11 Fleet Leaders Nominated for the 2024 Edward J. Bobit Fleet Supervisor of the Yr – Operations

A distinguished group of 11 certified fleet administration leaders are nominated for the 2024 Edward J. Bobit Fleet Supervisor of the Yr award. Interested by who the finalists have been in 2023?

The certified nominees, introduced beneath alphabetically, embrace a few of as we speak’s most progressive, revered, and environment friendly fleet professionals. 

A panel of judges (listed beneath) will vote on the ultimate candidates to be introduced on August fifth. AFLA and Wheels sponsor the award.

Mikhaila Baldwin

Fleet Supervisor, CoolSys   

Mikhaila has years of fleet supervisor expertise and is accountable for CoolSys’ fleet of two,500 automobiles. She is revered by her management, friends, and group for her work ethic and deal with fleet operational excellence in each facet of the CoolSys fleet.

Mikhaila and her group are at the moment main an intensive analysis of all suppliers related to supporting the CoolSys fleet to maximise effectivity and worth in each facet of the CoolSys fleet.

Ted Chan

Company Fleet and Journey Supervisor, Schindler Elevator Corp.

Ted Chan stands out as a monumental asset within the fleet administration sector, exemplifying management, innovation, and unwavering dedication. Tasked with managing a 4,000-asset fleet unfold throughout the US, Ted has showcased distinctive ability in steering his fleet by way of the challenges of provide chain disruptions over the past three years. His capability to forge substantial relationships with a number of OEMs has ensured the upkeep of correct growing old for 96% of his fleet and an operational expense improve restricted to lower than 1% in 2023 amidst prevalent inflationary pressures.

A fervent advocate for environmental sustainability, Ted has been pivotal in advancing Schindler’s initiative in direction of reaching NET ZERO emissions by 2040. His technique in accelerating EV adoption has led to just about 200 EVs being operational by June 2024, underscoring a notable enchancment within the fleet’s operational effectivity and price financial savings. This initiative alone resulted in a gasoline saving of $2.1 million and a discount of common CO2 emissions per automobile by 11.2% in 2023.

Past technical metrics, Ted’s management ethos is characterised by his approachable nature, availability always to assist his group, and dedication to fostering a tradition of innovation and steady enchancment. His function in enhancing driver expertise by way of the revamping of auto-generated templates, coupled along with his capability to seamlessly talk and rapidly resolve points, underscores his important function throughout the firm.

Ted’s complete understanding of the car market, his penchant for sustainability and carbon neutrality, and his artistic options to fleet administration challenges converse volumes of his experience. His vital contributions haven’t solely led to exceptional operational efficiencies and price financial savings but additionally positioned Schindler as a pacesetter in fleet electrification.

In gentle of Ted’s exemplary efficiency, strategic imaginative and prescient, and his instrumental function in selling sustainability and innovation, it’s evident why he’s a number one candidate for the Fleet Supervisor of the Yr award. His distinctive capability to optimize fleet operations, considerably cut back prices whereas enhancing security and effectivity, coupled along with his modern use of know-how and information analytics, makes him a deserving recipient of this prestigious accolade. Ted Chan’s unwavering dedication to excellence, his strategic foresight, and his influential function in reworking fleet administration practices considerably contribute to the business, setting a brand new benchmark for others to aspire to.

James Claypool

Tools Supervisor, Kiewit   

Jim is called an knowledgeable with gear and fleet at Kiewit and throughout the development business. His work ethic, management, drive and deal with finest practices inside Kiewit’s 8,000 automobiles and all Kiewit gear is revered by his management group, colleagues, friends and teammates. Jim is at the moment main key initiatives throughout the Kiewit automobiles and gear to considerably enhance effectivity and productiveness for all points of Kiewit fleet and gear.

Linda Ellis

Strategic Sourcing Supervisor, Union Chimique Belge (UCB)

As fleet supervisor for the UCB fleet, Linda Ellis helps the corporate’s imaginative and prescient of sustainability, which is on the coronary heart of all the things they do. UCB is a worldwide pharmaceutical firm with a fleet division serving drivers in area operations and gross sales. There’s a clear imaginative and prescient for decreasing the carbon footprint of this light-duty fleet of 916 automobiles and 25 medium-duty automobiles. Not happy with merely assembly her inexperienced targets, Linda has endeavored to speed up this system and exceed her targets. This yr, that can occur—the fleet can be 100% inexperienced by the tip of 2024, and the UCB fleet may have changed all ICE automobiles with a sustainable powertrain automobile.  

