Fleet Team Leader

Company Overview

Easy Bathrooms is the leading provider of premium bathrooms and tiles in the UK, serving a diverse range of clients including homeowners, housebuilders, interior designers, and commercial fitters. With an extensive network of over 150 showrooms nationwide and a dedicated team of more than 1000 employees, we are committed to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers.

Job Overview

As Fleet Team leader at Easy Bathrooms, you will play a key role in leading and managing the fleet and transport function, ensuring the safe, compliant and efficient operation of the driver and vehicle fleet. You will provide leadership to Fleet Team Leaders, Fleet Administrators and drivers, acting as a key link between transport, planning, warehouse, finance, agencies and customers.

This role requires strong leadership, excellent organisational and communication skills, commercial awareness and the ability to make confident decisions in a fast-paced operational environment. You will be expected to proactively identify issues, drive improvements and ensure that safety, compliance, performance and customer service remain at the heart of the transport operation.

Duties

• Lead, support and develop Fleet Team Leaders, Fleet Administrators and drivers.
• Oversee the day-to-day fleet and transport operation, ensuring effective driver and vehicle availability.
• Support the planning function and ensure appropriate staffing and route coverage.
• Maintain oversight of driver compliance, including Tachomaster infringements, missing mileage, DCRS, overspeed events and driver calendars.
• Ensure driver licences are maintained and updated, including renewal dates and three-monthly licence checks.
• Oversee agency driver compliance, including induction, contact details and licence checks
• Monitor and maintain fleet compliance, including PMI, MOT, BT, TC, LOLER and TL inspections.
• Oversee vehicle availability, defects, breakdowns, spot checks and maintenance requirements.
• Manage driver absence, welfare, conduct and performance, including escalations where required.
• Maintain accurate absence, accident/incident and driver management trackers.
• Lead accident and incident management, ensuring investigations, actions and records are completed appropriately.
• Manage and coordinate drug and alcohol testing in line with company procedures.
• Maintain accurate records of conversations, meetings and management actions.
• Lead driver recruitment, including creating vacancies, reviewing CVs, arranging and conducting interviews.
• Oversee new starter inductions, training and buddying arrangements.
• Monitor driver engagement and promote a positive culture across the fleet.
• Oversee fuel card management, vehicle downloads and driver card downloads.
• Ensure required documentation and compliance records are accurate and up to date.
• Work closely with planning, warehouse, finance, agencies, maintenance providers and external customers to resolve operational issues.
• Maintain awareness of transport KPIs, costs and financial performance, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Monitor operational performance and drive continuous improvement across the fleet function.
• Ensure high standards of health and safety, legal compliance, efficiency, service and customer satisfaction are consistently maintained.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a transport, fleet, logistics or operational management environment.
• Previous experience managing and developing teams within a fast-paced operation.
• Strong knowledge of driver and fleet compliance, including tachograph legislation and Tachomaster.
• Experience managing driver conduct, absence, welfare and performance.
• Strong understanding of health, safety and transport legislation.
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Confident decision-maker with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and remain calm under pressure.
• Strong IT, administration and data-management skills.
• Experience with fleet/transport management systems, particularly Tachomaster, is desirable.
• Transport manager CPC qualification is desirable.

45 Hours worked P/w

If you are a motivated leader with technical expertise in vehicle maintenance and a passion for operational excellence, we encourage you to apply today. Join us in maintaining a reliable fleet that drives our continued success.

Pay: £40,300.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount

Work Location: In person