European Asset Optimization Lead

NEP Europe; Crawley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NEP Europe is seeking a Central Asset Manager to optimise European asset use and profitability. The role supports cross-border collaboration, improves asset visibility and reduces external subhire through internal asset leverage.

You will coordinate regional equipment movements, review demand, and provide data-driven recommendations to ECAM, while building strong relationships with Operations, Technical, Commercial and Project teams across Europe.

Qualifications

• Experience in asset management, operations, logistics or a live-events environment.
• Working knowledge of professional video, audio, lighting, rigging or related equipment.
• Strong commercial judgement, with ability to compare cost, margin and utilisation options.
• Analytical, organised and confident solving problems in a fast-moving environment.
• Able to influence and collaborate across teams, countries and cultures.
• Clear written and verbal English; additional European languages are an advantage.
• Willing and able to travel across Europe when required.

Responsibilities

• Help business units secure equipment for projects, using internal assets before external subhire.
• Review project demand, availability and departure dates to identify shortages and priorities.
• Coordinate short-term and cross-border equipment movements with local asset teams.
• Assist with recommendations on long term equipment relocation to the ECAM.
• Assess options using availability, transport cost, utilisation, margin and delivery requirements.
• Challenge subhire requests, compare internal and external options, and record savings or cost avoidance.
• Support supplier reviews and maintain the preferred European supplier list.
• Keep up to date with market and technical developments to assist in purchase recommendations.
• Promote accurate use of rental systems and agreed European data standards.
• Monitor incomplete or inconsistent project and asset information and drive corrective action.
• Identify recurring issues, utilisation opportunities and potential strategic asset redeployment.
• Maintain clear records and provide concise operational reporting and recommendations to the ECAM.
• Build trusted relationships across Operations, Technical, Commercial, Project and Asset teams.
• Share best practice and support new systems, workflows and agreed ways of working across Europe.

Skills

Asset management

Operations

Logistics

Video/Audio/Lighting equipment

Cost/margin analysis

Analytical thinking

English communication

European travel

Tools

Rental management systems

Reporting tools

MS Office

Job description

NEP Europe is seeking a Central Asset Manager to optimise European asset use and profitability. The role supports cross-border collaboration, improves asset visibility and reduces external subhire through internal asset leverage.

You will coordinate regional equipment movements, review demand, and provide data-driven recommendations to ECAM, while building strong relationships with Operations, Technical, Commercial and Project teams across Europe.