In 2022, Linda set the aim of making an accelerated Inexperienced Fleet technique. In reviewing their sustainability in all spend underneath administration, they’re leaders of their business. The UCB goal was not simply to fulfill the business commonplace however to guide by instance. The corporate set the aim of reaching CO2 emission reductions of 5% by the tip of 2023 (UCB exceeded this by reaching a 12.14% discount) and growing a sustainable roadmap to realize the formidable goal of 15% electrical automobile (EV) powertrain conversion by the tip of December 2024.  

YTD, as of the tip of Could 2024, UCB has achieved 16.33% EV Conversion, which is a commendable sustainable achievement in a comparatively quick time frame and represents a really spectacular 88.84% inexperienced conversion price, when factoring in hybrids and Plug-in Electrical Automobiles (PHEVs). UCB’s intention is to have 20% of it is drivers driving an EV by the tip of 2024.  

So far, Linda has achieved:  

• In 2023 UCB had 826 sustainable automobiles with an EPA 30+ MPG out of 971 automobiles.
• The UCB fleet has reached an 88.84% inexperienced conversion price.  
• UCB now solely companions with sustainable suppliers or have a sustainability plan in place.  
• By the tip of 2023, the UCB fleet of 971 automobiles included 143 EVs, 565 Hybrids, 118 PHEVs and 145 ICE automobiles.  
• In 2022, UCB’s fleet accounted for five,139 tons of CO2 emissions, down from 5,231 in 2021. In 2023, that quantity was 4512 a discount of over 12.14% evaluating 2022 vs 2023.
• The general CO2 per mile has gone from 0.73 in 2021, to 0.71 in 2022, and 0.68 in 2023. Throughout that point, miles pushed decreased from 15,089,703 to 14,069,089.  
• For 2023, UCB had $282,738 in gasoline value avoidance.  
• In 2023, they prevented 0.68120 tons of CO2 which is the equal of planting 27,159 bushes CO2. In 2022, that quantity was 0.71186 tons of CO2 equal of 30,889 bushes.  
• Considerably the sustainable discount, when measured within the CO2 per automobile resulted in 5.2479 per automobile for 2022 and 4.7200 (lower of 10.06%) for 2023. For 2024, as a result of supply of extra EVs the CO2 per automobile has dropped to 2.3238 representing a sustainable discount per automobile of – 55.72%.  

An Aggressive Electrification Technique  

To speed up the electrification of her fleet, Linda incentivized her workers by eliminating private use deductions for firm EVs, continuously selling the EV program, and even approving switching workers to EVs simply 12 months into their contracts. UCB turned a pioneer for testing the FMC’s new automated EV program. Linda and UCB have been additionally sustainable pilot members in supporting her FMC in growing a brand new automated EV program. She partnered with the FMC, the house charger provider and the house charging set up accomplice, which resulted in 300 EV drivers lately efficiently finishing a totally automated EV program from begin to end.  

Understanding that fleet performs a big function in UCB’s company initiative, Linda has constructed a sturdy structured sustainability program across the firm’s stringent targets.This consists of discount of CO2 emissions as famous above, working with drivers, including a structured firm coverage for fleet stakeholders—all to guarantee that UCB can place itself as a extra sustainable fleet. So far, the fleet has reached an 88.84% inexperienced conversion price. UCB’s aim is to succeed in a 100% inexperienced conversion price by the tip of 2024. The expectation is to have a 20% EV fleet by the tip of 2024 – as of Could 2024, the EV powertrain conversion is at 16.33%.  

Externally, UCB has elevated their provider base to allow working with OEM and suppliers which can be sustainable. That is being completed past the fleet stage; the initiatives are additionally being promoted on a enterprise operations stage. UCB companions solely with suppliers which can be sustainable or have a sustainability plan in place. Greening the fleet required all points of fleet operations and Linda has carried out a number of initiatives, together with downsizing some automobiles, right-sizing the fleet and transferring from ICE automobiles to hybrids and EV. They now not buy ICE automobiles.  

