Seattle Fish Company has been serving the Rocky Mountain and Midwest regions for over one hundred years. Since our founding in 1918, we’ve been proudly providing our communities with a high-quality, healthful, and sustainable protein: seafood. In addition to seafood, Seattle Fish Company is actively building our Gourmet Provisions portfolio, which is comprised of hundreds of local, artisan and exclusive items such as salts, seasonings, cheeses, jams, sauces and more. We believe in providing our customers with the best products available and an equally impressive customer service experience.

We are a third-generation family owned business and believe that our employees are an integral part of our family. Seattle Fish Company is committed to offering employees a wealth of benefits including: ongoing opportunities for growth and professional development, flexible work schedules, and a transparent yet respectful office environment that encourages success. 

Seattle Fish Company Values & Leadership Aspiration

Core Values are deeply ingrained in our culture at Seattle Fish Company. We live, hire, and make daily decisions based on them.

• Customer – Our business has grown from a 16-year-old entrepreneur's dream to a leader in the industry because of our commitment to customer service. We go above and beyond taking orders to guide decisions, share expertise, introduce new products and educate on sustainable practices.
• Quality – Our holistic dedication to quality is more than delivering fresh fish and seafood raised in and harvested from pristine environments. It’s the variety and creativity of our product selection, the sustainability and intentional sourcing, and the depth and accuracy of the information we provide.
• Sustainability – Our focus on seafood is inextricably tied to our commitment to sustainability. As one of the most sustainable sources of protein, seafood is the future. But we must be responsible and intentional in how we source it. We are always mindful of how our business and industry impact the environment and future generations.
• Family – We were founded on family, and generations later we remain family-run. It’s also about our employee family, working hard to support our shared vision. It’s about the families of our customers who rely on our seafood for their livelihood. It’s about the families who are nourished by our seafood.
• Philanthropy- After more than 100 years we’ve become undeniably invested in the communities we serve. We’ve adopted a spirit of philanthropy that drives us to find new ways to lend our support locally and globally. Not only through our business practices, but also through charitable contributions, volunteer efforts and industry leadership.
   

Living these values will help us to achieve our ultimate goal, or what we like to refer to as our Leadership Aspiration: Leading the growth of sustainable seafood consumption throughout the West. We will grow seafood consumption through consistently delivering quality products to our customers, providing thought leadership on sustainability within the community and our industry, hiring top talent and creating a continuous learning environment of engaged employees.

Reports To: Director of Operations

Distribution Foreman exercises discretion in the oversight of the trucking department. Primary focus is managing our long-haul and mountain routes and drivers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains efficiency of routes by completing driver ride along and coordinating with manager on setting productivity expectations.
• Responsible for scheduling and managing labor hours and assignment of work and daily tasks of the driver team.
• Maintains dock staff job results by coaching, counseling, rewarding and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results through reviews, written documentation, verbal communications, etc.
• Supports hiring, orientating, and training for driver team.
• Maintains condition of truck fleet and works closely with vendors to ensure service meets expectations.
• Investigates driver quality issues and works with quality supervisor to eliminate future issues.
• Communicates and works closely with DOO on any immediate service or quality issues.
• Coordinate and conduct staff meetings to ensure proper communications on departmental and organizational issues as needed.
• Security and safety of staff and work area through observation and correction of any safety/security violations and completion of daily Safety and Security check off sheets.
• Working knowledge of the Collective Bargaining Agreement to ensure compliance in accordance with the agreement.
• Manage and develop driver leads 
• Supports the routing effort to reduce miles/hours of each route.
• Support financial goals to ensure the department stays on target against budget.
• Monitor and maintain hours of service

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) required 
• Background in distribution required.
• A minimum of 1-2 years’ previous supervisory experience
• Previous experience using Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, and Word.  
• Inventory management or ERP system experience highly preferred 
• Ability to work varied work schedules
• Must be reliable and responsible; and must have the ability to work independently with little direct supervision

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet conditions (non-weather) and extreme cold (non-weather). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Location

We are conveniently located in north Denver near the light rail and close to the Stapleton and Northfield neighborhoods which offer numerous restaurants, coffee shops and shopping.

Why You Should Apply

Seattle Fish offers a unique culture made up of fellow fishmongers and fishmonger support staff.  We value our employees’ quality of life both inside and outside of work.  Our employees have access to medical, dental, vision, life, short and long term disability insurances as well as participation in a 401 (k) retirement savings account.  We offer a casual environment, tuition reimbursement, gym memberships, product purchasing, and company celebrations and events. 

Awards & Recognition

Seattle Fish Company has been recognized as a top company, for our talented executive staff, and for our sustainability achievements.  Below are a few examples of recent accolades.

Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 - James Iacino, CEO

CoBiz Top Company Winner – 2017

Colorado Environmental Leadership Program Gold Winner - 2017

Green Business of the Year- 2018

Giving Back

Seattle Fish Company loves being a part of the communities we serve and regularly contributes to organizations such as the Denver Zoo, Project Angel Heart, No Kid Hungry, Denver Rescue Mission, The Growhaus, Children’s Hospital and many others. Connecting to the community through service activities allows us to be a part of something bigger and inspire positive change. We also offer our employees 8 hours of paid time off annually to volunteer at a charity or organization of their choosing.

Learn More

Meet Seattle Fish Co.

https://www.seattlefish.com/

Seattle Fish Co. believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to the success of the company. The contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline the responsibilities but not limited to such responsibilities. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.