About us
Our history
Our core competence and passion: fish
The beginnings of something big
Our new logistics and training center for fresh fish and seafood is located in the heart of Bremerhaven's fishing port, which was founded in 1896. Our activities relating to the delicacies from the sea are bundled here: Worldwide purchasing, fast order picking and direct onward transportation to our branches. There is also a comprehensive training program.
Since its launch in 2008 in the traditional fishing port, Transgourmet Seafood has developed into a great success story. With the relocation of the REWE Frische-Zentrum from Cuxhaven to Bremerhaven, the handling of fresh fish has increased exorbitantly. The change of name to Transgourmet Seafood GmbH created an independent company with its own sales and purchasing departments.
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Transgourmet Seafood today
Transgourmet Seafood, based in BREMERHAVEN, is today one of Germany's leading fish and seafood wholesalers. The Bremerhaven location offers all the necessary prerequisites. Trade, production and refrigeration manufacturers as well as a network of renowned research and development facilities, particularly in product development, food analysis, fisheries research and quality assurance, make the largest city on the German North Sea coast the most important European location for the processing, development and distribution of fish, frozen products and other foodstuffs. FISH & SEAFOOD are still in vogue today and are more than ever an important part of a balanced diet and an expression of a good and healthy lifestyle. For Transgourmet Seafood, fresh fish, innovative seafood products, sustainable fishing and in-depth training of customers and employees are at the heart of our strategy. We currently have more than 2,300 fish and seafood products in our range and are regarded as an absolute full-range supplier when it comes to fish.
We have to keep facing up to the challenges of the future. First and foremost, this includes SUSTAINABLE FISHING, logistical expertise, professional global purchasing and special know-how in dealing with ultra-fresh and sensitive fish.
For me personally, sustainable action is a continuous process that needs to be implemented better and better in many small steps.
An important aspect of sustainable action is practicing transparency and sharing experiences with all market participants.
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Our philosophy
Setting a good example
Our management guidelines
- We lead by example - We live the mission statement.
- We listen - We improve the sensorium for listening.
- We participate in the decision-making process - we make decisions at the appropriate level.
- We implement decisions consistently - we create clear conditions with decisions.
- We are working on our corporate culture - we are looking for solutions together.
- We take the offensive - we move powerfully forward.
- We are primarily concerned with the customer - we never forget that we live from sales.
- We use our systems - we gain time and a competitive edge by making intensive use of existing data.
- We build on the strengths of our employees - we strengthen ourselves with the strengths of our employees.
- We encourage the courage to be creative and the will to change - we see change as a positive challenge.
Our management lines
Transgourmet Seafood's management guidelines define the way in which we deal with each other. Every manager is committed to these principles and every employee can refer to them at any time. This mutual understanding of leadership is the basis for open, respectful and successful cooperation.
We are TGS
A team full of commitment, enthusiasm and drive!
This is us
We love and live fish!
Our teams
A brief overview
Table of contents
Our management
Setting a good example
Management guidelines
Transgourmet Seafood's management guidelines define the way in which we deal with each other. Every manager is committed to these principles and every employee can refer to them at any time. This mutual understanding of leadership is the basis for open, respectful and successful cooperation.
Thierry Stauffenegger
Managing Director Transgourmet Seafood
Rainer Gerken
Operations manager, deputy management
Our purchasing & data management
Always the best goods at hand
Buying fish is a matter of trust
Experienced fish professionals take care of purchasing the fresh fish. All suppliers are carefully selected, visited and audited. We only buy first-class products from internationally renowned fish markets for you! The department is divided into different product groups so that specialists in each area take care of purchasing the relevant fish products. Quality and freshness are uncompromising when it comes to purchasing at TGS.
Arnd Huber
Purchasing Manager and Category Manager Fish & Seafood
Frank Gettkandt
Fresh fish buyer
Nadine Beckmann
Fresh fish buyer & UPZ
Yvonne Prüsch
Buyer smoked fish, delicatessen, matjes & marinades
Robert Müller
Category Manager Fish & Seafood TK
Martina Schmonsees
Buyer Fish & Seafood TK
Aileen Fahlbusch
Purchasing Assistant Fish & Seafood TK
Alexandra Gögg
Assistant Category Management Fish Frozen; Fresh and Delicatessen
Anja Öncel
Purchasing assistance Fresh
Christina Koebe
Purchasing assistance Fresh
Mohammed Saad Handou
Fresh fish buyer
Amir Al Moustafa
Purchasing assistance Fresh
Everything about our events
We focus on sustainability
Our logistics
Our sales & KAM
We give everything for our customers!
Mike Goede
Sales Manager
Dennis Wegener
Deputy Sales Manager I Specialist Advisor Fish & Seafood
Stefan Hacker
Consultant Fish & Seafood
Jürgen Boltersdorf
Key Account Manager Fish & Seafood
Johannes Masthoff
Consultant Fish & Seafood
"The customer is king!"
You can rely on our sales representatives in the field. Not only do they have sound training, but they are also constantly developing their skills in training courses. Customers are assigned a dedicated specialist advisor as their contact person in their assigned sales areas. Whether it's selling fish & seafood on site, product information or counter presentations, our field sales team is there for our customers. Our claim is "The customer is king!" and we want to prove this every day. We all love fish and we live this with our customers.
