Stores Manager

Thistle Seafoods is one of the largest family owned manufacturers of quality seafood products in Europe. We supply outstanding products at every price point to leading retail and food service customers within the UK, Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. Our Head Office is based in Peterhead in the North-East of Scotland, and our second site based in Uddingston in the outskirts of Glasgow. Thistle Seafoods has a fast-paced, challenging, and inclusive working environment. Employees work extremely hard and take great pride in the work they do. We believe in providing all staff with the opportunity to develop and progress and we actively encourage internal promotion.

The Stores and Logistics Manager is responsible for stock control and the organisation and management of the stores. To achieve this the post holder will need to have a good understanding of the whole supply chain to effectively manage and coordinate the intake, storage and supply of raw materials for production and the supply of final products to customers. Furthermore, they will need to work closely and in conjunction with the production department, and the commercial and buying teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the stores and ensuring targets are met.
• Allocate and manage staff resources.
• Manage store personnel through leading, supervising and motivating.
• Problem solve issues in a timely manner.
• Oversee stock takes.
• Investigate stock errors, provide a detailed account of the reasons it occurred and identify preventative measures to put in place.
• Plan the intake schedule and distribute to the appropriate administration team members.
• Manage stock being sent to and returned from external storage and liaising with the buying team regarding this.
• Liaise with the engineering team regarding the maintenance and repair of all racking.
• Management and maintenance of all counterbalance forklifts, reach trucks and hand pallet trucks used on site. This includes ensuring all weekly checks are complete, faults are recorded, and repairs are completed in a timely manner.
• Negotiate contracts for the maintenance and repair of all counterbalance forklifts, reach trucks and hand pallet trucks.
• Ensuring that Health and Safety and Food Hygiene regulations and standards are adhered to.
• Support Company policies and ensure all members of staff adhere to them at all times.
• Identify the training needs of store personnel and take appropriate action to have these training needs met.

Skills/Personal Attributes

• Exceptional management skills.
• Thrive on working in a fast paced, high pressured environment.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with a sense of priority for deadlines and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• A passion for delivering results and the drive to exceed expectations.
• Professional approach and attitude.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of using a computerised purchasing and stock control systems.
• Proficient in English and have a good standard of literacy and numeracy.
• Forklift licence and/or experience of driving forklifts.
• Proficient in managing teams of staff.

The Package

£40,000 - £50,000 (depending on experience) Pension Six weeks annual leave. This includes statutory holidays.

If you would like to be considered for this excellent opportunity, then please upload your CV to this job post. No agencies. Your speculative emails will be deleted. We currently have preferred partners.