Talabat Looking for Project Manager – Logistics at Bahrain ,  Manama Full Time

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we’d be pretty surprised if talabat didn’t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we’ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.
Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!
Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem – our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.

Role Summary
We are looking for a tech-savvy project management professional to lead projects and new initiatives. They will be responsible for managing multiple complex projects within Talabat’s Logistics Operations to drive business change. This role will heavily interface with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of projects to improve profitability, reduce costs, streamline operations and enhance customer experience.

What’s On Your Plate

• Lead multiple projects and new initiatives within the logistics department such as system implementations, cost-saving initiatives, and continuous improvement projects.
• Develop project scopes, timelines, and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders ensuring technical feasibility.
• Coordinate internal and external resources for the successful execution of project deliverables.
• Deliver on the organization’s priorities, working closely with stakeholders in defining, scoping, launching, and implementing new initiatives. Collaborate with decision makers and stakeholders to minimize risk.
• Effectively communicate project schedule, expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Provide strong communication across functions as well as development and application of project management standards, tools, and systematic processes.

What Did We Order

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, IT or related fields.
• (Ideal) Project management qualification (e.g., PMP, Prince2, PMI Agile, etc).
• 5-10 years of experience in project management.
• Extensive experience in Gantt charts, Data Analytics tools like tableau, looker, etc.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong team player.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Fluent in English and in Arabic.