Sr. Fleet Manager, Global Fleet

Amazon; France; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon France is seeking a Senior Fleet Manager to lead the health and safety program for the regional fleet, ensuring roadworthiness and regulatory compliance across the country.

The role requires strategic leadership, program launches, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to optimize fleet operations while balancing cost and speed. Expect 20-30% travel within France to support expansion and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience influencing and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Proven capability to operate in logistics or fleet operations.
• Ability to manage complex operations and interact with diverse groups.
• Fluent in French and English; additional languages a plus (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese).

Responsibilities

• Lead regional health and safety of fleet across France.
• Launch fleet operations initiatives and programs across French regions.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to solve operational needs.
• Balance vehicle demand with cost, quality, and speed trade-offs in constrained markets.
• Travel 20-30% within the assigned region to support expansion.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Independent work

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or MBA

Job description

At Amazon, we're working to be the most Customer‑centric company on earth. One customer experience that we’re constantly looking to take to a new level is how we fulfill and deliver their orders.

Our goal is to exceed the expectations of all our customers by ensuring that their orders, no matter how large or small are delivered where and when they need them, as quickly, accurately, and cost effectively as possible. To meet this goal, Amazon is continually striving to innovate and provide best in class service levels through the introduction of pioneering new products and services in the last mile delivery space. Come join the team and help us make history!

We are looking for a Sr Fleet Manager who is responsible for the safety, compliance and availability of the Fleet in their respective region in France. The candidate will need to determine the strategy of the team and understand where to simplify or extend solutions for the best outcome. This person will implement use of best practices and plays a central role within the larger fleet organization.

Key functions for the role include:

1. Be the regional lead for health and safety of fleet. They will ensure vehicles are roadworthy and compliant with local regulations by performing audits and collating regional feedback through partnership with Fleet Compliance and Safety teams.
2. Be the Single Threaded Leader for product and program launching across the French regions. The Sr Fleet Manager will launch fleet operations initiatives and fleet‑related programs. To be successful in this role, the Sr Fleet Manager is required to be a domain fleet expert, having deep knowledge of the conditions of local markets. The Sr Fleet Manager will support France expansion launches by building mechanisms to help manage the fleet.
3. Strategically influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholders, internal and external, in order to solve complex operational needs. The Sr Fleet Manager is responsible for defining a program with clear tenets and deliverables, and align stakeholders to achieve long‑term priorities. They will be required to demonstrate the ability to negotiate and influence, showing backbone while dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
4. Manage volatile vehicle demand across France and make trade‑offs between short‑term and long‑term risks. React to potential long‑term risks with vehicle demand/supply and support strategic changes to mitigate them in ambiguous, vehicle‑constrained markets. This will require technical expertise to balance tradeoffs between cost, quality, and speed.
5. This role will be based in one of our delivery station within France, and requires ability to travel 20-30% of time across the assigned region.

Key job responsibilities

• Cooperation with the stations and other business functions to identify and consolidate vehicle demand especially in regards to peaks and ramps.
• Consistently innovate and implement best practices in Fleet Operations and Safety across EU.
• Cooperation with multiple internal and external stakeholders in communication of local business needs and understanding of last mile vehicle strategies.
• Monitoring vehicle pool and pipeline to ensure sufficient capacity is available and elevate on time to avoid shortfalls.
• Ensure that delivery orders are executed on time in full and in line with highest quality standards.
• Operational escalation management.

• Bachelor’s degree
• This leader has experience influencing and interacting with cross‑functional teams.
• This leader has proven experience in the logistics industry.
• Previous experience operating and managing complex operations.
• Ability to effectively work with a variety of organizations, management levels, cultures, and personalities.
• Excellent communications skills and a high bar for accuracy and detail.
• This leader can work independently in a fast‑paced and rapidly changing environment. Full proficiency in French and English is required

• Masters degree or MBA preferred.
• Fleet Management experience.
• Background in mobility services e.g. Car Lease/ Automotive company.
• Proficiency in Italian, Spanish or Portuguese is a plus

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