A Main Sustainable Transformation  

Understanding that fleet makes a big contribution to organization-wide sustainability targets and that that is an funding within the communities the place we dwell and work, Linda has led the UCB fleet to a big yr over yr gasoline and upkeep initiative. Gas financial savings are simply quantified as these are saved within the FMC’s sustainable interactive dashboard—UCB has saved an estimated $282,738 in prevented gasoline prices. The gasoline financial savings has an estimated emissions avoidance of 378 tons which is the equal of planting 1,554 bushes.  

Inside solely two years, UCB has achieved excellent milestones of their journey in direction of a sustainable future:  

• Lowered CO2 emissions by 12.14%. With a goal of 5%, that is an impressive achievement and is as a result of proactive promotion of the UCB Inexperienced Fleet Program.  
• Attained a inexperienced conversion price of 88.84%, because of their hybrid, EV and PHEV technique.  
• Achieved a gasoline discount of $282,738 by transitioning to EV, equating to 378 estimated emissions avoidance, equal to planting 4,554 bushes.  
• Reached 60% of their fleet changing into hybrid.  
• UCB put 143 EVs onto the highway in 2023, with a plan to extend this quantity to 300 by the tip of 2024.  

Getting Drivers Onboard  

As a way to acquire driver buy-in, UCB’s technique concerned increasing their vary of electrical automobiles, providing selections like Tesla Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary, Ford Lightning and BMW i4, amongst others. They’ve opened suggestions channels with their driver group to proceed optimizing their method. UCB are additionally partnering with their FMC on an EV Playbook, plus inner promotional government summaries to advertise the success of the UCB Inexperienced Fleet Program.  

Linda exemplifies management and innovation in fleet administration, making her an impressive candidate for this award. Underneath her steerage, UCB’s fleet has turn into a beacon of sustainability and effectivity throughout the pharmaceutical business. Her visionary method to electrification and her dedication to aggressive CO2 discount have propelled UCB’s fleet right into a mannequin of environmental stewardship.  

Linda’s relentless pursuit of a greener fleet has resulted in vital reductions in CO2 emissions, substantial gasoline value financial savings, and a transformative shift in direction of electrical and hybrid automobiles. By way of her devoted efforts, UCB’s fleet now boasts a formidable 88.84% inexperienced conversion price, positioning the corporate as a pacesetter in company sustainability.  

Her work has not simply met business requirements however has redefined them, making her a real trailblazer within the fleet administration group.  

Sharon Etherington

Sr. Supervisor, Regional Administrative Companies, Roche Diagnostics

Sharon Etherington is a decisive supervisor, a promoter of business excellence and a fleet innovator. Her initiatives return almost a decade and embody early adoption of fleet electrification, a powerful security program and the mandatory driver engagement to make them work. Throughout her 15+ years with Roche Diagnostics, Sharon has demonstrated how fleet is run when a supervisor with an inquisitive thoughts strives for continuous enchancment, accomplishes it—after which strives for extra.

A few of her accomplishments embrace:  

• Has advanced her fleet to be 78.66% hybrid and 18.98% PHEV/BEV with a aim of being totally electrical by 2030.  
• Constructed a powerful change administration program through quarterly e-newsletter, BEV and PHEV workplace hours, using driver evaluation, and gamification.  
• Instituted steady MVR monitoring in 2020.  
• In 2023, the Fleet’s MPG elevated 3.3% to 37.9 MPG. For 2024 YTD this elevated to 40.59 MPG representing a 7% acquire.  
• Most up-to-date driver satisfaction price of 88%.  
• Carried out a behind-the-wheel security training and coaching in 2019.  
• For CY 2023 the accident price was down 10.8% from 2022 (2022 was down 9.8% from 2021).  
• Preventable accidents have been down 22.9% YOY in 2023.  
• Carried out Peer to Peer Comparability program in 2024  
• Executed the primary campus driver coaching program in 2024  
• Administered the Driver Remediation Program for Extreme Danger Drivers in 2024
• Guiding Roche as an early adopter of fleet electrification  

In 2005, Roche added a handful of hybrids to their fleet. Not a lot modified till 2016, when Sharon was challenged by Roche with an formidable gasoline economic system aim. She took on the problem and moved ahead with exhaustive analysis that led her to take a tough take a look at all the things obtainable together with the concept of increasing to extra hybrids. Whereas some great benefits of gasoline economic system and sustainability have been well-known, this was nonetheless an modern alternative for that point. She made the choice to go along with the hybrids.  

