EVP – Supply Chain — Transit-Technology Business

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 technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the transit-technology business during a regulatory operating-model change. For mandate 429, 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 4,800 million in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, with activity spanning several transit-technology business customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Supply Chain Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 850 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 transit-technology business. The EVP – Supply Chain Mobility seat must resolve a regulatory operating-model change, while preserving the underlying strengths of the transit-technology business. For mandate 429, 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 transit-technology business is expected to end with supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness. In mandate 429, 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 EVP – Supply Chain — Transit-Technology Business seat, established because a regulatory operating-model change 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 transit-technology business, 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 EVP – Supply Chain value-creation thesis for the transit-technology business, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately AED 4,800 million in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Supply Chain Mobility organisation of about 850 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the transit-technology business economics and execution constraints created by a regulatory operating-model change, 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 transit-technology business; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 429.
• Build the EVP – Supply Chain’s three-year succession and capability plan for the transit-technology business, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Mobility organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the transit-technology business 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 transit-technology business, 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 transit-technology business 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 transit-technology business 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 transit-technology business’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Supply Chain mandate’s highest-priority transit-technology business risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical transit-technology business 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 transit-technology business operating constraint behind a regulatory operating-model change, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 429: 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 Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the transit-technology business, 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 mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms 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 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 AED 2,800 million and led an organisation of at least 600 people.

For mandate 429, the board wants two transitions: a difficult transit-technology business portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a regulatory operating-model change. As the prospective EVP – Supply Chain for this transit-technology business, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 429 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Supply Chain must be based in Dubai; 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 EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Supply Chain ownership of at least AED 2,800 million and leadership of no fewer than 600 employees in a comparable transit-technology business context.
• One completed Mobility 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 mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – Supply Chain-level transit-technology business consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Dubai location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 429.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Supply Chain package is AED 1.3–1.8 million fixed + annual incentive, calibrated to the final transit-technology business scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 429 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Supply Chain appointment in Dubai, centred on the transit-technology business, 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 429.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 429. 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 429.