Are you a strategic leader with a strong passion for driving operational excellence, empowering teams, and fostering business growth? Do you excel in dynamic environments where safety, customer satisfaction, and innovation are top priorities? If so, we would like to present an exciting opportunity for you to explore.

Leadership role

Sunshine Coast Area

Competitive Salary & Company Car

Supportive, friendly and caring culture 

Large international organisation with opportunity for growth within our business

The Role

The key focus of the Area Manager will be the management of their team and vehicle fleet requirements in order to meet operational goals. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual and will be required to undertake all operational duties involved with the successful running of our locations. This exciting and fast paced role presents an excellent opportunity for a talented individual to utilise their leadership skills and operations expertise.

Responsibilities

Effectively manage the vehicle fleet levels and employee rostering to meet customer demands

Print, action and monitor reports / financial plans and contribute to the development of the annual business plan for the location

Continually compare location performance against the strategic plan, and implement necessary contingency measures to ensure targets are achieved

Monitor the level of customer service being delivered and continually identify and implement strategies to increase customer satisfaction

Create and facilitate a team environment

Ensure effective performance management practices are applied at all locations

Identify and continually monitor employee needs and implement actions to increase employee satisfaction and manage the performance of employees as needed

Contribute to the development of the annual business plan

Proactively seek solutions to problems identified

Monitor to ensure compliance with company policies

Other duties as may be required from time to time

Ensure Quality Assurance standards are achieved or exceeded

Skills & Experience

Previous experience leading and inspiring a team in a similar role and/or environment (car rental industry experience being advantageous)

The ability to provide coaching and feedback to our employees

The ability to use your initiative and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Conflict resolution skills

Excellent computer proficiency especially with MS Office

The ability to maximise performance of the team

Knowledge of relevant industrial relations legislation

Benefits and Perks

Competitive Salary + Incentives

Full use of a company vehicle including all petrol, maintenance and insurance

Wellbeing programme including discounted life insurance options + discounted health cover + superannuation options

Access to Perkbox – discounts and offers with hundreds of retailers and big brands, including on cinema tickets, fitness classes, shopping discounts and much more

Employee discounts on car rental across Avis Budget Group

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Converge – 24/7 support for your mental health and wellbeing

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, and you are ready to step up into an exciting journey then don’t delay in making your application via the Jobs Hub in Workday today!

About Avis Budget Group

Our brands represent a mobility ecosystem of more than 11,000 locations in approximately 180 countries. With more than 70 years of experience in managing global fleets and with one of the largest fleets of connected cars in the world, we are committed to innovation and are moving the future of mobility forward.

Here at Avis Budget Group, we are driven to be the best vehicle rental company in the world. We pride ourselves in the way we connect and engage with our customers and clients and seek to give them the best experience possible. For our staff, we support them with growth opportunities and combine this with their real-world experience, helping them to develop their careers. We are also recently recognised as a "Great Place to Work".