Within the following years, Sharon continued to progressively add extra hybrids and fuel-efficient fashions to the Roche fleet and now the remainder of the fleet world is enjoying catch-up. By 2019, Roche ICE automobile stock was right down to 40%. The variety of PHEVs and BEVs added to the fleet has progressively elevated annually, with MY2017 being the final yr for vital acquisition of fuel, diesel, or flex-fuel automobiles. Presently, her fleet is 78.66% hybrid and 18.98% PHEV/BEV. As older automobiles have cycled out, the fleet has advanced to being comprised nearly solely of hybrids, PHEVs and BEVs to be totally electrical by 2030. Sharon is really a fleet electrification pioneer and generously shares her leanings all through the business. Her fleet electrification initiative additionally helps Roche’s organization-wide aim of being Carbon Impartial by 2050. Sharon’s fleet contributed considerably to the corporate aim whereas additionally maintaining a tally of value containment. In 2023, the Fleet’s MPG elevated 3.3% to 37.9MPG. In 2024 yr to this point the Fleet’s MPG has elevated 7% to 40.59 MPG.  

Change Administration  

Sharon has guided the transition to electrification for drivers with a well-planned change administration program. Beginning with assessing driver readiness, her program identifies drivers who can be most profitable in transferring to EVs and PHEVs. She follows up with automobile coaching, acknowledgement of up to date firm insurance policies, and driver EV expertise surveys. She would not merely put drivers into the mandatory automobiles to perform acquisition targets, she retains a watch on the information and makes use of gamification to encourage the best driver behaviors.  

When an excessive amount of reliance on fuel was a problem with some Plug-in Electrical Hybrid drivers, Sharon began monitoring every automobile’s mileage and posting it. The constructive recognition labored. Quickly, the drivers turned very aggressive over mileage numbers and began to rely extra on the electrical capabilities of their automobiles so as to rise to the highest of the rating.

For CY2023, Roche benefited from a complete financial savings of $2,592,200 which was comprised of $607,200 in laborious greenback financial savings and $1,985,000 in value avoidance financial savings. This was achieved by way of working with OEMs for incentives, contractual rebates, time saved by directing drivers to cell app utilization and plenty of different initiatives.  

Driver Satisfaction

Whereas financial savings and effectivity for the fleet are all the time necessary, Sharon has by no means ignored the significance of guaranteeing that her drivers are happy with the automobiles the place they spend a lot time. The above-mentioned selectors enable ample alternative for drivers to have their private selections acknowledged. She has additionally instituted a program for driver-paid choices, giving drivers some alternative to customise automobiles to their preferences. This has paid off in the latest driver satisfaction price of 88% for happiness with new firm automobiles.  

With a watch on frequently bettering, Sharon organized an innovation day for choose drivers. A bunch visited their fleet administration accomplice’s headquarters for a day of concept sharing and studying. This included a round-table dialogue, interactive know-how demonstrations and an electrical automobile trip and drive. The ensuing learnings have cascaded to different fleets. Sharon additionally put in place month-to-month “BEV/PHEV Workplace Hours” for drivers. These scheduled drop-in kind conferences give drivers a chance to talk, ask questions, voice issues, share success tales, together with tales of frustration concerning the journey to electrification.  

Updating and Refining the Security Program

Looking to your drivers goes past offering automobiles that make them proud to be seen in. It is necessary to set applications in place that assist to convey every driver house safely every night time. Sharon’s program promotes a security tradition because the overarching theme of the initiatives that she has instituted and demonstrates her ethic of steady enchancment.

Whereas Roche had a security program in place when she took over, Sharon determined to tackle updating it and making it extra complete. Beginning in 2020, she added steady MVR monitoring, a wide range of coaching applications, proactive classes to all drivers no matter threat stage, and behind-the-wheel coaching. She pioneered a program of telematics gadgets being added to the automobiles of high-risk drivers. The plan is to increase the service fleet-wide sooner or later. Drivers concerned in any high-risk exercise are instantly assigned behind-the-wheel coaching and 1:1 teaching with their chief.  

Presently, Sharon is exploring expanded telematics/linked automobiles applications. Security is all the time a primary precedence for Roche. Upon rent, drivers are assigned modules that emphasize the Roche security tradition. Annually, present drivers should full two extra modules and each three years they need to take a behind the wheel coaching. Sharon brings her gamification method to the protection program and commonly posts the names of these drivers who make the highest one % for security. All the coaching is backed up with safety-friendly selectors.  

