Meridian Services is seeking to appoint a National Assets Manager based in Cape Town. The National Assets Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end management, optimisation, and governance of all operational assets on a national level, including fleet, trade assets, and IT equipment. The role is accountable for ensuring cost efficiency, robust asset control, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness through structured processes and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibility includes:

• Asset-related costs are actively managed and reduced across all asset categories without impacting operations.
• All assets are accurately recorded, tracked, audited, and fully accounted for across the business.
• Vehicles, trade assets, and IT equipment are available, functional, and support uninterrupted operations.
• Consistent policies, processes, and controls are implemented across all asset categories.
• All incidents are managed with employee safety as the first priority, with structured support and escalation.
• Full adherence to legal, insurance, safety, and operational requirements.
• Asset planning, procurement, and optimisation decisions are driven by accurate data and insights.
• Assets are optimally acquired, utilised, redeployed, and disposed of to maximise value.
• Manage and optimise total cost of ownership across all asset classes (vehicles, trade assets, IT equipment), including fuel, maintenance, leasing, insurance, repairs, and replacement costs.
• Lead procurement processes including sourcing, quoting, negotiation, purchasing, and delivery of assets, ensuring alignment to financing models (e.g. ISA’s), fair usage policies, and cost optimisation objectives.
• Oversee full asset lifecycle including acquisition, utilisation, redeployment, and disposal; manage sale of assets including listings, pricing, staff allocation, and inter-BU transfers.
• Ensure all operational assets (vehicles, trade assets, IT equipment) are available, functional, and aligned to support uninterrupted business operations and service delivery.
• Minimise operational disruption by proactively managing asset risks, availability, and contingency planning across regions and functions.
• Manage relationships with asset-related suppliers (fleet, maintenance, IT, trade assets), ensuring performance, cost efficiency, and adherence to service level agreements.
• Maintain and manage asset registers, tagging, audits, counts, and inspections; oversee allocation and recovery of assets for new joiners and exiting employees.
• Monitor and manage performance of all assets, including utilisation, condition, maintenance, and cost efficiency across vehicles, trade assets, and IT equipment.
• Centralise and manage all repairs and maintenance through Wesbank Managed Maintenance, ensuring cost control and service quality.
• Ensure compliance across all asset-related requirements including licensing, insurance, fines, inspections, and regulatory obligations across all asset types.
• Track, audit, and redeploy trade assets (e.g. fridges) to ensure optimal utilisation and control.
• Manage lifecycle of IT equipment including allocation, tracking, recovery, repair, and upgrade cycles in collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Develop, implement, and enforce SOPs, policies, and governance frameworks to standardise asset management across the business.
• Oversee the full asset insurance function including claims management, risk mitigation, policy alignment, and cost recovery.
• Establish and lead national protocols for managing transport-related incidents (e.g. hijackings, accidents), ensuring immediate employee safety, structured response, escalation to line management and HR, and post-incident support including medical, psychological, and operational recovery.
• Utilise asset management systems (fleet, IT, trade assets), telematics, and tracking tools to ensure full visibility, control, and reporting across all asset classes.
• Provide data-driven insights on fleet performance, cost, utilisation, and optimisation opportunities.
• Manages full asset ecosystem (vehicles, trade assets, IT equipment) across lifecycle stages including acquisition, utilisation, redeployment, and disposal.
• Drives cost-to-serve optimisation through control of procurement, financing models (ISA’s), maintenance, insurance, and asset ROI.
• Leads sourcing, negotiation, supplier performance management, and contract optimisation to ensure cost efficiency and service quality.
• Ensures full asset visibility, audit integrity, policy enforcement, and compliance across all asset classes.
• Manages operational risk, including incident response (e.g. hijackings), insurance, and employee safety protocols.
• Uses asset systems (fleet, IT, trade), telematics, and BI tools to drive reporting, forecasting, and decision-making.
• Develops and implements SOPs and governance frameworks to standardise asset management nationally.
• Aligns asset investment and utilisation strategy to business growth, scalability, and operational requirements.
• Takes full responsibility for asset performance, cost, control, and operational impact across the business.
• Makes decisions with strong cost, ROI, and value impact awareness.
• Uses data, trends, and insights to optimise asset utilisation and performance.
• Maintains high accuracy across asset registers, compliance, and reporting.
• Effectively manages suppliers and internal stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Enforces policies, controls, and standards consistently across the business.
• Actively identifies and drives optimisation opportunities across the asset base.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Diploma / Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field
• 3–5+ years in fleet, asset, or operations management, including national or multi-region exposure.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Strong experience across fleet management systems, telematics, asset registers, procurement processes, maintenance planning, and vendor management; ability to use data, systems, and insights to optimise asset utilisation, cost, compliance, and operational performance.

Please do not apply for the position if you do not meet the requirements.

Should you not receive a response to your application within two weeks please consider your application unsuccessful