Our back office & marketing
Everything according to your needs
Our creative forge
The back office is the interface between the key account manager, specialist consultants and customers. Various customer requirements and requests are processed here. The creation of customer specifications, the processing of product range lists and price maintenance are just some of the extensive and varied range of tasks performed by this department. In addition, the Marketing & Sales back office is the forge for TGS folders, posters, customer advertising leaflets and much more. The focus is always on the customer and their satisfaction.
Julia Hoffmann
Head of Marketing & Backoffice Sales
Aileen Stamminger
Marketing
Lena Wegener
Marketing
Nadine Zimmermann
Sustainability Manager & Marketing
Tora Meyer
Internal sales department
Angelique Nitsch
Internal sales department
Our telephone direct sales
Always there for you
Personal and competent
The main tasks of our direct telephone sales team include looking after Transgourmet Seafood customers on the phone, selling fish and seafood as well as the prompt sale of products at risk of expiry. Every customer has a fixed contact person in the department and can therefore be sure of personal and professional support.
Jasmin Harlos
Account Manager Direct Clients
Navina Terwiel
Account Manager Direct Clients
Dennis Bultmann
Teamleitung Direktkunden
Our company
We navigate
Facts, figures and data
Our team not only coordinates systems and projects, but also lays the foundations for data communication and reports. This is how we stay on course on the basis of facts, figures and data.
Nils Tomkowiak
Deputy Operations Manager/ SAP Coordination/ Projects
Pascal Grunert
Data management
Jula Anna Reil
Data management
Timo Roth
Controlling TGS
Our EDP
For a smooth process
Our digital processing procedure
Our IT team is responsible for monitoring and processing orders for the Transgourmet operations. Once all orders have been received in the system, the order slips are created for picking for the warehouse. These are then post-processed by the IT department in order to write the invoices for various customers. Shortages or blockages are forwarded by the IT department to the TGD operations and the TGC by e-mail in order to inform the end customers. If there are subsequent complaints (shortages, breakages, quality, etc.), these are processed accordingly and credit notes or rejections are sent to the TGD companies. Administrative tasks (various evaluations, data backup, etc.) must also be carried out by the IT department.
Sabrina Roth
IT team leader
Joanna White
EDP
Christiane Guendouz
EDP
Liv Lea Peterson
EDP
Our quality management/assurance
We always guarantee you the best quality with full conviction
Quality according to the latest standards
Odorless and drip-proof packaging is standard for us:
Transgourmet Seafood works strictly according to HACCP guidelines. A seamless quality assurance system guarantees top quality from production and supplier auditing right through to the customer. All products are subject to the strict test criteria of the company's own quality assurance. In addition to the company's own quality control, the fresh fish is randomly inspected and checked externally on a weekly basis by a publicly appointed and sworn expert for quality control on site.
"We don't want to stay good, we want to keep getting better."
Janine Niedermeyer (Quality Assurance employee at Transgourmet Seafood)
State-of-the-art packaging methods, drip-free and odorless (drip-free polystyrene boxes, MAP trays for grilled fish, vacuum-packed bags and trays for mussels) guarantee maximum freshness, enable problem-free storage together with other products in the cold store and offer sufficient protection against contamination during transport and storage.
"Trading in the sensitive natural product fish requires continuous quality checks before the goods reach the customer. The regular critical examination of all processes in the IFS helps us to constantly improve."
Head of QA / Hygiene
Jennifer Nikolic
Quality assurance
Janine Niedermayer
Quality assurance
Our camp team
So that you always receive your goods as quickly as possible
A strong team
The global logistics flows for fresh fish and seafood come together in Transgourmet Seafood's fresh food warehouse. The fresh goods delivered early in the morning have to be picked and loaded by midday. The time windows for the employees are extremely tight and each individual knows what needs to be done. Full commitment is required here and one cog meshes with the other. No mistakes are allowed to happen in cooperation with the scheduling, purchasing and ordering departments. Picking and loading require maximum concentration, care and control. Some days there is even magic!
The camp team
Frank Geller
Camp management
Quality according to the latest standards
In our IFS-certified repackaging center in Bremerhaven, we live the tradition of the fish trade every day. Numerous processing steps take place here - from repacking the goods from original boxes to small containers or from wet goods to dry goods to the re-freezing of products. Our fish experts carry out precise and meticulous work, in particular the post-processing of the raw products, such as trimming, cutting, sorting and portioning. For us, quality and freshness are a matter for experts and know no compromise. That's why only masters of their trade work with the sensitive product 'fish' in the company's own repackaging center. Our competent and trained employees in the repackaging center master every challenge. We pay particular attention to our processing of sea bream and sea bass, which we purchase originally in Greece and then process professionally in the repackaging center. From gutting to scaled fillets, we are happy to fulfill every individual customer request. This includes customized processing and packaging.
We regularly offer you a selection of proven classics and rare exotics for your buffet in tested quality. Every shovelnose fish undergoes strict quality control in our repackaging center before it is packed for transport.
Our Seafood Academy team
Get to know our academy team!
Real professionals in their field.
They have years of experience in the fish industry and now they are sharing their know-how with our seminar participants - let them inspire you.
Thomas Schaub
Head of Seafood Academy
Ingo Gäbler
Trainer Seafood Academy
Stefanie Nienaber
Management Assistant to the Executive Board
Focus areas: Human resources, personnel development & academy
Claudia Burghard-Sommerfeld
Secretariat Administration & Academy
Detlef Lennertz
Temporary help
Victoria Schick
Temporary help
Wolfgang Blum
Temporary help (until 30.06.24)