New automobile choices embrace lane departure warning, cross visitors alert, ahead collision warning, blind spot detection, back-up visitors alerts, and the selection of automobiles with five-star rankings to guard Roche drivers. The outcomes of this refined security program are spectacular and proceed to maneuver to fulfill Sharon’s set aim of discount of CPMM by 10% by 2025 (based mostly on 2020 baseline). CY 2023 the accident price was down 10.8% from 2022 (2022 was down 9.8% from 2021), with preventable accidents down 22.9% YOY.  

Selling Driver Instruments  

An space of effectivity for each the motive force and Roche is Sharon’s push for her drivers’ use of digital driver instruments. She promotes and tracks the adoption price of those instruments—at the moment at a utilization price of 74%. The instruments save drivers time in accessing paperwork, checking registrations and new automobile standing, gasoline utilization and finishing month-to-month mileage reporting. The instruments additionally help Roche with reporting and analytics.

Dedication to Fleet  

Sharon is held in excessive regard within the fleet group as somebody all the time prepared to share what she has realized. She fortunately participates in business occasions usually serving on panels for NAFA, AFLA and Fleet Ahead, and her assist has been acknowledged.

Sharon has obtained the 2019 Fleet Visionary of the Yr Award, the 2020 AALA Fleet Security Award, and a 2022 AFLA President’s Award. Sharon Etherington sees the large image for her fleet and analyzes every element that contributes to it.

Sharon’s spectacular strides in electrification and sustainability have labored in tandem along with her deal with threat and security. By no means fully happy, she’s going to all the time return and search for additional enchancment in all points of her fleet—and discover it. And, alongside the way in which, she retains her drivers comfortable.  

David Hayward

Sr. Supervisor, Fleet, ABM  

David Hayward is well-known within the fleet business and freely shares his 20+ years of fleet experience as an interesting speaker at business occasions together with NAFA’s I&E, AFLA, and The International Fleet Convention. He leads fleet for ABM which is likely one of the world’s largest suppliers of facility options. On this function, David manages a big combined fleet with an innovation mindset and devoted, technology-enabled workers.  

Some current accomplishments embrace:  

• Creating an “Amazon” kind expertise, named the “Quick Monitor Program” for automobile ordering, leading to upfit automobiles being delivered inside 45 days at a financial savings of just about $3,700 per automobile. This can be a financial savings for ABM of $900k per yr.  
• Partnering with finance to allow the creation of Quick Monitor.  
• Chopping automobile upfit time from 180 days to 45 days.  
• Growing manufacturing unit ordering by 200%, leading to MY2023 manufacturing unit orders at 76% contrasted with inventory orders of 32%.  

Provide Chain Problem and Resolution  

David joined ABM as International Fleet Supervisor in February of 2022 when the pandemic provide chain impacts have been nonetheless very a lot an business problem. The ABM fleet had traditionally relied on inventory purchases and OEM pool applications to get automobiles rapidly, which was mandatory once they wanted to ramp up for a brand new shopper contract.

For years, this technique for automobile acquisition labored for ABM—till the availability chain issues of COVID and microprocessor shortages made OEM swimming pools just about disappear. Vendor inventory models turned unavailable and the pricing soared. With appreciable issue in sourcing automobiles for the sphere, ABM wanted a brand new technique for buying automobiles that may work with their want for quick turn-around when a brand new shopper was signed. As a seasoned fleet veteran, David developed a plan.  

A Technique for New Realities – The Quick Monitor Program  

The ABM group wanted to have the ability to navigate the brand new OEM allotment panorama they usually acknowledged that supplier stock was now not a viable answer.

Along with his FMC onboard, David constructed a program from the bottom up referred to as “Quick Monitor” based mostly on the event of an ABM in-house pool administration system.

Underneath David’s management, ABM was in a position to climate a difficult acquisition local weather with some actual wins: an nearly five-month discount in supply for newly upfitted manufacturing unit automobiles with accompanying value reductions.

The time from automobile allotment to supply of totally upfitted automobiles is now 45 days versus the earlier common of 180 days. Manufacturing facility orders are up by 200%: MY2023 manufacturing unit orders have been at 76% contrasted with inventory orders of 32%. Even with added storage charges, the automobile prices are significantly lower than inventory purchases.  

