talabat

Director Strategy & Performance - Quick Commerce

talabat

Posted 3 days ago

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Dubai

Requirements

6+ years of professional experience, Strategy Consulting, Modern Retail

Required Skills

Tableau Financial Modeling Business Analytics MENA markets

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Vision Execution: Translate Group-level goals into localized Grocery and Retail strategies for various markets.
  • Annual Budgeting & OKRs: Lead the annual and quarterly planning cycles, setting aggressive yet realistic targets for revenue, cost, and market share.
  • Market Expansion: Evaluate new business opportunities, market entries, or service line extensions (e.g., talabat mart).
  • Business Monitoring: Own the daily/weekly/monthly business review. You are the primary person responsible for identifying why a market is over or under-performing.
  • P&L Optimization: Conduct deep-dive analyses on cost structures, unit economics, and marketing ROI to drive the path to profitability.
  • Data Governance: Partner with Data/BI teams to build automated dashboards (Tableau/Looker) that provide "one version of the truth" for leadership.
  • C-Suite Advisory: Act as a trusted partner to Regional GMs and the CRO, providing executive-ready narratives and decision-support decks.
  • Best Practice Scaling: Identify "what works" in one market and build the framework to scale it across other MENA markets.
  • Regional Leadership & Governance: You don't manage the local teams, but you set the "Playbook" they must follow across multiple topics / processes.
  • Team Development: Lead and mentor a team of Strategy Managers and Analysts, fostering a culture of "Ownership" and "Pace."
  • Stakeholder Influence: Manage complex relationships across Central (Berlin) and Local (Regional) teams, often influencing without direct authority

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional experience
  • Background in Top-tier Strategy Consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain)
  • Experience in Modern Retail (Amazon, Carrefour, Ocado) or another Global Q-Commerce player
  • Advanced mastery of data visualization (Tableau)
  • Mastery of financial modeling and business analytics
  • Excel/Google Sheets is mandatory
  • Deep understanding of the MENA consumer landscape
  • Proven ability to lead a team of high-performing managers
  • Exceptional storytelling skills
  • Comfortable with the "Move Fast" culture of talabat
  • "Hands-on" leadership

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Strategy Consulting
  • Background in Modern Retail
  • Advanced data visualization skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Experience in MENA markets
  • Strong leadership and communication skills

Benefits

  • None

About the Company

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.

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