Director - Groceries

The role

As the Head of Grocery, you will be someone within an important department. You will be a great senior operator with responsibility for growing a significant portion of Deliveroo's revenue. Your role will be commercially focused, however you will work with teams including Operations, Marketing and Product to ensure success.

More specifically you will:

• Accomplish the strategic vision and develop the operational plans for ODC across UAE

• Overall ownership and management of the grocery business to ensure we hit revenue and profit targets. Achieve financial and growth targets with an understanding of how to trade off commercial, marketing and operational levers

• Lead the quarterly planning process and work with the HQ Strategy & Finance team to develop accurate forecasting, monitoring and reporting

• Work with the Commercial, Marketing & central functions to achieve grocery priorities in UAE

• Partner with our Operations and Marketing teams to improve efficiency, improve customer outcomes and accelerate revenue growth

Requirements

We are looking for a strategic mindset and management experience with experience exceeding financial targets and:

• Background 7+ years working in commercial focused roles with P&L responsibility, with a understanding of the grocery industry in UAE.

• Have experience with performance and delivering on budget and against a long-term strategy.

• Experience with P&L statements and an ability to trade-off between line items.

• Commercial & Marketing Knowledge - knowledge of industry trends, competition, best practices, and other factors that affect profitability and success. Understand how our business operates, makes money and sustains profitable growth.

• Executional Excellence - you've achieved clear customer, commercial and financial results.

• Customer Obsessed - understand and connect with our customers. Believe in our ability to create services and products which address this and have the customers best interest at heart.

• Strategic - build through understanding the dynamics, interdependencies and possible effects of decisions.

• Ambiguity & Autonomy - happy to be pointed at problems and work out how to solve them. You don't require micro-management to be successful - you have a can do / will do attitude.

• Partner Management - engaging, informing, and gaining the support of different team members. Taking time to collaborate and build relationships; earn the respect and trust of others within the organisation.

• Always look for creative ways to make the most of the resources we have. Throw brainpower and teamwork at problems, not money and extra heads. Think like an entrepreneur.

• Upbeat and high in energy - you bring freshness, energy and passion into the team. Help create a working environment that is unique, spawns new ideas and is enjoyable for the other people involved.

• Solid experience with an operating business and understand how to performance manage teams.

Benefits and Diversity

• 25 days of Annual Holiday Leave

• Smart Working options - for working from home and from abroad

• Comprehensive medical insurance (for employee & dependents)

• Annual home flight allowance (for employee only)

• Free Deliveroo Plus - Free delivery and access to special offers

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity benefits

• End of year parties & regular social events

• An extremely fun team to work with!

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer different great benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation.

We believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is love for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest growing startup's around.