Quick Monitor Financial savings  

By way of David’s Quick Monitor Program, the manufacturing unit ordered automobiles, even with storage prices added, offered financial savings of $3,700 per automobile with theadvantage of getting themconsistently constructed.

For 2024, David has consolidated selectors and works with the identical two major upfitters. The annual financial savings are $900k yearly. Finally, the redesigned program replicates the “Amazon Expertise” for the ABM area.

Since 2022, David has been the driving power behind a groundbreaking fleet digital transformation initiative at ABM. Recognizing the necessity to streamline and automate fleet requests and capabilities for a company managing over 6,000 property, David leveraged ServiceNow to create a grasp database for fleet and driver data.

By integrating this database with ABM’s monetary and HR methods, David ensured the elimination of any PPI points within the feed to FMCs. The system’s automated hyperlinks to inner teams like Danger/Insurance coverage, DOT Compliance, Payroll, and exterior entities comparable to telematics suppliers, remarketing corporations, and automobile transportation corporations, have led to vital operational efficiencies.  

Earlier than this digital transformation, automobile assignments, handle modifications, and billing codes required handbook entry into a number of FMC methods. David’s initiative automated these processes by way of validated kinds linked to the brand new database, decreasing administrative time by roughly 80 hours per 30 days and just about eliminating information errors.

Presently, David is main the second part of the initiative, which is able to embrace branch-based value and pattern analyses and a alternative evaluation instrument to assist native administration determine and exchange automobiles effectively and cost-effectively.

Furthermore, David has established a Fleet Governance Construction that brings collectively government sponsorship with native management. This ensures that automobiles are match for goal, insurance policies are understood, and processes are communicated all through the group. It additionally supplies a pipeline for workers to suggest new initiatives and help in challenge implementation.  

Amid the availability chain challenges of current years, David’s foresight led to the creation of an inner automobile pool of recent automobiles. In its first yr, this initiative lowered the variety of out-of-stock models acquired by over 80%, saving ABM greater than $4 million. This automobile pool stays lively, facilitating fleet wants exterior the standard twice-a-year alternative cycle.

David’s modern method, strategic foresight, and efficient implementation have remodeled ABM’s fleet operations, making him a deserving candidate for this prestigious award.  

Joseph Lukacs

International Director of Fleet Operations, The Sherwin-Williams Firm

Why Joe Lukacs Ought to Be Fleet Supervisor of the Yr As a fleet veteran and a Six Sigma Black Belt, Joe Lukacs has made a profession of growing and executing methods on the highest ranges. He has pushed course of enhancements and price financial savings for a number of organizations each domestically and globally, together with in his present function at The Sherwin-Williams Firm (SW). His nine-year tenure heading fleet on the group encompasses many achievements.  

Joe’s most up-to-date accomplishments embrace:  

• Administration of a giant combined fleet of almost 12,000 automobiles globally.  
• Creation of a hybrid pilot program leading to a web improve of three.2 mpg over the fleet’s ICE automobiles.  
• After an incremental improve within the fleet of just about 20% over the baseline yr, SW has nonetheless registered a 2.7% YTD discount of CO2 emissions from the fleet.  
• Leveraging the favorable remarketing atmosphere of 2021-3, Joe generated a multi-million-dollar incremental improve in positive factors for SW, yr over yr.  
• Joe realized a 17.8% discount in rental days for 2022-3.  
• Due to his huge business experience, Joe was chosen to serve on an EV Advisory Board for Normal Motors Fleet.  

With over 27 years in varied roles at Sherwin-Williams, Joe at the moment manages a combined industrial fleet of SUVs, vans, cargo vans, and vehicles, totaling over 8,400 automobiles within the US with one other 3,500+ worldwide. He’s a seasoned and intuitive fleet supervisor with a workers of 13 direct and oblique reviews, along with being a fleet innovator. He’s continuously searching for new course of enhancements and price financial savings alternatives to additional improve the group’s backside line. A proactive method with all phases of his fleet, Joe retains a watch on every facet of his program. In 2021, he performed an lively function in a multi-faceted challenge to enhance his leases course of. He engaged Sherwin-Williams, Ford and his FMC to collaborate in a deep dive and root trigger evaluation to find out the explanations and technique of decreasing the quantity of fleet driver rental days. The challenge resulted in a dramatic 17.8% discount in rental days for automobiles with mechanical points, growing uptime whereas producing vital value financial savings.  

