Associate Fleet Specialist

CHS, Inc.•Inver Grove Heights, MN

About The Position

CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture. CHS has an exciting opportunity for a Fleet Utilization Analyst within our Fleet Services team. This role manages day-to-day fleet asset lifecycle activities to ensure trucks and trailers are purchased, deployed, utilized, transferred, and disposed of in alignment with enterprise standards and business demand. The position maintains accurate asset visibility, supports utilization optimization, enforces specification alignment, and coordinates across Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Finance, Tax, Safety, IT, OEMs, dealers, and external partners to improve fleet performance and capital investment decisions.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required
0+ years of experience in fleet operations, asset management, transportation, or equipment lifecycle managements

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in Business, Supply Chain, Transportation, Logistics, Fleet Management, or related field preferred
Experience coordinating asset purchasing, transfers, or disposition activities
Strong working knowledge of fleet assets, specifications, lifecycle management, and utilization metrics
Strong organizational, coordination, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to analyze asset data and support capital and utilization decisions
Professional certifications such as NAFA CAFM/CAFS, asset management, or transportation certifications preferred
Experience with fleet systems, asset management platforms, or ERP tools such as SAP, EAM, or Intelex
Experience working with OEMs, dealers, Finance, Tax, Procurement, and Operations partners

Responsibilities

Monitor utilization performance of trucks and trailers using mileage, hours, trips, dwell time, idle data, and related fleet metrics
Identify underutilized, overutilized, idle, surplus, or misaligned assets and recommend redeployment, sharing, downsizing, retirement, or disposition actions
Coordinate asset transfers between regions or business units, including demand validation, stakeholder communication, and system updates
Maintain accurate inventory of active, idle, seasonal, surplus, and retired trucks and trailers; reconcile records to physical assets and support audits
Support purchasing and replacement decisions by validating utilization needs, capacity gaps, and alignment with business demand
Coordinate asset disposition activities with Finance, Tax, and external partners, ensuring timely system and financial closeout
Support fleet capital request intake, review, prioritization, and tracking using utilization data
Validate that truck and trailer specifications align with duty cycle, standard spec governance, and expected utilization
Coordinate with OEMs on delivery timing, availability, recalls, and utilization-related service impacts