The 2015 Large Fleet Award was attributed to Christian Lindskov Alsø, Head of Group Fleet & Procurement Excellence at ISS. The Fleet Europe Awards recognise outstanding achievements in various categories of fleet management

This was the ninth edition of the event, organised by Fleet Europe, the media platform specialised in B2B information on international car fleet management. The International Fleet Manager Award of the Year recognises the person or the team having most successfully developed an international fleet management strategy leading to an optimised Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Feedback from the jury
Members of the jury* pointed out that ISS' fleet management strategy was extremely clever, with an excellent management buy-in regarding the fleet management plan and objectives. The jury was convinced that the team at ISS had demonstrated the true example for international fleet management, combining strategic vision with tactical insights in order to create the aimed fleet management optimisation. The jury appreciated and acknowledged the fact that the fleet management strategy was translated to a cost-efficient programme on an international scale.

Successful partnership with key suppliers
ISS' suppliers are some of the world's largest players within car manufacturing and vehicle leasing/fleet management.
Emmanuel LONGEARD, International Key Accounts Sales Director, RENAULT SAS, shared:
 'Renault is a major supplier of vehicles globally to ISS. We have been working closely for many years and together have built a strong partnership. A key characteristic of the ISS team has been their commitment to transparency in all aspects of the relationship. The result is that we clearly understand their requirements and expectations, giving Renault the best opportunity to add value to the partnership.'

Shared Aislinn McGinn, Senior International Account Manager, LeasePlan International, LeasePlan International, specialising in managing large global vehicle fleets, said:
 'This award recognises Christian Lindskov Alsø and his team's comprehensive international fleet management approach for ISS, keeping a close link with their business, and always challenging the status quo to keep on improving fleet management processes where possible. As LeasePlan we are very proud to have been able to support Christian, his team at Group Procurement and the ISS fleet managers over the past years at both international and local level.'

Ludovic MUSY, Head of International Corporate Sales, Peugeot Citroen, said:
'ISS has been able to identify the right suppliers through a global tender end ensured local competitiveness with national benchmarks. They have also set up a very solid implementation methodology powered both by top management support and operational teams' buy-in. Internal alignment ensured the credibility of the strategy with a compliance rate of 100% for OEMs** and Leasers. The ISS team is constantly looking to improve and develop best practices, which helps us to grow together with ISS. Peugeot Citroen and DS teams are proud to be part of this project and to have contributed to this great success'.

Christian Alsø, Group Vice President, Head of Category Management, shared:
'The fact that ISS Fleet Management Team has received this recognition from peers as well as the industry leaders within car manufacturing, fleet leasing companies and fleet management experts is a great honour. We have built a strong, central lead organisation with both responsibility and accountability anchored at group level, a project which has significant impact not only on our own business, but for the market place in general.'

'Our strategic initiatives like the Local Sourcing Initiative and Right Sizing Initiative have made significant impact and impression to the industry, this to the extent where the world leading OEMs** and LeaseCo's*** refer to ISS as being at the forefront of innovative and strategic fleet management. This is an achievement that our entire team should be proud off!'

Henrik Andersen, ISS Group COO, said:
 ''The Fleet Category has been an instrumental change driver of the procurement program, and serves as the best practice reference point. Not only has the category delivered significant and tangible financial benefits to the Group, but has demonstrated the true impact of cross-organisational cooperation! We have by implementing strong group level agreements, combined with a 'hands-on' and relentless execution at country level, achieved greater results than we had ever imagined - true Enterprise thinking!'

This year's Fleet Europe Award ceremony was held on Thursday, 19 November, at the Salone delle Fontane in Rome. The event was attended by over 700 international car fleet experts from around the globe.

* Source of jury information - Fleet Europe
** OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturers (= Car manufacturers e.g. Renault-Nissan)
*** LeaseCo: Leasing Company (e.g. LeasePlan International)

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