FLEET MANAGER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: Apr 16, 2025 – The Fleet Manager has extensive experience in fleet and operational support management, with proven skills in budgeting, procurement, and compliance within large-scale transport organizations. This role requires a strong ability to develop and implement fleet policies and systems, supported by advanced problem-solving, communication, and fleet software proficiency. The manager also demonstrates expertise in staff management, workplace conflict resolution, and maintaining accountability through effective reporting and governance frameworks.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Fleet Manager Resume
- Fleet Management
- Policy Compliance
- Fleet Scheduling
- Maintenance Planning
- Route Optimization
- Vehicle Procurement
- Process Improvement
- Budget Control
- Data Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance
- Team Leadership
- Driver Supervision
- Supplier Negotiation
- Stakeholder Communication
- Issue Resolution
- Customer Service
- Partner Relations
- Training Coordination
- Team Coordination
- Staff Management
Summary of Fleet Manager Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Public Administration with 2 years of Experience
- Sound experience in Fleet and equipment management
- Experience working in directly managing a small team
- Working knowledge of HSE
- Proven capability in strategy development and planning
- A detailed understanding of key business drivers
- Customer service orientation - detailed understanding and strong curiosity about customers and what adds value to them
- Ability to apply logic and experience to make timely, sound judgments
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate for successful outcomes at a senior level
- Demonstrated collaborative nature with high integrity
- Ability to resolve conflict to a positive, business value-added outcome
- Ability to establish and maintain effective support and rapport with personnel at all levels
2. BA in Transportation Management with 3 years of Experience
- Experience in a commercially focused role managing spend to deliver “best in class” initiatives.
- Demonstrable ability to undertake complex tasks such as data analysis, executive report writing, and strategy creation for suppliers
- Experience in negotiation and management of major commercial vehicle manufacturers
- Proven knowledge of operating commercial fleet operations
- Negotiation strategy, delivery, and associated benefits
- Good communication skills, both oral and written, showing progress through good MI
- High-level project management and an excellent negotiator at all levels
- Experience in dealing with suppliers and customers, both internal and external.
- Confident with the credibility to deliver procurement strategies to a senior level
- Have professional qualifications, e.g., CPC/O’ License
- Ability to effectively plan to meet deadlines.
3. BA in Fleet Operations with 1 year of Experience
- Experience working in the Plant and Equipment Hire industry
- Customer-focused and relationship-building skills
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization.
- A team player with strong time management skills
- Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience working with Scheduling Software
- Ability to build effective relationships (to help produce the right results).
- Ability to work in a team environment to continuously improve results.
- Ability to coach drivers on key areas of needed improvement.
- Ability to meet deadlines and deliver exceptional service through positive engagement and patience.
- Able to promote a culture of trust and safety.
4. BS in Automotive Engineering with 4 years of Experience
- Industry experience with a supervisory or management role (an equivalent combination of work experience and completion of the LDP Program)
- Ground working experience - CDL A Drivers, tractor-trailers.
- In-depth knowledge of all products and services.
- Knowledgeable of the operational requirements of existing accounts.
- Ability to manage the financial aspects of the department (purchasing, budget preparation and review, financial reporting, and monitoring expenses).
- Capable of communicating and interacting effectively with multi-functional and diverse backgrounds
- The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, employees, and vendors.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in influencing departments and implementing and managing change.
- Ability to allocate decision-making authority and/or task responsibilities to others to maximize the organization's and individuals' effectiveness.
- Basic understanding and experience in project management methodologies.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, internet, web-based, and job-specific software applications.
5. BA in Transport Economics with 6 years of Experience
- Practical experience in Information Technology, Automotive, Aviation, or Fleet sustaining background.
- Experience working with EVs, autonomous vehicles, or sensors
- Fleet team management experience
- Management/leadership experience (hiring, resource planning, allocation, optimization, reporting, budgeting, performance management, etc.) with at least 10+ direct/indirect reports.
- Diagnostic troubleshooting experience with vehicle or technology systems, including electrical and mechanical sensors, cameras, compute, and/or other associated equipment.
- Ability to adhere to a schedule of operating times, including some weekends and evenings.
- Working experience with daily onsite/on-person management.
- Ability to remain highly flexible with the changing needs of the business.
- Able to maintain a high tolerance for ambiguity.
- High attention to detail and very process-driven.
- Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to form and lead teams.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple teams in different locations (within the same city)
6. BS in Mechanical Engineering with 9 years of Experience
- Practical experience in operations and or Asset/Fleet Management in an industrial context.
- Solid financial knowledge and proven experience in developing and successfully implementing new (global) processes and creating transparency through Business Intelligence.
- Sound knowledge of (rental) fleet management of industrial equipment.
- A solid understanding of mechanisms to track and communicate performance and value realization on investment
- Proven capability in strategy development and planning
- Detailed understanding of key business drivers
- Strong entrepreneurial and leadership skills, sound commercial awareness, and drive for success.
- An achiever who comes with solutions to make things happen and who can transform the mission into strategy, the strategy into action, and deliver the promise
- A team player and people manager who engages and empowers the team to take action, nurtures a culture of curiosity, and creates trustworthy and fair relations with all stakeholders
- A resilient leader who can cope with change in an ever-faster-moving digital landscape and who can spread this attitude of self-sufficiency
- An innovative "new best ways" person with a positive, flexible, and responsive mindset who embraces and promotes the digital transformation
- Be a challenger who is open-minded with a global mindset, curious to understand and learn new perspectives
7. BA in Operations Management with 5 years of Experience
- Experience and successful performance in operational and fleet support management in a large and complex transport organisation.
- Experience in contracts and procurement activities, including an understanding of government-related policies and procedures, particularly as they relate to fleet operations.
- Experience in budget management as well as the capacity to scrutinise operational expenditure and capital expenditure budgets and cash flow forecasts, approve expenditures and control costs, and report monthly on financial activities against plans and budgets.
- Knowledge of compliance requirements within areas of responsibility and able to report against assigned controls and accountabilities within the NSW Ambulance reporting framework.
- Knowledge in developing and implementing policies, plans, and systems covering fleet or asset management activities.
- Effective written and oral communication skills, including negotiation, consultation, and presentation skills, and effective written communication, including report writing, management briefs
- Well-developed computer skills, including Word, Excel, and database applications
- A strong working knowledge of fleet management software.
- Conceptual and innovative problem-solving skills for managing conflicting priorities and developing successful recommendations and advice on policies, strategies, and solutions across a range of functional areas.
- Demonstrated people management skills, including providing staff support, staff development, and performance management
- The ability to identify unacceptable workplace behaviours and take appropriate action, such as investigation, resolution, and monitoring of harassment and bullying, grievance issues, and conflict resolution.