Key Responsibilities
Fleet management
- Creating a file for each company vehicle
- Ensuring such files are kept up to date on a weekly basis
- Ensuring files have all relevant and complete history on each vehicle
- Responsibility to ensure that all vehicles licenses are renewed timeously.
- Ensuring inspections that all licenses are in place on the vehicle throughout the year and valid.
- Ensuring that costs are reduced due to proper fleet management
- Ensuring that quotes are requested for all repairs/maintenance/ or vehicle parts, including tyres (reduce costs but ensure quality).
- Communicating with your branch manager/operations manager and operations director on all suggestions, possible savings as well as changing of suppliers.
- Once costs have been reduced ensuring that these costs are kept at an acceptable level.
- Cost reductions/management are measured not only on a monthly basis but a quarterly and yearly as well.
- Special attention should be given to the big three costs; tyres, fuel consumption (fraud detection and prevention) and spares.
- Ensure that risks are removed with fleet management (petrol card, key and tag control, including duplicates kept in the office)
- Fuel abuse (prevention and detection).
- Vehicle locks (doors and truck locks)
- All removable spares marked and checked regularly (batteries etc)
- Ensuring warranties are upheld and follow-through.
- Drawing up of a roster plan ensuring maintenance on vehicles done timeously, efficiently and with the minimum disruption to operations (consult with Snr. Sups and Ops Manager)
- Ensuring operations keep up to date with yearly roster plan
- Compile checklist for zone control for daily vehicle checks.
- Ensure spot checks done by you on accuracy of these forms
- Support ROM with new vehicle acquisitions and budget
- General upkeep of facility and outdoor company premises including wash bay area
- Ensuring all repairs & maintenance are carried out timeously
- Manage repair and maintenance costs effectively
- Ensure scheduled testing of building equipment and systems are conducted (i.e. generator/security systems/alarm systems/access control)
- Investigate any facility damages (internal and external) and ensure proper and relevant action is taken where necessary
- Enforce 5S principles
- Source and manage suppliers for ad hoc maintenance (in collaboration with Office manager)
- Matric/ Grade 12 or similar qualification
- Must have a valid Code 10 Drivers license and a valid Public Drivers Permit (PDP)
- MS Office applications (Word, Excel, & Outlook)
- Degree or similar qualification and/or experience
- Strong communication skills
- Minimum 5 years experience in operations
- Minimum 3 years management experience
- Valid Code 10 Drivers license and a valid Public Drivers Permit (PDP)
- Communication - Written & Verbal
- Planning/ Organizing + Time Management
- Communication
- Attention to detail
- Communication (Verbal & Written)
- Planning & Organising
- Adaptability
- Problem analysis
- Customer Focus
- Achievement Drive
- Decision Making
- Drive for Results