Rental Controller

**AR420 - Rental Controller**
**Location**: Yate
**Salary**: £23,000 - £25,000
**Overview**:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Rental Controller on behalf of one of our clients.
To effectively manage the Rental Fleet to serve the customer base and coordinate the transport for the Depot.
**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Process enquiries for casual hire - quotations and follow up.
- Preparation of STR agreements, Transport Notes, etc.
- Ensure that all machines in depot are correctly identified/labelled with status.
- Keep casual hire truck files updated including filing of Transport Notes and STR Agreements.
- Ensure LOLER inspections have been carried out and are current for all STR machines. Please note since this is a mandatory legislative requirement. ALL on-hire STR machines must have a current thorough examination.
- Monthly invoicing and posting out of all invoices for casual trucks, resolving invoice queries relating to Contract and STR.
- Liaise with Nottingham department to ensure Kerridge system is updated for both truck movements between locations and maintaining truck Contract files for the region.
- Produce weekly availability list for STR fleet and complete weekly STR report for Depot Manager.
- Monitor STR utilisation to achieve minimum 85% utilisation, liaising with Sales, Contract and Operations Manager to identify possible disposal machines.
- Ensure internal and external X-hire charges are kept to a minimum.
- Complete Monthly stock takes and ensure variances are resolved.
- Close liaison with sales admin and Corby Refurbishment Centre to co-ordinate delivery and handover of new trucks.
- Informing workshop of all new/Used trucks being delivered into depot for preparation/delivery and ensuring that they are labelled and identified on receipt.
- In conjunction with the Service manager, ensure all machines returned from long term hire are inspected for damage and quotation for repairs sent within 48 hours.
- Daily scheduling of transport for casual hire, demos, new and refurbished trucks.
- Responsible for transport budget for both internal and external movements providing monthly summary on costs/income.
- Ensure internal transport is utilised to minimise external transport costs.
- Ensure all transport costs are allocated to customer/internal department as required.
- To perform any other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time within the scope of your knowledge, skills and ability.

**Skills and Qualifications**:

- Previous experience in a similar role.
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good communicator
- Good customer service skills
- Proactive approach
- Accurate and methodical in administration
- Ability to cope with pressure and pace
- PC literate in Word/Excel

**Location: **Yate
**Salary**: £23,000 - £25,000