Joe’s FMC has adopted the method that he pioneered to make use of with their different fleets. Further positive factors for Sherwin-Williams resulted when Joe leveraged the favorable remarketing atmosphere of 2021-3. SW was in a position to generate a multi-million-dollar incremental improve in positive factors, yr over yr. He acknowledged that it was a remarketing atmosphere that would not final.  

Contributing to Sherwin-Williams’ Sustainability Initiatives  

With a watch towards growing his fleet’s contribution to the sustainability targets of his group, in 2022 Joe added hybrids to the EV fleet to additional cut back CO2 emissions. In 2023, the hybrid pilot had a web improve of three.2 mpg over the fleet’s ICE automobiles. As provide chain constraints have begun to ease, Joe’s technique going ahead is to develop the hybrid fleet whereas additionally exploring the potential for different new know-how. As a company, SW has all the time pushed know-how and efficiency. Not solely in coatings and manufacturing but additionally with their folks. Joe, as a visionary, sees this success as a method to drive additional sustainability targets as an organization.  

An Ongoing EV Initiative  

As a real Black Belt, Joe carried out a scientific method to growing his EV fleet: researching each doable facet from sourcing automobiles to charging choices and fascinating his FMC to develop and refine an implementation course of that may be scalable. When he began this course of, he had a agency plan in place. In California, Sherwin-Williams is rising their EV footprint by changing greater than 10% of their industrial automobiles to EVs, because of Joe’s eager deal with the potential for persevering with progress. The results of including EVs, together with different gasoline efficiencies, has made a big contribution to the carbon footprint at SW. After an incremental improve within the fleet of just about 20% over the baseline yr, SW has nonetheless registered a 2.7% YTD discount of CO2 emissions from the fleet. He sees the chance to indicate extra sustainability and environmental positive factors sooner or later. With a steady enchancment mindset, Joe sees it as essential to proceed testing a number of manufacturers and market segments to discover whether or not present and rising merchandise can meet the pains of each his passenger and industrial fleets. He collaborates with OEMs by offering them with suggestions that features his personal road-tested information which is necessary in bettering their future merchandise.

Change Administration Initiative  

Typically with new initiatives, there may be the necessity to observe up with Change Administration to mitigate any resistance. Alongside the tangible challenges of transitioning to electrical automobiles, Joe has additionally nurtured a change tradition and developed a program, which incorporates government briefings, stakeholder buy-in, retailer trainings, driver training and the introduction of firm insurance policies.  

An Lively Trade Collaborator  

Well-known within the fleet business, Joe continues to be lively by sustaining seats on a number of boards (GM EV, GFAB – International Fleet Advisory Board). He’s all the time beneficiant in sharing his time and experience with each novices and seasoned friends offering recommendation, suggestions and encouragement that has enriched many fleet careers. Joe has been an lively participant in his FMC’s EV Summit, sharing his expertise and wealth of information as regards to transitioning efficiently to electrical automobiles. He was additionally invited to sit down on an unique electrical automobile advisory board for Normal Motors Fleet, offering invaluable suggestions and sharing information and insights from the successes of his rising program, once more demonstrating his thought management prowess and his ability at growing collaborative partnerships for Sherwin-Williams.  

Reinhard Pratt

EH&S Director, Sanofi

Reinhard focuses on the protection of his workers and is proactive about preserving them protected. To maintain their firm drivers out of hurt’s approach, they provide behind-the-wheel coaching and e-learning.

Thurman Register

Senior Fleet Supervisor, Ferguson Enterprises LLC  

The profitable launch and adoption of in-cab digital camera know-how have contributed to a 54% discount in dangerous driving behaviors. Throughout fleet business disruption, created a aggressive benefit by way of wins with OEM automobile, asset order cycle acceptance charges, and manufacturing slots, immediately attributed to personalized alternative technique methodology. Led fleet sustainability technique decreasing emissions, aligning with ESG targets, awarded most rebates within the California HVIP program for sophistication 6-8 vehicles. Led improvement and launch of EV charging as a service infrastructure to assist EV initiative.  

Growth of charging infrastructure – charging as a service (CaaS) to streamline future roll out of EV automobiles. Developed predictive modeling for particular diagnostic hassle codes linked to present diesel emission system failures. Led a multi-vendor upkeep marketing campaign, leading to value financial savings of $1.2million in 14 months. By way of vendor collaboration developed a core product to stream finish of life automobiles and property netting improve of $4 million in remarketing gross sales over final 12 months. Authored US & Canada fleet insurance policies accepted by Govt governance.  

