Regional Chief Executive Officer — Electronics Portfolio

The mandate

A recent strategy review exposed redefinition of the regional portfolio after uneven market performance within a privately held integrated automotive and components manufacturer. The immediate arena is the electronics portfolio during an electric-vehicle portfolio shift. For mandate 272, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Regional Chief Executive Officer operating perimeter covers approximately €10,900 million in regional revenue and programme portfolio, with activity spanning several electronics portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Regional Chief Executive Officer Automotive remit carries direct influence over roughly 2,600 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Regional Chief Executive Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the electronics portfolio. The Regional Chief Executive Officer Automotive seat must resolve an electric-vehicle portfolio shift, while preserving the underlying strengths of the electronics portfolio. For mandate 272, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Regional Chief Executive Officer’s first year on the electronics portfolio is expected to end with profitable regional growth and sharper market choices. In mandate 272, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created Regional Chief Executive Officer — Electronics Portfolio seat approved as part of the next operating model; it is not an incumbent replacement. The board is running a planned 4–6 month search so the appointee can join ahead of the next capital and talent cycle. Current leaders retain their existing accountabilities until the electronics portfolio remit is formally activated. Confidentiality protects organisation design choices while the board compares external and adjacent-sector talent.

What you will own

• Set the Regional Chief Executive Officer value-creation thesis for the electronics portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately €10,900 million in regional revenue and programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Regional Chief Executive Officer Automotive organisation of about 2,600 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the electronics portfolio economics and execution constraints created by an electric-vehicle portfolio shift, with Regional Chief Executive Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Regional Chief Executive Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the electronics portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Show personal ownership of a whole-enterprise choice involving capital, customers and leadership, not merely sponsorship of a functional programme in mandate 272.
• Build the Regional Chief Executive Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the electronics portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Automotive organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the electronics portfolio baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to redefinition of the regional portfolio after uneven market performance, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Regional Chief Executive Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the electronics portfolio, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable electronics portfolio trend against profitable regional growth and sharper market choices, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Regional Chief Executive Officer’s agreed first-year electronics portfolio value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Regional Chief Executive Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the electronics portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Regional Chief Executive Officer mandate’s highest-priority electronics portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical electronics portfolio talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Regional Chief Executive Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Regional Chief Executive Officer-owned improvement in the electronics portfolio operating constraint behind an electric-vehicle portfolio shift, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 272: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Regional CEO, Area President or multi-country Business Head in a privately held Automotive or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the electronics portfolio, your Regional Chief Executive Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from automotive, industrial manufacturing, mobility, components or engineering services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Regional Chief Executive Officer brief.

As a Regional Chief Executive Officer candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Automotive or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 28-plus experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of €6,300 million and led an organisation of at least 1,825 people.

For mandate 272, the board wants two transitions: a difficult electronics portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an electric-vehicle portfolio shift. As the prospective Regional Chief Executive Officer for this electronics portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 272 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Regional Chief Executive Officer must be based in Stuttgart; international relocation is supported, but this Automotive role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Regional CEO, Area President or multi-country Business Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Automotive governance forum.
• Proven Regional Chief Executive Officer ownership of at least €6,300 million and leadership of no fewer than 1,825 employees in a comparable electronics portfolio context.
• One completed Automotive or adjacent-sector example of redefinition of the regional portfolio after uneven market performance with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from automotive, industrial manufacturing, mobility, components or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Regional Chief Executive Officer-level electronics portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Stuttgart location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 272.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Regional Chief Executive Officer package is €475,000–650,000 base + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final electronics portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 272 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Regional Chief Executive Officer appointment in Stuttgart, centred on the electronics portfolio, offers regular exposure to the board and its investment committee. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 272.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 272. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 272.