Chief Executive Officer

Teppa Bakers; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

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Job summary

Teppa Bakers in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced CEO to lead, scale, and transform the business into a professionally managed and highly profitable F&B organization. You will own strategy, operations, and growth, building high-performing teams, optimizing profitability, and driving revenue across multiple channels.

This hands-on leadership role requires a proven track record in startups or growth-stage F&B ventures, with strong commercial acumen and the ability to execute in a fast-changing

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall professional experience, preferably in F&B/hospitality/retail/consumer businesses
• Strong understanding of the Indian F&B industry
• Proven experience with startups or growth-stage companies
• Experience taking an F&B business from early stage to significant scale
• Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable revenue and profitability growth
• Strong understanding of restaurant, bakery, cafe, cloud kitchen, central kitchen, catering, or food manufacturing operations
• Strong financial and commercial understanding
• Excellent leadership and team-building capabilities
• Strong negotiation and strategic partnership skills
• Excellent understanding of sales, marketing, branding, operations, and customer acquisition
• Ability to work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's overall business strategy and growth roadmap
• Take ownership of revenue, EBITDA, profitability, and business growth
• Build scalable business models for a startup and rapid growth
• Oversee F&B operations including restaurants, bakeries, cafes, central kitchens and planning
• Build and lead a strong senior management team
• Drive customer acquisition, retention, and brand positioning
• Manage budgets, cash flow, and investments; review P&L and unit economics
• Represent the company to investors and partners; build strategic partnerships

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Data-driven decision making

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Team building

Sales & marketing

F&B industry knowledge

Startup growth

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced, entrepreneurial, and results-driven CEO with strong knowledge of the Food & Beverage (F&B) industry and a proven track record of working with startups and growth-stage companies.

The ideal candidate should have experience in building businesses from the ground up, developing scalable operations, creating high-performing teams, improving profitability, and driving revenue growth.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can move beyond strategy and personally drive execution. The candidate must have demonstrated measurable business results in previous organizations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Strategy & Growth

• Develop and execute the company's overall business strategy and growth roadmap.
• Identify new business opportunities, revenue streams, markets, and F&B concepts.
• Develop short-term and long-term business plans with clear revenue and profitability targets.
• Build scalable business models suitable for a startup and rapidly growing organization.
• Monitor industry trends, customer behavior, competition, and emerging F&B opportunities.

2. Revenue & Profitability

• Take complete ownership of revenue, EBITDA, profitability, and business growth.
• Develop strategies to increase sales across B2C, B2B, D2C, catering, retail, cloud kitchen, and other relevant F&B channels.
• Improve gross margins through pricing, procurement, menu engineering, wastage control, and operational efficiencies.
• Establish and monitor monthly, quarterly, and annual financial targets.
• Identify underperforming business units and implement corrective strategies.

3. Startup & Business Building

• Demonstrated experience in building or scaling an F&B startup.
• Take businesses from concept launch stabilization scale.
• Build systems, processes, SOPs, and organizational structures from the ground up.
• Create a culture of speed, accountability, innovation, and execution.
• Make data-driven decisions while operating effectively in a fast-changing startup environment.
• Be comfortable working with limited resources and solving complex business problems.

4. Operations & F&B Management

• Oversee overall F&B operations including restaurants, bakeries, cafes, central kitchens, cloud kitchens, catering, production, and supply chain as applicable.
• Ensure consistent food quality, hygiene, service standards, and customer experience.
• Optimize manpower, kitchen productivity, inventory, procurement, production, and logistics.
• Establish operational KPIs and review performance regularly.
• Implement technology and automation wherever it improves efficiency and profitability.

5. Team Building & Leadership

• Build and lead a strong senior management team.
• Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain high-performing employees.
• Establish clear KRAs, KPIs, reporting structures, and accountability systems.
• Create a performance-oriented organizational culture.
• Develop future leaders within the organization.

6. Sales & Marketing

• Work closely with marketing and sales teams to build strong brand positioning.
• Develop customer acquisition and retention strategies.
• Drive online and offline sales growth.
• Oversee digital marketing, social media, performance marketing, partnerships, corporate sales, and community marketing.
• Develop strategies to increase repeat purchases and customer lifetime value.

7. Financial & Business Management

• Work closely with the finance team to manage budgets, cash flow, working capital, and investments.
• Review P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, unit economics, and business performance.
• Establish financial controls and cost-management systems.
• Ensure capital is allocated efficiently across business verticals.
• Present regular business performance reports to the Board/Promoters/Investors.

8. Investor & Stakeholder Management

• Represent the company before investors, shareholders, lenders, strategic partners, and key stakeholders.
• Develop investor presentations, business plans, growth strategies, and financial projections.
• Communicate business performance, challenges, opportunities, and future plans transparently.
• Build strategic partnerships that accelerate business growth.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The candidate should have:

• 10+ years of overall professional experience, preferably with significant experience in F&B, hospitality, retail, or consumer businesses.
• Strong understanding of the Indian F&B industry.
• Proven experience working with startups or growth-stage companies.
• Experience in taking an F&B business from early stage to significant scale.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable revenue and profitability growth.
• Strong understanding of restaurant, bakery, cafe, cloud kitchen, central kitchen, catering, or food manufacturing operations.
• Strong financial and commercial understanding.
• Excellent leadership and team-building capabilities.
• Strong negotiation and strategic partnership skills.
• Excellent understanding of sales, marketing, branding, operations, and customer acquisition.
• Ability to work in a highly dynamic and entrepreneurial environment.

Startup Experience Mandatory

Candidates with a strong startup background will be preferred.

The candidate should be able to demonstrate:

What was the business size when you joined?

Revenue / outlets / employees / customers

What did you achieve?

Revenue growth / outlet expansion / profitability / operational improvements

What did you build?

Teams / systems / processes / new business verticals

What measurable results did you deliver?

Revenue growth / EBITDA improvement / cost reduction / market expansion

Candidates should be prepared to discuss specific achievements with numbers and measurable outcomes during the interview.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The CEO will be evaluated on:

• Revenue growth
• EBITDA / profitability growth
• Same-store sales growth
• New business development
• Customer acquisition and retention
• Gross margin improvement
• Cost optimization
• Inventory and wastage control
• Outlet / business expansion
• Employee productivity
• Customer satisfaction
• Operational efficiency
• Cash-flow management
• Achievement of annual business targets

Preferred Background

Candidates from the following backgrounds will be considered:

• F&B Startups
• Restaurant Chains
• Bakery & Cafe Chains
• Cloud Kitchen Companies
• Food Manufacturing Companies
• QSR Brands
• Hospitality Groups
• Consumer Food Brands
• D2C Food Businesses
• Multi-unit F&B Operations

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who is:

• Entrepreneurial and commercially minded
• Highly accountable and target-oriented
• Hands-on and execution-focused
• Comfortable taking calculated risks
• Strong in decision-making
• Data-driven but customer-focused
• Excellent at building teams
• Strong communicator and negotiator
• Resilient and comfortable with ambiguity
• Passionate about building brands and businesses
• Focused on results rather than designations
• what We Expect From the CEO

The successful candidate will not simply manage the existing business.

The expectation is to build, scale, and transform the company into a professionally managed and highly profitable F&B organization.

The CEO will have significant responsibility for:

Strategy People Operations Sales Marketing Finance Growth Profitability

and will be directly accountable for delivering the company's business objectives.

Compensation

Compensation: Competitive, based on experience and proven track record.

A performance-linked component, ESOP/equity, or growth incentive may be considered for the right candidate based on experience and contribution.