Nisbets Limited are currently recruiting for an Inbound Manager to join our Group Operations & Supply Chain team this role will be supporting the efficient management of inbound logistics and ensuring the smooth flow of goods into our UK and IE distribution network.
As an Inbound Manager at Nisbets, you will be part of a collaborative team responsible for managing inbound container shipments, monitoring freight forwarder performance, and ensuring supplier delivery schedules align with operational capacity and demand planning. You will play a key role in maintaining visibility across the supply chain and driving improvements in cost, efficiency, and service delivery.
This is a fast-paced and varied role, requiring strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work cross-functionally. You will work closely with Inventory Planning, Operations, Freight Forwarders, and Global Sourcing teams, using systems and data to coordinate activity, resolve issues, and optimise supply chain performance.
This role will be based at our Fourth Way office in Avonmouth, with flexibility to work from home as part of a hybrid working pattern following a period of training.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage the execution of inbound container shipments in line with demand planning requirements and inbound capacity.
- Monitor freight forwarder performance, ensuring adherence to agreed service levels and ways of working.
- Lead regular operational meetings with Inventory, Freight Forwarders, and Distribution Centre teams at key stages (pre-booking, pre-shipment, and pre-ETA).
- Produce monthly reporting on inbound freight forecasts and performance.
- Identify and implement supply chain improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
- Build strong working relationships with Inventory Demand Planning, Operations, and Global Sourcing teams.
- Maintain accurate supplier data and planning parameters within systems.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for critical activities.
- Manage supply chain disruptions proactively, including forecasting and minimising demurrage and detention costs.
- Ensure transparency of open orders and delivery timelines across the business.
- Provide cover and continuity for key inbound logistics activities when required.
Capabilities, Skills and Experience Required
- Experience managing long lead-time supply chains (typically 8–12 weeks or more).
- Strong understanding of international supply chains and logistics processes.
- Previous experience working with freight forwarders and/or third-party logistics providers (3PLs) is advantageous.
- Advanced Excel and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
- Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Collaborative approach with strong relationship-building and communication skills.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to use insights to inform decisions.
About Us
Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect.
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Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today – it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again.
We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.
We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. It’s all about you.
If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.
You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.
We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.
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