Fleet Operations Manager

Job Description – Head Fleet Operations (National)

Location: Gurgaon / Bangalore (Pan-India travel)
Reporting To: CEO / Management
Role Objective: Lead and scale FuelBuddy’s owned truck fleet operations across multiple cities
by improving fleet utilisation, expanding delivery coverage through owned assets, reducing partner
dependency, and driving delivery cost optimisation.
Key Responsibilities
• Improve fleet utilisation to 75–80% through ePicient deployment, route optimisation, and
operational planning.
• Expand deliveries through the owned fleet and strategically reduce partner deliveries.
• Drive preventive maintenance programs to increase truck uptime and operational
reliability.
• Optimise delivery cost per KM and per KL delivered.
• Build and monitor truck-wise profitability and utilisation dashboards to enable data-driven
decision-making.
• Develop city fleet teams, including planners, driver coordinators, and maintenance
supervisors.
• Implement telematics and data-driven operational controls.
• Manage the partner ecosystem for peak demand and remote deliveries requirements.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Fleet utilisation percentage
• KL delivered per truck per month
• Reduction in delivery cost per KL
• Increase in owned fleet delivery share
• On-time delivery performance
• Reduction in breakdown frequency
• Fleet EBITDA contribution
Candidate Profile
• 12–18 years of experience in logistics, fleet operations, fuel distribution, or e-commerce
logistics.
• Proven experience managing multi-city fleet operations with 50+ vehicles.
• Strong expertise in route optimisation, utilisation improvement, and cost optimisation.
• Exposure to logistics technology and telematics systems.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership, accountability, and execution capability.