Employer: Managed People Solutions Meridian Services is seeking a National Fleet Manager based in Cape Town. The role is responsible for the end-to-end management, optimisation, and governance of all national fleet and operational assets, ensuring cost efficiency, compliance, and reliable support of distribution operations. The position requires strong leadership to build capability and accountability within regional teams, while ensuring fleet availability and operational readiness to support consistent delivery performance. Responsibility includes: * Drives national cost-to-serve optimisation through disciplined management of fleet, assets, procurement, and lifecycle efficiency, directly improving margins. * Enables consistent, reliable delivery performance by ensuring fleet availability and operational readiness across all regions. * Establishes a controlled, standardised, and high-performing national asset and fleet management system. * Builds capability, discipline, and accountability across regional transport and asset management teams. * Designs and evolves the national asset strategy (fleet, trade assets, IT) aligned to business growth, scalability, and operational efficiency. * Daily delivery schedules are accurate, realistic, and aligned to operational capacity. * Deliveries are consistently completed within planned timeframes. * Vehicles and drivers are utilised effectively, minimising delays and unnecessary costs. * Consistent processes, policies, and controls are implemented across all regions. * All incidents are managed with employee safety as the first priority, ensuring individuals are supported, unharmed where possible, and properly cared for post-incident. * Full adherence to legal, insurance, safety, and operational requirements. * Fleet and asset decisions are driven by accurate data, reporting, and insights. * Assets are optimally acquired, utilised, redeployed, and disposed of to maximise value. * Manage and optimise total fleet costs including fuel, maintenance, leasing, and repairs; identify and implement cost-saving initiatives. * Manage procurement process including quotes, negotiation, purchasing, and delivery, ensuring alignment to fleet financing models (ISA’s) and fair usage policies. * Oversee full asset lifecycle including acquisition, utilisation, redeployment, and disposal; manage sale of assets including listings, pricing, staff allocation, and inter-BU transfers. * Ensure fleet availability and readiness supports consistent OTIF delivery performance across all regions. * Ensure minimal disruption to operations through proactive fleet planning, maintenance, and issue resolution. * Manage relationships with key suppliers and service providers to ensure performance, cost efficiency, and service delivery. * Maintain and manage asset registers, tagging, audits, counts, and inspections; oversee allocation and recovery of assets for new joiners and exiting employees. * Manage servicing schedules, fuel usage, kilometre tracking, FML adjustments, fair usage enforcement, and recovery of excess usage. * Centralise and manage all repairs and maintenance through Wesbank Managed Maintenance, ensuring cost control and service quality. * Manage motor licensing, fines), telematics, branding, and vehicle inspection processes to ensure full compliance. * Track, audit, and redeploy trade assets (e.g. fridges) to ensure optimal utilisation and control. * Track allocation, recovery, and repair of IT equipment in collaboration with Merchant West, including oversight of upgrade cycles. * Develop and implement SOPs, policies, and reporting frameworks to standardise fleet and asset management nationally. * Oversee the full insurance function including claims management, policy alignment, and risk mitigation strategies. * Establish and lead national protocols for managing transport-related incidents (e.g. hijackings, accidents), ensuring immediate employee safety, structured response, escalation to line management and HR, and post-incident support including medical, psychological, and operational recovery. * Utilise fleet systems, telematics, and asset tracking tools to monitor performance, generate reports, and drive insights. * Provide data-driven insights on fleet performance, cost, utilisation, and optimisation opportunities. * Manages full asset base (vehicles, trade assets, IT) including lifecycle, utilisation, and control. * Strong control over cost drivers including procurement, financing models (ISA’s), maintenance, and insurance. * Negotiates, manages suppliers, and ensures cost-effective, high-quality service delivery. * Ensures full control of asset registers, audits, policies, and regulatory compliance. * Ability to lead and manage high-risk incidents (e.g. hijackings, accidents), ensuring structured response, employee safety, and business continuity. * Uses telematics, asset systems, and reporting tools to drive insights and decision-making. * Takes full accountabilities for all national assets, costs, and performance outcomes. Remains calm, decisive, and structured when managing high-risk and emotionally charged situations. * Makes decisions with strong cost, ROI, and value impact awareness. * Uses data, trends, and insights to optimise asset and fleet performance. * Maintains high accuracy across asset registers, compliance, and reporting. * Effectively manages suppliers and internal stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes. * Enforces policies, controls, and standards consistently across the business. * Actively identifies and drives optimisation opportunities across the asset base. Qualifications and Experience: * Diploma / Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field * 3–5+ years in fleet, asset, or operations management, including national or multi-region exposure. * Valid driver’s license. * Strong experience across fleet management systems, telematics, asset registers, procurement processes, maintenance planning, and vendor management; ability to use data, systems, and insights to optimise asset utilisation, cost, compliance, and operational performance. Please do not apply for the position if you do not meet the requirements. Should you not receive a response to your application within two weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.