Fleet Asset Manager

Liberty Tire Recycling•Sanford, NC

25d

About The Position

The Fleet Asset Manager serves as Liberty Tire Recycling’s primary resource for fleet asset and lease management. The role works closely with operating sites to ensure equipment is appropriately placed and cost-effective while managing lease obligations, supporting capital planning, improving utilization, and reducing unnecessary fleet expense. The position manages owned, leased, and rented tractors, trailers, forklifts, loaders, and other mobile equipment. It coordinates fleet planning and agreements, evaluates equipment needs and utilization, supports purchasing and replacement decisions, reviews costs and vendor performance, and recommends actions to leadership. The role works across corporate and field locations and may require periodic travel to operating sites, lessors, dealers, and vendor locations. It operates in a fast-paced environment involving financial data, contracts, fleet records, and operating teams.

Requirements

Five or more years of experience in fleet or asset management, equipment leasing, transportation, or procurement.
Experience managing lease or rental agreements and supporting vendor negotiations.
Strong financial analysis skills, including lease-versus-buy and total cost of ownership modeling.
Advanced Excel and data analysis skills, with the ability to turn findings into practical recommendations.
Ability to work across sites and corporate functions to drive decisions and follow-through.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, finance, transportation, business, or a related field.
Experience with a multi-site industrial fleet that includes trucks, tractors, and trailers.
Strong financial, analytical, and commercial judgment.
Effective negotiation skills and the ability to balance cost and operating needs.
Ability to turn complex data into clear recommendations and action.
Strong cross-functional influence, ownership, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

Manage the company’s owned, leased, and rented fleet of tractors, trailers, forklifts, loaders, and other mobile equipment.
Track lease and rental agreements, including key dates, rates, buyout opportunities, and return requirements.
Maintain a fleet planning calendar for lease renewals, returns, extensions, replacements, and buyout decisions.
Work with sites to understand equipment needs, review utilization, right-size fleets, and identify excess or underused assets.
Help determine whether equipment should be purchased, leased, retained, redeployed, replaced, or retired.
Review lease and rental invoices, resolve billing issues, and recover overcharges and credits.
Manage relationships with leasing companies, rental providers, equipment suppliers, and other fleet vendors.
Support negotiations involving lease rates, rental agreements, buyouts, equipment returns, and service performance.
Develop fleet replacement and capital plans based on equipment age, condition, utilization, reliability, operating needs, and cost.
Track fleet costs, utilization, savings opportunities, vendor performance, and portfolio risks, and provide recommendations to leadership.
Establish fleet governance and controls to reduce idle equipment, unnecessary rentals, lease overruns, and avoidable costs.