Today Is Last Day for Fleet Visionary Award Nominations
Don’t miss out on your chance to take part in the Fleet Visionary Award. Today is the last day Automotive Fleet is accepting nominations for the Inaugural Fleet Visionary Award, which is being sponsored by Merchants Fleet Management.
Don’t miss out on your chance to take part in the Fleet Visionary Award. Today is the last day Automotive Fleet is accepting nominations for the Inaugural Fleet Visionary Award, which is being sponsored by Merchants Fleet Management, and is designed to recognize and celebrate new voices in Fleet Management.
The Fleet Visionary Award is open to any fleet professional (fleet manager, fleet analyst, fleet executive, etc.) with 10 years or fewer in the industry with a commercial fleet of 50 vehicles or more. A fleet visionary is someone who has brought a new perspective to running a commercial fleet with the result that the fleet is more operationally efficient, cost-effective, safer, or any combination of these by introducing new methods, efficiencies, and/or technologies.
The Fleet Visionary has taken an active leadership role as a new voice in the company's fleet organization to promote and champion innovation even in the face of internal or external opposition. The visionary isn't just someone with a good idea. He or she is part salesman, part number cruncher, part coach, part quarterback — able to both inspire and get things done. A fleet visionary is passionate and practical.
To nominate someone (self-nominations are permitted), clearly state why the nominee is a visionary, bringing a new voice and perspective to fleet challenges in 250 words or fewer by filling out the form here.
A total of 20 awardees will be selected and will be recognized during the upcoming Fleet Technology Expo (FTX) in October, and will be profiled in a future issue of Automotive Fleet. The applicant standing out above the rest will be named Fleet Visionary of the Year.
Don’t miss out! Nominate a Fleet Visionary today!
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