EVP – Supply Chain — Low-Carbon Platform

The mandate

The chair and executive committee are aligned that the immediate priority is exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times within a listed integrated energy producer and services platform. The immediate arena is the low-carbon platform during a major-project recovery. For mandate 379, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Supply Chain operating perimeter covers approximately AED 33,100 million in operated asset and trading portfolio, with activity spanning several low-carbon platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Supply Chain Oil & Energy remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,675 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a EVP – Supply Chain who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the low-carbon platform. The EVP – Supply Chain Oil & Energy seat must resolve a major-project recovery, while preserving the underlying strengths of the low-carbon platform. For mandate 379, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Supply Chain’s first year on the low-carbon platform is expected to end with supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness. In mandate 379, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The EVP – Supply Chain — Low-Carbon Platform requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after a major-project recovery created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the low-carbon platform. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the EVP – Supply Chain value-creation thesis for the low-carbon platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately AED 33,100 million in operated asset and trading portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Supply Chain Oil & Energy organisation of about 1,675 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the low-carbon platform economics and execution constraints created by a major-project recovery, with EVP – Supply Chain-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Supply Chain operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the low-carbon platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 379.
• Build the EVP – Supply Chain’s three-year succession and capability plan for the low-carbon platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Oil & Energy organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the low-carbon platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal EVP – Supply Chain portfolio and organisation choices for the low-carbon platform, 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 low-carbon platform trend against supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness, 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 EVP – Supply Chain’s agreed first-year low-carbon platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Supply Chain forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the low-carbon platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Supply Chain mandate’s highest-priority low-carbon platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical low-carbon platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Supply Chain’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Supply Chain-owned improvement in the low-carbon platform operating constraint behind a major-project recovery, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 379: 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 EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader in a listed Oil & Energy or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the low-carbon platform, your EVP – Supply Chain track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this EVP – Supply Chain brief.

As a EVP – Supply Chain candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of AED 19,200 million and led an organisation of at least 1,175 people.

For mandate 379, the board wants two transitions: a difficult low-carbon platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a major-project recovery. As the prospective EVP – Supply Chain for this low-carbon platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 379 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Supply Chain must be based in Abu Dhabi; international relocation is supported, but this Oil & Energy role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Oil & Energy governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Supply Chain ownership of at least AED 19,200 million and leadership of no fewer than 1,175 employees in a comparable low-carbon platform context.
• One completed Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector example of exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – Supply Chain-level low-carbon platform consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Abu Dhabi location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 379.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Supply Chain package is AED 1.3–1.8 million fixed + annual incentive, calibrated to the final low-carbon platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 379 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Supply Chain appointment in Abu Dhabi, centred on the low-carbon platform, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 379.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 379. They will be shared with qualified candidates under a mutual undertaking, and the composite facts here must not be reverse-engineered or circulated for mandate 379.