have the correct available equipment.

Work Closely with primary lines to ensure plans are achieved.

Work closely with retail to ensure products are delivered in time of plan.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for the health and safety requirements of the department, Reporting and escalating any issues.
• Responsible for all machines, equipment, and area pre-start safety checks.
• Responsible for all maintenance, housekeeping & hygiene standards of the department.
• Responsible for ensuring technical compliance throughout the end-to-end process, department to be audit ready.
• Report all Non-Conformances, investigate and close out within set time scales.
• Ensuring all products and materials meet technical specification on issuing to both internal and external departments.
• Responsible for internal auditing of the department and closing out any non-conformances raised within set timescales.
• Ensure all training of subordinates is up to date and refreshed accordingly.
• Responsible for the maintenance of all department S.O.P and risk assessments, annual review to be completed.
• Ensure a succession plan is in place to cover annual leave and absence, without affecting planned volumes whilst maintaining overtime budget.
• Ensure that department labor and overtime spend is maintained against budget.
• Responsible for coordinating the receipt of all materials and consumables with external departments.
• Responsible for all material stock transactions delivered to the smoking, primary and retail lines.
• Responsible for correct stock rotation to both the primary and retail lines with no loss of materials.
• Ensuring all stock is weighed and labelled and completed in KPIs.
• All stock management and reporting systems are maintained and fully auditable daily.
• Stock discrepancies and material downgrades to be reported and investigated and closed out accordingly.
• Ensure all materials are accounted for correctly at end of day and week stock takes, full report to be complied for the weekly operations usage review.
• Ensure all department KPI’s are up to date and reported at daily and weekly meeting reviews (Full responsibility of the inputting of all materials to the K.P. I’s)
• Responsible for the all S.K.U yield attainment against standard.

Key Skills

• Previous stock management experience.
• Excellent Communication skills both oral and written.
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Excellent I.T skills minimum of Microsoft office proficient
• Proven track record in leading a successful team in either a production or warehouse environment.
• Excellent health and safety awareness IOSH minimum requirement.
• Proactive and self-motivated