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31/08 Sunil Kapoor
Managing Partner at Antal International

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Head - Asset Management - Auto/Fleet - IIM/MDI/ISB/IIT/NIT/BITS (16-20 yrs)

Bangalore Job Code: 609759

Head - Asset Management

The Role : Head Asset Management

Job Purpose :

Given the exponential growth plan for, there is an exponential leap in our fleet size. This fleet comes with an extraordinary challenge of not only scale but geographical spread. This brings with it a strong need for a well built and managed Asset Management function. With an objective of maximizing the utilization of these assets on the ground with the best customer & partner experience, would like to bring on board a high caliber, the senior professional who can spearhead Asset Management function. The key challenge for the incumbent will be to manage distributed assets with high Integrity and quality. S/he shall bring in similar experiences of scale or complexity and how he/she handled that kind of numbers in terms of asset management in specific organization/assignment.

The immediate priority for this incumbent is to create optimum Network Capacity PAN India to provide asset maintenance services as well as a stronghold on the asset health and integrity. This team would also be responsible for strategies to control asset theft & damage with the use of technology and control overall asset management.

This is an unprecedented magnitude of growth and would involve out of box thinking and a high result orientation as key success factors for the role. The incumbent has an opportunity to create worlds largest fleet managed using high technology products such as telematics, distributed systems, and world-class processes.

Candidate Profile :

- The ideal candidate must have a strong pan-India experience of leading the entire After Sales Service proposition with an understanding of the complexity and nuances of service network and workshops.


- The candidate will bring in high networking capabilities and strong technical understanding of asset, its health, and management.


- S/he must also possess high customer centricity, service excellence, and strong solution orientation. Importantly, s/he must have good exposure in designing and implementing practices around asset health, inventory and cost optimization.


- The individual must possess strong commercial acumen, technical know-how and very strong in design thinking. Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and well-honed people relationship management skills are vital.


- Exposure to Global practices on fleet management, OEMs and after sales will be an add on.

- The candidate should have an ability to experiment and disrupt the way we see service networks and fulfillment today. As exposure to inventory management is also required.

Qualification :

- BE+ MBA from a premier institute. 16-20 years of relevant experience in a reputed organization.

Preferred Industry :

- Aftermarket experience in Automotive OEMs

Job Details :

One of the most critical challenges that will have to address is to manage its assets which are one of the largest fleets, geographically distributed and differentiated in terms of usage, cost & make. This will encompass four broad areas.

1. Uptime of Asset & Network :

- By creating optimum Network Capacity PAN India to provide asset maintenance service

- By creating Network Performance Tracking Framework & maintain network service score

- By managing centralized asset operations to monitor pan India TATs of uptime.

2. Asset Health & Integrity :

- Strategies to control asset theft & damage with the use of technology

- Work in collaboration with product teams to devise a telematics strategy

- Design & enforce governing policies in case of asset abuse/theft, a mechanism to monitor asset quality.

3. Asset Safety :

- Ensure asset safety with regard to all customized fittings in the vehicle(CNG, Play device etc)

4. Inventory Management :

- Setting up & managing the operating system for planning inventory (cars) availability as per sourcing pipeline, attrition projections, and new procurement

- Setting up & managing the process of audits in the yard at the time of "in & out" of vehicles

- Design & implementation of policy for inventory (accessories) loss in conjunction with partner mgmt, Process Excellence & recovery team(s)

- Setting up of processes between city inventory teams and asset team to ensure vehicles availability for onboarding as per standard SLA

5. Cost of Repairs and maintenance :

- Control overall Asset Mgmt cost.

- Create and implement solutions to reduce the asset maintenance cost in the long run.

- Create alliances for direct procurement of OES spares and inventory

- Execute strategies for better cost and efficiency through the creation of dedicated repair networks

- Design along with PE and PM team policies and strategies to minimize loss of inventory (accessories)

With this context, to deliver a Best in class Global Standards in asset management of this scale, we want someone to advise us on the above broad themes based on his/her experience in a similar setup.

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