Fleet Manager

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Fleet Manager

Responsible to: Group Head of Reward & Compliance

Department: Reward

Location: JD Sports Fashion plc ("JD") Bury office (primary), plus some travel to

key Group locations, as required.

Role Background:

As a Fleet Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing the company's fleet of vehicles. You will work closely with various departments to ensure that the fleet is consolidated and operating efficiently and cost-effectively while meeting the needs of the organisation and its various key stakeholders.

Within the role, the successful candidate(s) will deliver tangible financial and operational improvements to support our sourcing strategy. This will initially involve expenditure managed from our UK and European businesses but will expand to world-wide where leverage opportunities exist.

The successful candidate shall work with experienced divisional colleagues to collectively improve sourcing processes, commercial terms, supplier performance and innovation.

Expenditure in-scope for these roles include but software, including software-as-a-service covering issues

Ensuring ongoing relationship management with key suppliers in the form of business reviews to ensure optimum performance.

Key Relationships:

• People Services, Finance and Legal
• UK and International colleagues and external suppliers

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate(s) shall ensure that the Fleet is managed in accordance with Group and sector best practice, including but not limited to:

• Develop and implement a fleet management strategy to optimise vehicle utilisation, minimise operating costs, and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Develop and manage the policies and processes for the procurement, maintenance, and disposal of company vehicles, including acting as the key business stakeholder to support the consolidation, sourcing and negotiation of contracts with Manufacturers, Leasing and Rental, Fleet and Risk Management suppliers alike.
• Support processes for developing the fleet management to a Global scale.
• Monitor and analyse fleet data to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Develop and implement fleet safety and compliance programs to ensure that all vehicles meet regulatory requirements and that drivers are trained to operate them safely.
• Work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to understand their fleet requirements and provide solutions that meet their needs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including fleet providers, suppliers, and regulatory agencies.
• Stay current on industry trends and best practices in fleet management to continuously improve the company's fleet operations.
• Support key stakeholders in setting and achieving the Group's ESG targets.

Skills/Qualifications/Experience/Knowledge required:

• Minimum 5 years of commercial experience in fleet management, preferably on a global scale within faced-paced omni-channel retail and/or relevant commodity/services experience.
• Strong knowledge of fleet management principles, practices, and regulations with the confidence to own problems and issues, propose solutions and ensure deadlines and/or business goals are achieved.
• The ability to analyse data, identify and initiate opportunities to deliver operational and financial efficiencies.
• Influence - engage and drive change, owning and resolving issues and challenges.
• Proficiency in fleet management software and other relevant technology tools
• Strong engagement and communication skills and experience of successfully delivering process improvements and efficiencies.

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.