Senior Director, Maintenance & Damage, Europe

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Bracknell, United Kingdom
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European maintenance & damage agenda
Maximize fleet availability
Reduce repair cycle time
The Senior Director, Maintenance & Damage position at Avis Budget Group in Bracknell, UK, focuses on leading the European agenda for fleet maintenance and damage control, ensuring safety, quality, and cost efficiency. The role requires significant experience in automotive operations and supplier management, with a strong emphasis on budget ownership and performance improvement across multiple markets

Job Summary

  • Own and deliver the European Maintenance & Damage (M&D) agenda to maximise fleet availability, reduce repair cycle time, and control end-to-end M&D cost, while maintaining non-negotiable safety and quality standards across all European markets.
  • Accountable for converting strategy into measurable in-year delivery through standardised processes, strong supplier governance, and disciplined execution, including EV repair capability and end-of-life decisioning.
  • Lead and develop a multi-country M&D team across Europe in partnership with Country GMs, building capability in technical standards, estimating, commercial discipline, and execution.

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The Senior Director, Maintenance & Damage position at Avis Budget Group in Bracknell, UK, focuses on leading the European agenda for fleet maintenance and damage control, ensuring safety, quality, and cost efficiency. The role requires significant experience in automotive operations and supplier management, with a strong emphasis on budget ownership and performance improvement across multiple markets.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • European Maintenance & Damage agenda
  • Maximize fleet availability
  • Reduce repair cycle time
  • Control end-to-end M&D cost
  • Supplier governance and execution
  • EV repair capability
  • Lifecycle and end-of-life decisioning

Nice-to-have

  • Structured and execution-focused
  • Influential leader
  • Comfortable escalating trade-offs

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years senior leadership experience
  • Automotive, fleet, aftersales, repair networks, or multi-site operations experience
  • Proven delivery of cost control and availability improvements
  • Experience transforming supplier networks at scale
  • Strong lifecycle, estimating, and OEM turnback experience

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