The Fleet Specialist plays a crucial role in supporting our purpose to create lasting value for those we serve by facilitating collaboration between all branches and CDC’s throughout Van Meter to ensure consistency in fleet and delivery operations. The Fleet Specialist will lead efforts in facilitating Van Meter fleet maintenance, which includes preventive maintenance on all company owned vehicles, purchasing of trucks or other vehicles, and managing lease agreements. This individual will also assist in promoting safety and compliance within the delivery team. Additional responsibilities include working closely with customer service managers, branch leads, and the distribution center leadership to provide superior customer service and improve efficiency. The Fleet Specialist consistently promotes our culture, our 5 P’s and our purpose to create lasting value for those we serve.
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:
- Develop strong working relationships with the delivery team, customer service managers, distribution center leadership, branch warehouse leadership, and Organizational Effectiveness team
- Responsible for managing the company’s delivery and personal fleet by maintaining asset listings, establishing maintenance and preventive maintenance activities, and negotiating contracts for maintenance services
- Ensures compliance with government rules and regulations and files paperwork in support of this compliance as needed, including driver certification, record keeping, FMCSA Reporting and proactively researching new DOT regulations
- Company ELD (Electronic Logging Device) management
- Delivery team training and support
- Analyze leasing options versus purchasing vehicles and negotiate these transactions
- Proactively look for future vehicles to serve customers better based on vehicle capability and green initiatives
- Own the process for job site trailers to support customer needs
- Manage IFTA (International Fuel Tax Agreement), taxes and licensing
- Assist in onboarding any new delivery team members’ across the company
- Manages the company’s delivery fleet operations, powered industrial trucks (forklifts) and company serviced vehicles
- Quarterly visits to branch locations for internal auditing
- Encourage creative thinking and continuous improvement across teams and branches
- Maintain adherence and promote safety policies and initiatives
- Promote our culture, engagement, and 5 P’s
Critical Success Factors:
- Ability to work collaboratively with all departments
- Execute duties with the highest regard for safety, continuous improvement, and cost reduction
- Customer focused with a high rate of customer satisfaction
- Understand DOT compliance and regulations
- Ability to successfully work independently and in a team environment
- Willingness to give and receive constructive feedback
- Ability to make sound decisions with minimal guidance
- Strong analytical skills and ability to solve problems and develop solutions
- Ability to analyze workload and establish priorities with time sensitive deadlines
- Ability to understand and implement our processes and procedures
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while meeting deadlines
- Must lead by example by displaying a positive work ethic and attitude
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to learn, grow, and adapt to change
- Excellent customer service orientation
- Self motivated
- Dependable
- Drive for continuous improvement
Work Environment & Physical Demands:
Consistent: more than 2/3s of the time
Lifting
Carrying
Reaching
Working with hands
Working with fingers
Vision acuity-near
Vision acuity-far
Depth perception
Field of vision
Vision adjustment
Color vision
Driving
Team lifting
Frequent: from 1/3 to 2/3s of the time
Sitting
Standing
Walking
Pushing
Bending @ the waist
Twisting upper body
Climbing
Balancing
Talking
Hearing
Team lifting
Works with others
Customer contact
Cold
Heat
Temperature changes
Vibration
Work indoors
Work outdoors
Some: less then 1/3 of the time
Kneeling
Crouching
Wet
Humid
Noise
Mechanical hazards
Electrical hazards
Fumes
Odors
Dusts
Mists
Gases
Poor ventilation
Occasional: less than 1 time per week
Crawling
Confined area
High places
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an incumbent. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of activities, duties or responsibilities. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.
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