Talabat Looking for Sr. Project Specialist – Vendor Products & Initiatives in United Arab Emirates Full Time

Job Description

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.What?s On Your Plate?

• Work within the digital transformation team to plan, project manage & deliver key initiatives that drive high impact on partner experience
• Play a key role in planning & project timeline design for the digital transformation function, working on policy, process automation, vendor marketing & product ops
• Create & monitor project Gantt charts, ensuring dependencies, risks & impacts are clearly communicated across the organisation
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable and ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.
• Prepare basic excel dashboards to help the business take data-driven decisions, quantifying impact
• Support senior program managers to coordinate stakeholders across multiple teams within regional sales, global teams & talabat product & ops teams
• Prepare decks, project plans, project documentation & dashboards that can be reviewed by senior stakeholders & cross functional teams
• Manage inbound queries for ongoing projects
• Organising project team meetings and recording minutes of the meetings

What Did We Order?

• 2- 4 years of relevant experience in project management roles
• Prior work experience in an eCommerce, food-tech or consulting industry
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team
• Strong written & verbal communication
• Analytical thinking & adept with creating dashboards, Gantt charts on Excel & Google Sheets
• Basic SQL is a massive plus & is preferred for this role
• Ability to liaise with senior project managers, create strong presentations, slide decks & project documentation
• Prior experience in on-time delivery of project solutions, ensuring all project literature is structure & well organised
• Basic understanding of project management & product methodologies & excellent time management capabilities

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