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Nisbets Limited are currently recruiting for an Assistant Warehouse Manager to join our Logistics team, supporting the operational performance and efficiency of our warehouse network across our Access 18 and Chepstow sites.
As an Assistant Warehouse Manager at Nisbets, you will play a key leadership role in driving day-to-day warehouse operations, ensuring performance targets across service, productivity, cost, and quality are consistently achieved. You will work closely with the UK Warehouse General Manager to support the delivery of operational strategy while maintaining high standards of safety, compliance, and customer service.
This is a fast-paced and highly visible role, requiring a hands-on leader who can lead large operational teams across multiple sites. You will lead, coach, and develop supervisors and team leaders, embedding a high-performance culture focused on Health & Safety, customer, people engagement, performance and continuous improvement.
You will also play a key role in driving operational improvements, using data and insights to enhance efficiency and service delivery while supporting wider supply chain initiatives and business objectives.
This role will be based across our Avonmouth (Access 18) and Chepstow distribution centres, with flexibility required to support the wider warehouse network and operational demands, including peak trading periods.
Key Accountabilities

• Support the UK Warehouse General Manager in delivering KPIs across service, productivity, cost, people and quality.
• Oversee daily operations across inbound, picking, packing, and despatch functions.
• Ensure operational plans are effectively executed to meet demand and seasonal peaks.
• Lead, coach, and develop operational teams, building a high-performance culture.
• Promote engagement, retention, and succession planning within the warehouse function.
• Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety regulations and company standards, promoting a safety-first culture.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, accuracy, and cost efficiency.
• Work collaboratively with Supply Chain, Transport, and Customer teams to deliver excellent customer service.
• Support budget management, cost control, and resource planning.
• Use performance data and insights to inform decision-making and drive operational results.

Capabilities, Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience in a senior warehouse management or distribution leadership role within a fast-paced retail or logistics environment.
• Experience managing large teams across multiple sites.
• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, systems (WMS), planning models and performance metrics.
• Experience in budget management, cost control, and operational planning.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to engage and inspire teams.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving and decision-making.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across all levels.
• A proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused approach, with a commitment to continuous improvement

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.
Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.
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.
Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.
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