Head of Fleet Management (UK&I)

London Source: WhatJobs
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Overview

In this senior, hands-on role you lead the Fleet Management organisation across the UK&I, guiding ~150 people to keep the fleet reliable and available. You shape long-term strategy, budget and city plans, while owning cost performance and KPIs. You work closely with cross-functional partners to build a high-performing culture as the business scales. This role combines strategic leadership with practical, data-driven problem solving to maximise fleet utilisation and revenue impact.

Pay / Benefits

  • employee stock options programme

Responsibilities

  • Coach and develop fleet managers across the UK&I, removing blockers and supporting success
  • Set clear communication standards and prioritisation across teams
  • Collaborate with the General Manager to craft long-term fleet strategy, budgets and city plans
  • Own P&L cost performance and optimise spend aligned with city goals
  • Plan capacity and recruit talent to meet SLAs at lowest cost
  • Own and optimise vehicles, facilities and equipment to maximise utilisation and lifespan
  • Collaborate with UK&I leadership and Central Operations to ensure safety, compliance and a high-performance culture

Key requirements

  • 8+ years in a senior operational role with distributed teams across multiple cities or regions
  • Bachelor’s degree in operations, engineering, business or similar
  • Experience owning budgeting, forecasting, P&L and operational cost performance
  • Proven ability to deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders
  • Strong understanding of operational models including 3PL and workforce management
  • Experience building, coaching and developing high-performing teams
  • Experience using AI in a role-specific context to improve output quality
  • Full professional proficiency in English
  • strong communication and stakeholder management
  • data-driven problem solving
  • hands-on leadership with empowerment of others
  • budgeting and P&L management
  • operational cost optimization
  • 3PL and workforce management

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