National Fleet Manager - CCF
What will you do?
You will be the business units lead on all matters of Fleet - ensuring assets are available for use, achievement of asset and driver compliance against legal and Group requirements, supporting and drawing on the Fleet Centre of Expertise and owning BU related Fleet activity e.g. long term fleet & plant replacement management and regular fleet review to ensure our offering is fit for purpose matches our customers needs. You will also be a subject matter expert to support safety initiatives as required.
Some accountabilities of the role:
In conjunction with the BUs senior leadership team ensure driver, vehicle, ancillary equipment and MHE compliance in line with the requirements of the Group’s Operating Licences, associated regulatory requirements and policies, acting their collective conscience.
Taking insight from the Centre of Expertise work with Regional Directors and Cluster Operations Managers to improve vehicle and MHE utilisation and reduce cost to serve. Challenge and support the BU to pull the necessary levers to increase vehicle and MHE availability and act as the voice of the customer with the Fleet Management Provider where their service needs addressing to improve up time.
Own the fleet asset replacement programme for the BU (MHE, LCVs and HGVs); defining the business need, securing the necessary funding and working with the Centre of Expertise to place the order and where necessary redesign vehicle specifications.
Own the implementation of all BU related activity required to achieve the relevant fleet accreditations e.g. FORS driver training and auditing and driver engagement e.g. Driver Days.
In line with the Group’s cost approval escalation process, approve repairs to fleet assets making the right commercial decision.
Lead all investigations and resolve matters arising into service major asset failures, enforcement action and CAT A defects arising from thorough examinations using the Centre of Expertise where necessary and share lessons learnt with the wider business and fleet function.
Act as the BU point of escalation for fleet supplier related matters and support the Centre of Expertise with the management of fleet suppliers.
Own the BU deployment of Group wide fleet improvement programmes e.g. decarbonisation and taking forward the fleet change requirements from the Centre of Expertise managing through the BU operational team and managing any financial dependencies to action fleet retrofits to meet changes in regulation changes (e.g. TFL DVS Vehicle Safety Equipment).
Lead the BU fleet deployment to meet compliance to local air quality zones, taking forward proactive measures to mitigate any non-conformance of vehicle emission standards and taking action for any breaches and costs incurred through non-compliance.
Act as the Business Unit lead to manage fleet asset requirements for new Branch openings, Branch moves and closures, ensuring that any O’ Licence requirements or surrender(s) have been managed in-line with opening/closure timescales achieved through the Centre of Expertise.
What you’ll need to have/be:
Transport Manager National CPC Holder
Cat B (Car) Drivers Licence
Transport role / background
Worked within a Fleet Management business with experience in a multi site operation.
Fleet asset replacement, disposal and asset financial funding.
Taking forward complex business cases from initial review to approval phases.
Facilitated external authority and regulator direct communications, and meetings.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Polite and supportive nature.
Competent using spreadsheets.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Interpersonal skills to successfully manage through a variety of employee, management and leadership roles.
Road Transport industry compliance. knowledge.
FORS.
Health and Safety inc. workplace legal requirements.
Vehicle local air quality standards
People centric, relationship driven
Calm in a crisis, logical mindset
Happy to work within a framework where the boundaries are either out of sight or yet to be defined.
What’s in it for you?
Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.
You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group.
We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:
A bit about us
As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.
With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!
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