Fleet Manager

The CompanyIf you're passionate about heavy vehicles and hungry to modernise how a fleet is run, this is your chance to shape a critical operation at the heart of UK food production.At ForFarmers, the Transport & Logistics teams make sure animal feed reaches farms safely and on time, helping farmers produce affordable, sustainable food for the future. They're proud of their PROUD values - Passion, Responsibility, Open-minded, United, Delivering - and are now looking for a Fleet Manager to help bring more data-driven, professional ways of working into a traditionally run operation.The RoleManaging a fleet of around 160 HGVs (artics, rigids, bag & bulk) across multiple UK mills, you'll: • Own relationships with OEMs and service providers (Volvo, Renault, DAF, trailer partners) to improve service, cost and vehicle off-road (VOR) time. • Use data and forward planning to smooth our replacement schedule and support volume growth across sites. • Work closely with transport managers as a central support function - providing challenge and enabling the shift to modern, system-led ways of working and reduce reliance on paper-based processes. • Lead and support the fleet coordinator, fleet administrator and compliance coordinator, reviewing processes to drive efficiency and ensure strong compliance. This is a role with real impact: the right decisions here directly influence logistics cost, uptime, driver experience and customer service.About You:You're likely an experienced Fleet or Engineering/Fleet professional from HGV / heavy haulage or a similar complex vehicle environment, confident with asset management, specifications and payload optimisation. You're commercially aware, comfortable with data, and strong enough to influence long-standing ways of working - while staying professional and collaborative.This role can be flexible in terms of location but the successful candidate must be based within a commutable distance from a ForFarmers site.This project is being managed exclusively, any third party applications received will be forwarded to Nigel Wright Recruitment.