Fleet Strategy & Planning Manager – Rental Division at Riggs CAT – Little Rock, Arkansas

The Fleet Strategy & Planning Manager is a high-impact leadership role responsible for the strategic planning, capital allocation, and performance optimization of the company’s rental fleet portfolio. This individual will serve as the analytical engine behind rental growth, fleet productivity, and long-term capital deployment strategy.

This role requires advanced Excel capability, strong financial acumen, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable decisions. The position partners closely with Rental Leadership, Used Equipment Leadership, Finance, and OEM representatives to ensure fleet investments align with financial targets, market demand, and operational execution.

This is not a reporting role. This is a strategic planning role.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Fleet Strategy & Capital Planning

• Own rental fleet forecasting across divisions (Allied, CRS, Heavy).
• Develop and maintain multi-year fleet growth and replacement plans.
• Lead financial utilization modeling and capital deployment analysis.
• Evaluate rebuild vs. new purchase decisions through ROI and IRR modeling.
• Provide data-driven recommendations for fleet expansion, reduction, and reallocation.

Inventory Governance & OEM Collaboration

• Manage monthly collaboration process with Caterpillar and other OEM partners.
• Prepare, validate, and submit inventory planning documentation (SAP Excel-based workflow).
• Ensure ordering cadence aligns with demand forecasts and capital strategy.
• Maintain oversight of fleet aging, lifecycle timing, and rollout planning.
• Coordinate internal documentation and justification for new fleet orders.

Performance Analytics & Scenario Modeling

• Conduct deep-dive Excel-based modeling on:
• Time utilization and financial utilization
• Pricing impact and rate sensitivity
• Discount behavior trends
• Hauling recovery performance
• Capital productivity by class and region
• Build scenario models (e.g., incremental fleet adds, project concentration, market shifts).
• Deliver structured executive summaries with insights and recommended actions.

Portfolio Risk & Opportunity Management

• Monitor fleet concentration risk across regions and major projects.
• Identify underperforming classes and recommend corrective actions.
• Support major project fleet modeling (e.g., solar, infrastructure).
• Provide early visibility into capacity gaps or oversupply risk.

Strategic Leadership Support

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Rental Leadership on fleet investment decisions.
• Prepare monthly performance briefings for executive leadership.
• Document and refine fleet planning processes to ensure scalability.
• Partner with the Business Intelligence team to ensure alignment between dashboards and modeling outputs.

WHAT YOULL NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, capital planning, fleet management, or operations strategy.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency required (complex formulas, pivot modeling, scenario tools; Power Query preferred).
• Strong financial literacy (ROI, IRR, capital allocation frameworks).
• Ability to synthesize large datasets into executive-level insights.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and influence senior leaders.

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Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate demonstrates:

• Strategic thinking with strong analytical discipline.
• Ownership mindset — sees the portfolio as their responsibility.
• Comfort making recommendations that impact capital decisions.
• High intellectual curiosity and structured problem-solving ability.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ability to challenge assumptions constructively with data.

This role is designed for a high-capacity professional with future leadership potential.

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Impact

Success in this role will directly influence:

• Rental fleet growth trajectory
• Capital efficiency and return on assets
• Utilization performance
• Inventory accuracy and lifecycle management
• OEM alignment and collaboration

This position plays a critical role in ensuring the rental division’s capital investments translate into measurable financial performance.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This employee must be able to exert 10 lbs of force frequently and 50 lbs of force on occasion. This position requires kneeling, standing, squatting, and grasping frequently.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

This position can be stressful in times of high boom in the industry. Ability to stay calm, prioritize, and delegate time responsibility is a must.

Required travel up to 10%.

This position is considered a safety sensitive position.

The Job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

EEO/AA

Salary/Exempt

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)