Sr. Specialist Vendor Operations

Talabat; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading delivery platform in Dubai seeks a Senior Specialist Vendor Operations to enhance Local Shops initiatives. You will lead vendor management by supporting regional operations, tracking performance metrics, and documenting processes. The ideal candidate has over three years of experience, strong knowledge in workforce management, and problem-solving abilities. Join to be a part of a fast-growing team committed to operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in an operational role.
• Strong vendor operational knowledge is essential.
• Proficient in workforce management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the expansion of shopper management initiatives.
• Support regional teams to improve operational metrics.
• Track compliance of business-as-usual processes.

Skills

Vendor operational knowledge

Workforce management

Data analysis

Problem-solving

Process documentation

Job description

About the opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Specialist Vendor Operations to join the team and focus on growing our Local Shops (Non Food Vertical). The service has expanded rapidly across Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman and Iraq!

• Lead the expansion of shopper management initiatives and best practices.
• Support regional & local operations teams to improve operational metrics & setting vendors up for success.
• Tracking of operational process and performance across markets such as; new vendor onboarding, auditing of catalog clean up, inventory integrations, picker performance, etc.
• Support local markets with processes / initiatives execution.
• Track compliance of BAU processes and tasks for local markets.
• Own reporting, documentation and SOP and process guides.
• Creating SOPs and tracking for BAU processes such as device allocation, uniform ordering etc.
• Solve routine issues raised by markets using existing procedures and standard practices or improving current processes.

What you need to be successful

• 3 plus years experience in an operational role
• Strong vendor operational knowledge
• Strong knowledge in workforce management (very important)
• Ability to document processes and guidelines
• Ability to work with data and highlight key insights
• Confident solving issues efficiently, understanding which issues require escalation and proposing documents/changes to mitigate
• Understanding of grocery operations
• High ownership and keen to learn individual

Who we are

talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.