Director Strategy & Performance Quick Commerce

In the talabat ecosystem Grocery & Retail (Quick Commerce) is one of the most strategic pillars. A Director of Strategy & Performance for this vertical is the engine room of the regional business focusing on the hyper-growth of talabat mart (darkstores) and the Marketplace (partnered retailers like Carrefour Lulu etc.)

WHATS ON YOUR PLATE 

> Strategic Leadership & Planning 

• 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).

> Performance Management 

• 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.

> Cross-Functional Orchestration 

• 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 dont manage the local teams but you set the Playbook they must follow across multiple topics / processes.

> People Leadership

• 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

Qualifications :

Preferred candidates will be: 

• Experience: 6 years of professional experience. A background in Top-tier Strategy Consulting (McKinsey BCG Bain) is highly preferred ideally combined with experience in Modern Retail (Amazon Carrefour Ocado) or another Global Q-Commerce player. 

• Analytical Prowess: Advanced mastery of data visualization (Tableau) and mastery of financial modeling and business analytics. Excel/Google Sheets is mandatory.

• Regional Nuance: Deep understanding of the MENA consumer landscape.

• Leadership: Proven ability to lead a team of high-performing managers and influence Country GMs who have their own P&L pressures.

• Communication: Exceptional storytelling skillsthe ability to take 100 data points and turn them into 3 clear strategic takeaways for a C-level audience.

• Agility: You must be comfortable with the Move Fast culture of talabat. Decisions that take weeks elsewhere happen in days here.

• Mindset: Hands-on leadership.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time