Fleet Manager

Our client a Global Rail leasing business with over 100 years experience are currently looking for a Rail Fleet Manager to join them on permanent basis located from their office in Germany. Working predominantly with Deutsche Bahn you will be repsonsible for organisng Maintenance to a large volume of Rolling Stock in country.

The tasks of the fleet manager are:

To establish a good cooperation with customer by regular direct and indirect communication about wagons rentals, maintenance program, follow up of immobilisation, treatment of claims and cost rebilling.
To ensure that the rental contract with the customer is correctly implemented as per contract conditions:
delivery of wagons,
organization of the preventive maintenance and repairs
follow up of repairs
preparation of arguments from availability reports (number of days down-time during the period/contract, monthly, quarterly and annual states),
receipt and processing of customer claims,return of wagons
To instruct invoicing of repair and transport costs to accountancy
To check proformas and validate documents before transmission
To issue claim files and re-invoice rail companies
Skills and experience required

Minimum 5 years' experience in fleet management for transport companies (Trucks, Containers, etc.)
Organised, accurate and meticulous
Good contact with workshops and customers
Team worker
English and German Language Skill
Technical skills
General mechanics
Previous experience in Rail industry would be a plus but not mandatory

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