fleet manager
confidential
Total years of experience :12 years, 4 Months
Managing a large fleet of 480 plus company owned vehicles and over 300 drivers on 24/7 basis operations.
Responsible for supervising staff transportation of over7000 employees to and from work place in a safe and timely manner
Oversee the entire transport operations of 16 business units under VPS Healthcare Group across the UAE.
Prepare budget and recommendation for Transport/Fleet Operation.
Manage spends on purchase of assets and consumable inventories in liaison with the Central Purchases Dept. to ensure that Fleet Budgets are in control.
Manage vendors and service providers as required to ensure excellent service delivery and cost effectiveness
Verify schedules are aligned with customer requirements in order to meet or exceed on time delivery targets.
Manage relationship with 3PL provider to minimize cost to the company while maintaining quality and timeline expectations.
Route planning, route optimization and tracking of delivery vehicles IVMS
Monitor spending to ensure that expenses are consistent with approved budgets
Respond promptly to customer delivery and service requests.
Managing the transport & logistics operations of the Private property for Royal family in line with business requirements
Direct the activities of staff in relation to transportation and logistics operation including dispatching, routing, and tracking transportation vehicles
Scheduled and directed work activities while providing leadership and direction to company drivers and other operations staff.
Identified and resolved problem issues and concerns as efficiently as effectively as possible using critical thinking skills.
Schedule Inspections and ensures driver compliance with safety and legal regulations.
Responsible for the up keep and maintenance of all vehicles in terms of their licensing, registration, insurance and record keeping as required by DOT and traffic department regulations.
Managing over 120 company owned vehicles including buses, SUVs, Sedan cars, Medium trucks, heavy truck and luxury golf cars
Oversee vehicles preventive maintenance programs and activities for the purpose of ensuring vehicles are maintained in a safe and effective operating condition.
Performs personnel functions (i.e. interviewing, evaluating, supervising, disciplining, directing, training and hiring driver and technician
Negotiate with dealer to claim warranty in case any major mechanical issues arise in the vehicle and Golf cart
Managing and receiving of shipment arriving by Air cargo by private jet for the project.
Assisting Procurement
Managing a fleet of over 180 vehicles consisting passenger cars, pick-ups, buses and construction equipment’s
Oversee entire fleet operations and upkeep maintenance of vehicles and equipment
Arranging mobile service vehicle and mechanic to attend the complaints in emergency
Work closely with the maintenance team to find ways to reduce downtime due to repairs and lack of routine maintenance.
Conduct investigations to determine causes of transportation accidents and to improve safety procedures
Responsible for the up keep and maintenance of all vehicles in terms of their licensing, registration, insurance and record keeping as required by RTA and traffic department regulations.
Monitor and review accident, repair and recovery process.
Negotiate with dealer to claim warranty in case any major mechanical issues arise in the vehicle.
Managing and monitoring of fuel tank inventory and fuel cost allocation
Responsible for vehicles and Heavy machineries registration, renewal, Insurance, Safety Certificates and Road permits from RTA.
Making arrangements to ensure that the vehicles are maintained properly, including the inspection of vehicles at the appropriate time and the action taken to remedy defects found.
Negotiate and establish repair cost and parts pricing with commercial vendors and Garages. Reporting and recording vehicle defects highlighted by users/ drivers.
Ensuring all vehicles are timely serviced for effective operations.
Managing of Salik accounts recharge and allocations, traffic fine reimbursement from the user.
Effectively managing a fleet of over 350 vehicles that are running across the UAE
Responsible for entire fleet operations and Maintenance of Fathima Group owned and leased Vehicles.
Direct activities related to planning, dispatching, routing and tracking of over 350 vehicles and 200 drivers.
Oversee vehicles preventive maintenance programs and activities for the purpose of ensuring vehicles are maintained in a safe and effective operating condition.
Managed 100+ refrigerated and temperature controlled light trucks and chiller vans.
Manage spends on purchase of assets and consumable inventories in liaison with the Central Purchases Dept. to ensure that Fleet Budgets are in control.
Managed to reduce delivery times by 10 percent on average, which saved on fuel and reduced the cost for consumables such as tires
Installed a GPS tracker and routing software that helped to reduce costs by assisting drivers in finding the most economic routes to each delivery
Attained monthly savings in fuel cost by 20% through implementing Fuel Management policy across the fleet
Performs personnel functions (i.e. interviewing, evaluating, supervising, disciplining, directing, and training of staff
Maintain statistical reports, files and relevant records related to maintenance, repairs, depreciation, mileage, etc.
Responsible for selecting the right fleet of vehicles in line with the business strategies
Plan, process and execute vehicle purchase and vehicle replacement through efficient settlement.
Responsible for the up keep and maintenance of all vehicles in terms of their licensing, registration, insurance and record keeping as required by RTA and traffic department regulations.
Prepare written procedures and policies regarding fuel management
Monitor and review accident,
Leading and motivating the entire transport team and responsible for looking after 60 plus vehicles which run on a 24-hour basis, on call out off hours and at weekends to deal with any urgent matters.
Responsible for getting the right products in the right quantities to the right locations at all time
In charge of the day to day operations of the transport and logistics department
Plan and execute the mobilization of new contracts.
Keeping track and inventory of company’s assets issued to the clients.
Efficiently managing a team of 150 staff consist of drivers, service staff and helpers.
Direct the activities of staff in relation to transportation operations including dispatching, routing, and tracking transportation vehicles
Managing, monitoring and developing a team of drivers and supervisor
Being the first point of contact for all drivers
Making sure that all transport fleet vehicles are properly maintained and serviced
Develop key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of the transportation operations.
Interview, select, coach, train, manage, and appraise the performance of transportation personnel
Regularly liaising with the production manager to ensure a smooth running of both departments
Developing and nurturing customer relationships.
Maintaining accurate administrative records
Organizing vehicles checks, weekly and monthly audits
Identifying operational issues, potential problems and opportunities
Resolving and managing queries and complaints courteously and efficiently.
Direct investigations to verify and resolve customer complaints
Handling daily staff transportation for more than 10000 staff members from and to work place across U.A.E
Allocations, route planning and organizing.
Attend weekly meetings with senior Management and updating.
Preparing weekly and monthly operations report and submitting to BU Head.
Fuel Analyzing and average calculation
Weekly tool box meetings with drivers and coordinators on HSE issues
Managing a large size of fleet over 300 plus vehicles
Managing 200 plus drivers for day and night shifts
Booking of vehicles as and when requests by BUs.
Preparing NOC letters i.e. Dafza, Jafza, and DCA
Updating Customers complaint log and feed back
Checking of fuel bills, limit and deductions
Checking traffic fines online and informing BUs.
Costing on transport Ad hoc request by BUs
Negotiating with suppliers to get the best rates for staff transport
Preparing budget forecast for upcoming financial year
Major in Finance and Accounting