Fleet Field Director

Responsibilities

• Lead Fleet Field Operations across 18,000 assets, 50 maintenance shops, 9 Regions, and 3 Business Units.
• Lead, coach, and develop Regional Fleet Managers and Field Fleet teams while fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Drive standardized fleet execution, governance, and operational consistency across all Business Units.
• Deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective fleet operations while partnering with Operations and Sales to ensure best-in-class customer service.
• Ensure compliance with company safety standards and all applicable DOT, EPA, OSHA, and regulatory requirements.
• Own operational and financial performance across key fleet metrics including safety, reliability, asset availability, maintenance cost, labor productivity, shop throughput, preventive maintenance compliance, warranty recovery, and outside service utilization.
• Partner with Finance to develop and deliver Fleet Annual Operating Plans (AOP), productivity initiatives, and financial commitments.
• Partner with the Fleet COE organization to execute enterprise fleet strategy, operational programs, capability initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Drive field execution of enterprise asset lifecycle strategy, capital deployment, fleet utilization, and equipment replacement planning.
• Utilize data and analytics to identify opportunities, improve operational performance, and deliver measurable business results.
• Lead field implementation, adoption, and long-term sustainment of the Fleet Maintenance System (FMS), ensuring successful organizational change across the field organization.
• Partner with the Fleet COE team to implement enterprise programs focused on technician capability, maintenance best practices, parts optimization, warranty recovery, and fleet productivity.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Operations, Sales, Finance, Procurement, Corporate Fleet, Sustainability, and vendor partners to improve execution and business performance.
• Continuously benchmark industry best practices and identify opportunities to modernize fleet operations and prepare the organization for future fleet capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive leadership experience within the fleet industry, including responsibility for fleet maintenance operations, multi-site field organizations, asset management, and shop performance.
• Demonstrated experience leading geographically dispersed fleet maintenance operations is required.
• Transportation, Distribution, or Supply Chain leadership experience is preferred; however, extensive Fleet leadership experience is required.
• Proven experience leading managers and developing high-performing field organizations.
• Strong financial acumen with experience delivering productivity initiatives, managing operating budgets, and driving results.
• Experience leading large-scale operational transformations and organizational change.
• Exceptional communication skills, executive presence, and the ability to influence leaders across multiple functions.