Fleet Manager Peterborough, England
Job description
Job Introduction
Our Team:
We’re a small, but very far-reaching team!
Of the thousand of Bauer employees, there are not many who you will not come into contact with at some point, which keeps each day different.
The focus of your role:
The Fleet Manager will be the main contact for company car drivers and our fleet provider and will manage the day to day running of the car fleet. This is a key role as an important member of a central team focusing on the seamless delivery of all services provided internally and externally and ensuring that our drivers and vehicles are legal and safe at all times and that vehicles are selected in accordance with business requirements and budgets.
Role Responsibility
- Be the first point of contact for any company car drivers.
- Be the conduit between our Fleet provider and our drivers.
- Manage compliance for all drivers and vehicles
- Manage pool cars and all vehicle movements and reallocations
- Complete monthly data updates and update payroll system in relation to drivers and advise HMRC of all starters and leavers
- Monitor accident management and compile monthly reports
- Review and reconcile monthly billing challenging costs where necessary
- Ensure all policies are updated and communicated
- Manage relationships and contracts with all suppliers
- Develop and maintain excellent relations with internal customers delivering clear concise communication
- Provide clear, concise communication to the business
- Keep up to date with regulations and changes in legislation and advise the business accordingly
- Strive to continually improve ways of working via new systems / technologies / apps
- Support the team with projects.
- Comply with all reasonable instructions and directives from line manager.
- Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety requirements.
- Employees: Ensure that all employees driving on company business are entitled, legal and safe to do so
- Costs: Ensure that all costs are managed effectively, striving for savings at all times
- Processes: Ensure that efficient & effective processes are in place.
- Projects: Any projects to be completed on time
The Ideal Candidate
You will have a passion for helping people, making a difference and delivering a service.
The ability to turn a hand to anything is essential as one day is never the same as the next and flexibility is key. Ownership, accountability and people skills are essential for success in this role.
Attributes & Values – Essential – you must:
- Be enthusiastic, professional and self-motivating with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Be a dynamic team player with strong organisational skills and a hands-on approach.
- Be strongly customer-focused, with a natural empathy.
- Have excellent personal presentation, well organised, self-disciplined and motivated.
- Be able to accept change, work flexibly, prioritise workload and be adaptable.
- Be approachable, pragmatic and have a good sense of humour.
- Be able to think outside the box
Skills & Experience – Essential – you must:
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Be confident to communicate at a high level
- Have highly effective problem-solving skills and be able to own an issue through to resolution.
- Have strong commitment to the continual improvement of services provided by the team.
- Be able to develop effective and efficient processes and successfully implement them.
- Have good administration and software skills.
- Be able to multi-task and turn a hand to anything.
Skills & Experience – Desirable
- Experience in fleet administration and legislation
- Education to A level/NVQ standard
Package Description
Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Discounted high street vouchers
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development ((4) Bauer Media Group - Academy: Posts | LinkedIn)
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
Flexible Working
We want to make sure that we find the right people to work in our teams, and we know that the traditional 9-5, five days a week doesn’t suit everyone. So, we would love to hear from you if you feel you’re a great fit for this role and would like to work flexibly. If you are the right person for this role, we’ll find the right working approach for you.
We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.
About the Company
About Bauer Media Group
Bauer Media Group has become an enduringly successful media corporation by focusing on creating content that matters most to millions of people around the world: from print and online publishing to radio and money-helper services for consumers, as well as sales and marketing services for SMB. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer focuses on the long term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our increasingly diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 15,000 shares a passion – to deliver content and services that are popular with, and helpful to, our customers and partners.
As the UK’s biggest selling magazine publisher, we create iconic and influential magazine media brands, digital properties and associated consumer and B2B live events for diverse, passionate audiences. We reach 25 million consumers through our portfolio, which includes heat, Grazia, Closer, Empire, Motor Cycle News, Parkers, Mother& Baby, TV Choice, Take a Break, Bella, Yours, Garden News and Country Walking. Our scale, coupled with the breadth of our portfolio, gives us an advantage over pure play magazine competitors. It also gives us a huge responsibility - our brands become the lens through which our audiences see the world, and for this reason, we take our responsibilities as a media outlet very seriously, recognising that we are responsible for shaping perceptions in the wider world.
Belonging at Bauer Mission statement
People are at the heart of everything we do. Inclusivity is part of who we are. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and encourage authenticity, knowing that our differences are celebrated.
What we will offer you
Quite simply, our promise to you is that Bauer Media is a great place to do great work with great people. Our people take an enormous amount of pride in the brands they support. They like their team members, and they feel supported by their managers. We all take collective responsibility for our culture, because we know it has a ripple effect out across our brands. That’s why our culture of inclusion at work, Belonging at Bauer, is at the heart of everything we do. Belonging at Bauer is about our dual goals of being as representative as we can of the audiences we serve, and about creating a working environment where all our people feel able to bring their whole selves to work every day. It’s part of everything we do, and everyone who works here is responsible. If you join us, you’ll be an important part of this as well.
Our mental health at work
We’re proud to be the driving force behind the “Where’s your head at?” campaign, which is working to put Mental Health First Aiders on an equal footing with traditional workplace First Aiders. This is a priority for all of us that work at Bauer and we now have fully trained Mental Health First Aiders supporting and working across all of our UK locations.
Learning and Development
As the only Media company to be in the top 100 apprenticeship employers, we are striving to always be a great place to do great work for all, Bauer is committed to offering learning and development initiatives through its Bauer Academy tailored to its people, empowering teams and individuals to grow and progress in their careers.
Bauer Core Values
Creativity - We create unique, high quality content that delights our audiences.
Ambition - We think big and bold, pushing boundaries and embracing change.
Passion - We approach every day with curiosity, commitment and a lively positive mindset.
Teamwork - We learn from each other and take the time to understand both challenges and opportunities, working together to find the right solution.
Trust - We are open, respectful and honest.
Inclusivity - We encourage different points of view and perspectives and value all contributions.
Responsibility - We make measured and thoughtful decisions that support the business vision.
If you have any feedback about our recruitment process, what we did well/ how can we improve we would love to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected]
