Head of Transport & Fleet Strategy

Transguard Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Transguard Group seeks a seasoned Head of Transport to lead the group-wide transport functions, including passenger transportation, fleet and compliance, and in-house maintenance, from our UAE HQ in Dubai. The role drives strategic planning, process optimization, and financial stewardship across the BU.

You will oversee fleet operations, develop strategic plans for fleet utilization, and guide a high-performing team to achieve efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance while managing fuel use

Qualifications

• Minimum of 20 years of experience in logistics and supply chain management, with at least 10 years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale logistics operations and leading cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent strategic planning and organizational abilities.
• In-depth knowledge of logistics and supply chain principles, practices, and technologies.
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Strong financial acumen and budget management skills.
• Outstanding communication and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in logistics software and data analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the transport and fleet budget and P&L overall performance against groupwide targets.
• Develop and manage the maintenance workshop budget and P&L to achieve the revenue growth and overall profitability of the BU.
• Develop and manage the P&L for reselling of fleet to private clients.
• Overall accountability for the groupwide budget of +110M PA across the BU and sub business units.
• Deliver exceptional service to the passenger transportation customers and internal BU’s, Aviation, Cash, TGSS, CS, FM, and all other ad hoc clients across TG to deliver our staff on time as per the plan.
• Deliver exceptional service to the internal BU’s, cash, transport and K9 for all preventative and reactive maintenance and repairs to ensure operational continuity and overall control the costs.
• Support the BU in all fleet management requirements including the management of the driver performance and overall contractual obligations of the lease. Provide guidance to the BU and propose solutions during the replacement phase.
• Accountable for the full QMS process management of the Transport division BU’s including transport and fleet, workshop, and the delivery business unit.
• Responsible for the management of all BU and sub-BU SOPs in line with corporate governance to ensure we maintain high standards and compliance in line with the business standards.
• Responsible for the analysis of the processes within the sub-BUs to remove nonvalue add activity, streamline, and bring industry standard best practices to the division.
• Responsible for the modernization of the Transport division including fleet and technology ranging from but not limited to vehicle telematics, routing and scheduling software, delivery execution software and end to end client management dashboards to improve our overall service delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for digitizing the Transport division.
• Responsible for exploration of new and alternative vehicle technologies including hybrid, electric and alternative fuel sources like hydrogen and LNG/CNG.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Budget management

Logistics & supply chain

Fleet management

Operations management

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Logistics

MBA

Tools

Routing software

Scheduling software

Delivery execution software

Fleet Telematics

Job description

Transguard Group seeks a seasoned Head of Transport to lead the group-wide transport functions, including passenger transportation, fleet and compliance, and in-house maintenance, from our UAE HQ in Dubai. The role drives strategic planning, process optimization, and financial stewardship across the BU.

You will oversee fleet operations, develop strategic plans for fleet utilization, and guide a high-performing team to achieve efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance while managing fuel use