Europe Fleet Manager

About us 

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. 

Join us to create a career worth celebrating!

About the Function 

The Global Corporate Real Estate portfolio consists of a mixture of office locations, supply and manufacturing sites, and land - 123 offices and 130+ supply sites (breweries, distilleries, packaging and bottling sites, brand homes) totaling 100m sq. feet. We run an outsourced/thin client model, with Regional CRES teams that are aligned with our markets, and a Global Centre of Excellence. 

CRES is the global owner of fleet strategy and is leading the standardisation of the fleet operating model globally. With a global fleet of over 3,000+ Vehicles and 1,600+ of these across Europe the impact of CRES is critical to carbon, cash and colleague experience across Diageo. 

About the Role 

We’re excited to be hiring for a newly created Europe Fleet Manager position within our Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) function. 

Reporting into our Head of Strategy & Standards, this role will play an important part in shaping and standardising fleet operations across the region, while helping drive a more efficient and future-focused operating model. 

Managing a fleet of approximately 1,700 vehicles, this is far more than a traditional operational fleet role. We’re looking for someone who enjoys driving transformation, improving ways of working, and leading change with confidence and collaboration. 

This is a broad and varied role, combining strategy, operational delivery, stakeholder management, and people leadership. Key areas of focus include: 

• Supporting the transition to a future fleet operating model across Europe, with potential to expand globally over time 

• Leading and supporting change initiatives, helping teams embed new ways of working successfully 

• Line managing a team of Fleet Coordinators and supporting consistent delivery across markets 

• Reviewing and improving fleet policies, processes, and operational standards across the region 

• Driving efficiencies and identifying opportunities to optimise performance, cost, and colleague experience 

• Supporting the wider mobility strategy, including sustainability and fleet modernisation initiatives 

• Leading reporting and analysis around fleet performance, mileage, emissions, and optimisation opportunities 

• Partnering closely with teams across HR, Procurement, Finance, Tax, ESG, Payroll, Risk, and Health & Safety 

• Supporting compliance, governance, and financial reporting activities across the fleet operation 

About You 

We’re looking for someone who is comfortable balancing operational delivery with strategic thinking - someone who enjoys building relationships, influencing stakeholders, and continuously improving processes and performance. 

This role would suit someone who: 

• Has strong fleet management competence, ideally managing fleets of 800+ vehicles, including company cars, vans, pool vehicles, bespoke vehicles, and EV/BEV fleets 

• Brings strong European experience, with global exposure a bonus 

• Has proven senior-level people management and leadership experience 

• Enjoys leading change, transformation, and programme management activity 

• Has strong supplier, commercial, and contract management experience 

• Is confident managing and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions and markets 

• Brings a proactive, self-motivated, customer-focused approach with strong communication skills 

• Is comfortable using data, reporting, and performance metrics to drive decisions and improvements 

• Has experience working with procurement and wider CRES-related functions 

• Has experience leading extended teams and/or third-party suppliers 

• Understands governance, compliance, operational risk, and fleet performance management 

• Can confidently communicate with and challenge senior stakeholders when needed 

• Is passionate about continuous improvement, efficiency, and colleague experience 

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one. 

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. 

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences and more. 

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you! 

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