Fleet Administrator

• Contract: Permanent / 37.5 Hours Per Week
• Location: DPD Oldbury 
• Salary: circa £29k
• Days of Work: Monday - Friday 
• Hours of Work: 9am - 5pm 

DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of nearly £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

Purpose of Position

Provide an effective and suitable administrative service within the Transport Department for dealing with all Project Libra vehicle repairs, monitor and reduce VOR time for damage repairs, control repair cost and ensure good value is achieved for each repair within their approval limit, also ensure repair costs are managed and best value is achieved for repairs that need to be escalated for management approval as well as provide administrative support for the RTC team and ODF Coordinator.

Key Task & Responsibilities

• Project Libra champion for the RTC team ensuring all Project Libra timescales are adhered to for all ODF vehicle terminations
• Introduction of and ensuring all Project Libra timescales are adhered to for all ODF van swaps
• Be responsible for personal agreed spend limit
• Ensure costs savings are achieved within sign off limits
• Seek good value for money in all repairs, even those that are escalated for management approval
• Arrange prompt payment of excess invoices to facilitate timely release of vehicles
• Provide account management for all suppliers, ensuring payment terms are met
• Vehicle VOR recording, monitoring and minimising time off road by contact with bodyshop network
• Maximise ULR success rates by providing accurate repair information
• Maintenance and updates of the MID
• Ensuring Datalive uploads occur within timescales
• Provide central support for Vehicle Check App queries
• Provide Regional cover for RTC team absence and ability to absorb increase of another network region
• Provide support to the ODF Coordinator
• Any other reasonable management request

You will be someone who takes pride in their work consistently producing work of a high quality. Your strong communication, listening and problem resolution skills will be fully utilised in this role.  We would also expect you to have:

• Good planning and organising skills

• Ability to prioritise and manage your time effectively

• Ability to cope with change 

• Ability to handle difficult situation and challenging conversations

• Able to work in a systematic, methodical and orderly way following all depot instructions and procedures to include all regulatory requirements e.g Health and Safety

• Able to work on your own initiative and without close supervision

• Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability

About our Benefits

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package 
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Vitality at Work
• Free On Site Parking 
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends 
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities. 

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today