Manager - Fleet Investment and Delivery

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Manager - Fleet Investment and Delivery, it starts with you
- Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
- Permanent, full time
- Job Req ID 4771394

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.
Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Fleet is an exciting and challenging area to work in - it is one of the most dynamic and interesting areas of our organisation, which helps provide and service one of the country’s largest vehicle fleets with over 3700 specialist vehicles.

The Manager - Fleet Investment and Delivery leads the hub where strategies are created and purchasing decisions are actioned. The role collaborates with the wider Fleet Service Group including the Manager - Fleet Technical and the wider business to make sound investment decisions.
This role is responsible for delivering project initiatives including the annual capability refresh programme, Government initiatives and wider AoG programmes of work. As such, you will have a high degree of autonomy in investment planning and oversight of critical NZ Police vehicle projects.

Your team will acquire and deliver a wide range of Police vehicles from motorbikes to Armed Offenders Squad and prisoner transport to name a few. The team will maintain positive relationships with partners and suppliers, other agencies and district leads, using your problem-solving skills to resolve minor to complex issues and provide advice to the business including executive and governance in the form of recommendations.

This is a busy and varied role where no two days are the same, you will be part of an active team that ensures NZ Police vehicles all meet operational, technical and safety requirements through collaborating with the District Fleet Leads and Fleet Technical.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Leads the planning of all initiatives (including cost, scope, time, and quality requirements), determines resource requirements, develops programme schedules and budgets and identifies dependencies for delivery.
- Remains responsible for managing approved capital budgets typically up to $100m.
- Identifies and analyses change management impacts and options and works collaboratively with groups that are implementing programmes to ensure that programme objectives are met.
- Develop and maintain key internal and external fleet partnerships.
- Maintains Police Fleet Policies and Procedures to ensure adherence and alignment with Government Policy/direction and reflecting industry best practice.
- Represents Fleet Services at Governance and Executive Meetings as required.
- Monitoring compliance with existing contracts, identifying risks and opportunities, and implementing improvement programmes within Police and with our Business Partners to achieve a strong value for money service. Work in conjunction with the Fleet Service Manager to prepare and administer the division’s annual opex budget and monitor expenditures.
- Supports and participates in the development and maintenance of a high performing team.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**Other skills knowledge and experience will include**:

- Open, honest, and constructive communication.
- Project/Programme Management experience.
- A desire to gain knowledge to provide expert advice and guidance on a wide range of current NZP fleet topics.
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
- The ability to advise on the procurement and management of new fleet vehicles and equipment, and their whole-of-life costs.
- Sound skills in analysing and utilising complex technical data, to enable fleet and supply chain reporting and to develop effective improvements.
- Effective relationship management and communication skills, including the ability to lead and develop yourself and your team.
- An ability to interpret and produce effective reports, and documentation.
- An ability and willingness to travel as and when required.

This role is set at Strategic Leader level, this means your key purpose is “to lead the strategy, Our Business, and enable our people to deliver it”.

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