Fleet Operations Manager

Location:               Derby area
Salary:                    £50,000 + Annual bonus + Company Vehicle
Benefits:                Company vehicle, Private Medical, Discounted Health Checks, Stakeholder Pension Contribution, Gym Discounts, Additional holiday
Hours:                    Monday – Friday office hours
Shift:                      Days
Contract:               Full time permanent role

Fleet Operations Manager Opportunity

You will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the fleet operations. Reporting directly into the Head of Customer Service, you will have three direct reports providing leadership and support to the three pillars you oversee; compliance, event management and cost control.
To be considered for this role you will have previous experience in managing a team in a similar Fleet Management function.

Fleet Operations Manager Duties

• Taking responsibility for all vehicles and legislation, Maintenance and quality control across the fleet
  • Engage with OEM and non-OEM networks to ensure that compliance requirements are met fully
  • Be fully versed with operator licence compliance requirements and keep up to date with legislative changes
  • Work with the Fleet Engineering and Supply Chain teams to provide input and support with the management of the maintenance partners.
  • Engage with OEM’s to ensure we and our customers achieve the maximum benefit of utilizing the associated brands and networks.
  • Engage with whole repair network to ensure our uptime is maximized and downtime is minimalized.
  • Negotiate maintenance and damage costs resulting in best price to serve being achieved.
  • Investigate, report, and follow up on maintenance failings.

Fleet Operations Manager Required experience

• Strong track record in fleet management / fleet services / contract hire operations
  • Posses excellent knowledge of transport legislation
• Knowledge of cost control / breakdown.
• Experience of running a national general haulage fleet

• Experience of the HGV sector ideally UK wide network experience
• Cost control / breakdown knowledge
• Experience of running a national general haulage fleet
  • A proven team leader and can demonstrate a record of successfully managing and supporting a busy team within a fleet operation
  • Organised and attentive to detail with practical problem-solving skills
  • If you possess a National/International CPC in Road Transport operations this would be beneficial
  • LCV or HGV technical experience would be advantageous

  To make an application for this exciting Fleet Operations Manager role, please reply to this advert with an up-to-date CV.