Service Manager – Fleet Management & Vehicle Commissioning

Crewe, England, United Kingdom

10/21/2024

Workplace: CW1 3PL, Crewe

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What to expect:

Bertrandt is an independent and international development service provider with long years of automotive expertise. With cross-industry know-how and a holistic understanding of systems and products, we create technological solutions at any stage of the product development process. We deal with a focus on hot topics such as digitalization, e-mobility and autonomous systems, mainly for the automotive, aerospace and mechanical engineering sectors, and consistently facilitate the development of tailored solutions in these areas. Our goal: to accelerate technological progress and make a relevant contribution to a sustainable future. We work on this every day – with around 14,000 employees at more than 50 sites worldwide.

We are supporting various customers worldwide in automotive development. We are recruiting for a Service Manager – Fleet Management & Vehicle Commissioning.

The Service manager will plan and manage a fleet of Research & Development (R&D) vehicles supporting testing required to validate & verify new products/ functions/features.

• Manage vehicle usage plans, vehicle specifications, ordering and buying off vehicles from production
• Registration and commissioning of vehicles prior to on-fleeting
• Manage hand over of vehicles between R&D functions, ensuring they are on-time and fit for test
• Manage vehicle disposal
  
  
  

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide a single interface point between the customer fleet manager and the Bertrandt fleet management & vehicle commissioning team.
• Day to day management and supervision of the on-site Bertrandt team
• Manage analysis of vehicle request data to understand driving and usage patterns
• Generate monthly reports detailing fleet size, utilisation and individual vehicle status
• Develop the use of Excel macros & Tableau to enhance vehicle data collection and analysis
• Adapt fleet reporting KPIs as required
• Maintain fleet intranet site
• Facilitate a monthly review of service performance with the customer (fleet manager)
• Look ahead to the next month/quarter and agree a service plan with the fleet manager
• Interact with project team members in the UK, Germany & other locations as required
  
  
  

What you bring along:

Personal Experience

• Proven experience in a fleet management environment (2 years plus)
• Proven ability to self-manage & maintain a workplan to ensure service deliverables are met
• Proven ability to manage a team in a fleet management environment
• Well developed ability to communicate effectively
• Demonstrate the ability to be an independent and proactive actor in the interests of the project
• Experience in leading effective meetings (reviews, status report-outs & for issue resolution)
• Used to being flexible to the demands of the working environment
• Experience in Excel macros, EasyVDS, Fleetwave, Power BI & Tableau is preferred
• Role based in Cheshire, UK
• Travel to other locations may be required
• Full time on-site presence at customer site (no remote working)
• Full UK driving license is required
  
  
  

Contact:

Anne-Katrin Kloth

Tel.: +44 1268 564-300