Head of Fleet

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Requirements:

• 5-7 years of relevant experience managing a logistics team or similar-sized fleet (Essential)
• Experience in the Logistics industry
• Grade 12 (Essential)
• Degree in Fleet Management or related field

Key activities:

• Oversee, manage and report on the maintenance costs of the national fleet for all services, tyres and fuel cost.
• Ensure internal expectations are met in all aspects of reliability, communication and on time performance for the national vehicle fleet, this includes owned, rental and owner driver fleets.
• Analyse fleet processes and identify and implement new procedures as needed to ensure performance of fleet locations and inventory are efficient and within budget.
• Report on monthly / daily fleet costs aligned to budget and forecast.
• Recommend fleet mix to operational teams to deliver service yet optimise cost efficiencies.
• Partner with IT and Outsourced service providers to manage, develop and implement software solutions/technology to streamline practices and improve efficiency e.g EQSTRA, Shell-SA, BP
• Manage vendor and stakeholder networks and relationships to improve service and cost-effective delivery. This includes R&M and tyre suppliers.
• Build effective relationships with all stakeholders to ensure that business requirements are met in accordance with service level agreements, plans, policies and procedures.
• Oversee direct reports outputs and provide clear direction to the team.
• Track and optimise the team's performance.
• Provide overall guidance, support and development to the team.
• Set team goals in line with overall business needs.