Country Manager - Food Services

talabat; Doha; On-site; QAR 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

talabat in Qatar is seeking a Country Manager - Food Services for Talabat Kitchens. You will lead cloud kitchen expansion, manage multiple brands, and drive profitability by coordinating with logistics, CX, and senior leadership.

You will oversee business development, financial planning, and data-driven strategy to scale operations while maintaining health and safety standards across sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/MBA degree in Business, Marketing or STEM from a top university.
• 3+ years in growth/product manager role or equivalent; consulting; internal strategy; or startups.
• Experience in tech, e-commerce, food, FMCG or a mix of these industries.
• Fluent Arabic is mandatory.
• Previous experience managing cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of financial statements, planning, and investment proposals.
• Understanding of SQL, Tableau, and Excel.
• Ability to build data-driven action plans and present to stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Create blueprint for growing cloud kitchens presence in Qatar aligned with company strategy.
• Lead business development and project management for Talabat Kitchens.
• Own country financial statements and hit budgets for growth initiatives.
• Coordinate between stakeholders; improve order delivery and site performance with Logistics and CX teams.
• Collaborate with Senior Director to create compelling business cases for future ventures.
• Identify expansion kitchen spaces meeting criteria (location, size, accessibility, cost).
• Manage day-to-day operations of multiple brands, ensuring health and safety, stock, and hygiene.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Arabic speaker

SQL

Tableau

Excel

Education

Bachelor/MBA degree in Business, Marketing or STEM

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Microsoft Excel

Job description

This role will be based in Qatar and will report to the General Manager MENA Talabat Kitchens. We are looking for a highly-driven and motivated Country Manager - Food Services for our team in Qatar. The ideal candidate will have a track record managing teams, comfortable working independently and handling data whilst working closely with the management team.

Responsibilities

• Create blueprint for growing cloud kitchens presence in Qatar closely aligned with the wider company strategy
• Accountable for Business Development Stakeholder and wide-scale project management initiatives for Talabat Kitchens in KWT
• Owner of Food Services country financial statements responsible for hitting budgets and ensuring growth initiatives across construction new brand launches and running a profitable business
• Coordinate between multiple stakeholders and ensure the delivery of perfect orders to consumers Partner with our Logistics Operations and Customer Experience teams to improve our overall site performance
• Work closely with the Senior Director Food Services to create compelling business cases for future endeavors
• Play a key role by jointly identifying kitchen spaces for expansion that meet all of the jointly defined criteria location size accessibility cost etc
• Manage the day-to-day operations of multiple brands meeting health amp safety standards managing stock deliveries site hygiene etc

Qualifications

• Bachelor/MBA degree in Business, Marketing or STEM disciplines from a top university3+ years of experience in a growth/product manager role or equivalent; in consulting; in internal strategy; or in startups
• Prior experience in tech, e-commerce, food, FMCG or a mix of these industries required
• A fluent Arabic speaker is mandatory
• Previous experience managing cross-functional teams
• Deep understanding of financial statements, planning, and investment proposals
• Understanding of analytical tools such as SQL, Tableau , and of course, Microsoft Excel
• Ability to identify key metrics of success, digest complex data sets, and build data-driven action plans to respond to market conditions
• Good knowledge of online marketing concepts and tools
• Comprehensive knowledge of cloud kitchens industry and the restaurant business in general
• Good communication skills, including the ability to present persuasive business cases to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation including C-Suite