William (Billy) Wassmer

Sr Director of Fleet Operations, TruGreen

Billy is accountable for over 8,000 TruGreen automobiles within the US and Canada. He’s properly revered by his management, colleagues, and his group and strongly focuses on bettering all points of fleet operations and effectivity. Billy is lively in business organizations like NTEA and others to remain well-connected and knowledgeable about fleet administration, effectivity, and finest practices in all points of his duties.

To be nice in your job, you need to attempt to realize applicable data and expertise and revel in what you do. Billy has these qualities, and he makes others round him higher. His communication expertise excel in even the hardest of conversations. Clear and concise course when needing one thing makes issues simpler for everybody concerned and permits the directive to be accomplished totally and in a timeframe that enables the best worth realized.  

The boldness and management he reveals qualify him for this nomination and for being awarded Fleet Supervisor of the Yr. A few of his inner targets are listed beneath, highlighting the arrogance that TruGreen management has in Billy in making the TruGreen fleet the Greatest in Class. He additionally created a Guiding Coalition to revamp the fleet to optimize funding, prolong and simplify operations for the TruGreen Technicians.  

Billy remodeled upkeep program with 50% of automobiles underneath TruGreen care (in-house mechanic program), reaching the very best preventative upkeep report within the historical past of TruGreen. This was achieved by way of the implementation of an in-house mechanic program that focuses not solely on automobiles but additionally on manufacturing gear and has saved TruGreen a number of thousands and thousands of {dollars}.  

A few of his accomplishments embrace:

• Optimizing information units to handle fleet models and upkeep cost-effectively.  
• Developed centralized playbooks for lifecycle administration of automobiles, manufacturing gear, and in-house mechanic program.  
• Working carefully with the Security Division on deploying know-how to cut back accidents for the corporate’s drivers.  
• Lively participant along with his FMC’s inner conferences together with participation of partnership “pilots” to supply experience and key suggestions earlier than full roll out.  

Billy is “one in all a form,” a improbable “TruGreen Sr. Director of Fleet,” and an awesome individual.

Will Wittick

Regional Fleet and Property Supervisor, HomeX Companies Group

Will persistently exudes the traits of an awesome fleet supervisor. Will is attentive, understanding, caring, and empathetic to the every day challenges that may be confronted by a fleet and its drivers.

As somebody who has solely been working with Will on managing the HomeX fleet for a short while, it’s fairly apparent that the HomeX fleet could be severely misplaced with out Will’s management and a focus to element.

Will is persistently working with Holman and his inner group to raised the standing of the fleet and needs to be celebrated as one of many business’s finest examples of what makes an awesome Fleet Supervisor.

2024 Judges 

A 17-member judging panel of business professionals will decide the winner of the 2024 Fleet Supervisor of the Yr award.

Frank Dankovich 

Director of Giant Industrial Gross sales, Stellantis 

Greg Wooden 

Industrial & Authorities Gross sales Normal Supervisor, Ford Motor Firm 

Kevin Curran  

Normal Supervisor, Fleet Gross sales, Toyota Motor North America 

Sandor Piszar 

US VP, GM Envolve 

Jerry Zielinski 

Sr. supervisor, industrial gross sales, Nissan USA  

Chris Brown 

Affiliate Writer, Automotive Fleet 

Brice Adamson 

President, Enterprise Fleet Administration 

Marty Kuhn 

President, Mike Albert Fleet Options 

Shlomo Crandus 

CEO, Wheels 

Brad Burgess 

Interim Co-CEO, SVP Gross sales & Advertising, Retailers Fleet 

Eric Stanely  

Managing Director, Aspect Fleet Administration 

Bob White 

President, Holman Fleet 

Matt Betz 

AFLA President / International Fleet Convention Chair 

Sue Miller (2001 Winner)

Retired 

Erin Gilchrist Rugg (2019 Winner)

VP Fleet Evangelism, Intellishift 

Jim Petrillo (2021 Winner)

Supervisor, Treasury Service & Fleet Administration, FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp. 

Jonathan Kammans (2022 Winner)

Vice President – Fleet, Tools & Services, Hepaco, Inc.