Chief Supply Chain Officer — Urban-Mobility Marketplace

The mandate

The chair and executive committee are aligned that the immediate priority is network design no longer matching demand and geopolitical risk within a listed technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the urban-mobility marketplace during a fleet-electrification programme. For mandate 449, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Supply Chain Officer operating perimeter covers approximately US$4,700 million in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, with activity spanning several urban-mobility marketplace customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Supply Chain Officer Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 750 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Chief Supply Chain Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the urban-mobility marketplace. The Chief Supply Chain Officer Mobility seat must resolve a fleet-electrification programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the urban-mobility marketplace. For mandate 449, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Supply Chain Officer’s first year on the urban-mobility marketplace is expected to end with resilient supply, lower working capital and predictable fulfilment. In mandate 449, 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 Chief Supply Chain Officer — Urban-Mobility Marketplace seat, established because a fleet-electrification programme now requires one accountable executive rather than distributed ownership. The board has classified the appointment as urgent and intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 6–8 weeks. Interim governance protects the urban-mobility marketplace, but it is not a substitute for a permanent appointee. The external search remains confidential to avoid unnecessary disruption before the appointment is agreed.

What you will own

• Set the Chief Supply Chain Officer value-creation thesis for the urban-mobility marketplace, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately US$4,700 million in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Supply Chain Officer Mobility organisation of about 750 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the urban-mobility marketplace economics and execution constraints created by a fleet-electrification programme, with Chief Supply Chain Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Supply Chain Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the urban-mobility marketplace; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have redesigned a multi-tier supply network and evidenced resilience, inventory and fulfilment outcomes in mandate 449.
• Build the Chief Supply Chain Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the urban-mobility marketplace, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Mobility organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the urban-mobility marketplace baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to network design no longer matching demand and geopolitical risk, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Supply Chain Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the urban-mobility marketplace, 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 urban-mobility marketplace trend against resilient supply, lower working capital and predictable fulfilment, 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 Chief Supply Chain Officer’s agreed first-year urban-mobility marketplace value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Supply Chain Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the urban-mobility marketplace’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Supply Chain Officer mandate’s highest-priority urban-mobility marketplace risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical urban-mobility marketplace talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Chief Supply Chain Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Supply Chain Officer-owned improvement in the urban-mobility marketplace operating constraint behind a fleet-electrification programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 449: 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 Chief Supply Chain Officer, EVP Procurement or Manufacturing Executive in a listed Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the urban-mobility marketplace, your Chief Supply Chain 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 mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Chief Supply Chain Officer brief.

As a Chief Supply Chain Officer candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Mobility 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 US$2,750 million and led an organisation of at least 750 people.

For mandate 449, the board wants two transitions: a difficult urban-mobility marketplace portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a fleet-electrification programme. As the prospective Chief Supply Chain Officer for this urban-mobility marketplace, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 449 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Supply Chain Officer must be based in San Francisco; international relocation is supported, but this Mobility role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Chief Supply Chain Officer, EVP Procurement or Manufacturing Executive, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
• Proven Chief Supply Chain Officer ownership of at least US$2,750 million and leadership of no fewer than 750 employees in a comparable urban-mobility marketplace context.
• One completed Mobility or adjacent-sector example of network design no longer matching demand and geopolitical risk with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms; experience that is purely functional and lacks Chief Supply Chain Officer-level urban-mobility marketplace consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the San Francisco location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 449.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Supply Chain Officer package is US$430,000–575,000 base + annual incentive and equity, calibrated to the final urban-mobility marketplace scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 449 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Supply Chain Officer appointment in San Francisco, centred on the urban-mobility marketplace, 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 449.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 449. 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 449.